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Gilts

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    BoE urged to sell more short-dated gilts to boost market liquidity

    Investors and analysts call on central bank to broaden quantitative tightening to include maturities of one to three years

    The Bank of England
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    UK economy
    Some moderately cohesive thoughts on the UK’s economy

    Don’t all click at once

  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Global inflation
    UK government borrowing costs surge ahead of rival countries

    Gap between gilt and Treasury yields rises to highest level in nearly a year

    Pedestrians outside the Bank of England
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    UK financial crisis
    Liz Truss and the LASH

    Does a not-very-new paper vindicate the ex-PM?

    Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister, speaks at a podium during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. She is wearing a red outfit and the background is a vibrant blue.
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Did the Bank of England misunderestimate QT?

    It’s all about the gilt tilt

  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Personal Finance
    How bonds became a serious investment choice again

    Geopolitical turmoil, smoke-and-mirrors fiscal planning and quantitative tightening: the risks are many — but now might still be the time to buy UK government bonds

    Image of UK flags with gilt edges and pound signs as the terminals of the flagpoles
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    M&G PLC
    Bond veteran Jim Leaviss to leave M&G

    UK asset management group hires Andrew Chorlton from Schroders as replacement

    M&G logo
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Our kinky curve

    Gilt yields are ever more in the eye of the beholder

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Labour could borrow more without UK bond market backlash, say investors

    Relaxing fiscal rules unlikely to provoke a Liz Truss-style gilts crisis, according to fund managers

    Rachel Reeves montage
  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    How Liz Truss still haunts markets

    Disastrous UK mini-Budget of 2022 proves cautionary tale for US government

    Liz Truss
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Isas
    Isa season flows rise fivefold

    Investors plough £1.93bn into equity funds between February 15 and April 5

    Commuters at Westminster, London
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Private investors ramp up gilt purchases

    UK government bond purchases soar on DIY platforms as expectations for faster rate cuts fade

    Hargreaves Lansdown logo seen through a lens on-screen
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Gold or gilts: which is best for inflation protection?

    An all-time high for the yellow metal is a sign drawdown investors should examine their reasons for holding it

  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    US Treasury bonds
    Bond giant Pimco favours gilts over US Treasuries amid inflationary pressure

    Fund manager projects Fed will cut interest rates more slowly than other central banks

    Andrew Balls
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    Britain’s gilty conscience

    The inflation battle may be almost over, but the fiscal war has just begun

  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    Q&A
    Should I buy new or existing gilts?

    Individuals can now buy UK government debt. FT Money explores how to invest and which products stack up

    Graphic image of Bank of England building resting in the palm of a hand
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    UK politics
    UK Treasury told to do more to track value for money on gilt sales

    MPs on public accounts committee find means of monitoring that debt is being issued at lowest price to be ‘nebulous’

    HM Treasury on Horse Guards
  • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
    Pension funds turn to credit to bolster LDI trades

    BlackRock and Schroders post corporate bonds in repo trades to boost funds’ resilience during times of crisis

    Bank of England and royal crest
  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
    Simon Edelsten
    Investments that get my vote in this election year

    Don’t be distracted by thoughts of who might get into power

    US President Jimmy Carter with his successor Ronald Reagan in 1980
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    UK opens up gilts sales to retail investors

    Treasury courts new sources of demand as it faces record bond issuance needs

    The headquarters of HM Treasury in the Westminster district of London
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Pensions crisis
    UK pension funds lost £425bn in year of bond market crisis

    Schemes registered a new quarter drop in asset value in 2022 driven by mini-Budget turmoil, finds Pensions Regulator

    City workers walk past the Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    UK told to issue more short-dated debt as pension fund demand wanes

    Bond dealers and investors highlight ‘structural shift’ in gilt buying

    City of London skyline
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Lessons from a lifetime in investment

    Eternal verities in investment and finance are often counterintuitive

    A city banker, in bowler hat, walking through the City of London in 1963
  • Saturday, 20 January, 2024
    Gilts sink as traders rethink timing of interest rate cuts

    UK bonds underperform US and German counterparts after unexpected rise in inflation

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    Why and how are gilts trading at a spread?

    (And why you should care)

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