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Gilts

  • 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)

  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Global Economy
    Investors warn governments about high levels of public debt

    ‘Out of control’ fiscal deficits set to resurface as a concern for markets

    The seal for the International Monetary Fund
  • Thursday, 4 January, 2024
    UK economy
    UK debt chief warns excessive borrowing risks investor backlash

    Sir Robert Stheeman says Liz Truss budget shows fiscal policy must not be ‘divorced from reality’ of financial markets

    Sir Robert Stheeman stands in his office
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    UK investors load up on gilts and passive funds in 2023

    Surge in buying of government bonds as inflation rose

    A City trader in front of screens
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    UK reliance on ‘fickle’ foreign investors a risk to gilts, says OBR chief

    Richard Hughes tells MPs there is a lack of information on the identity of overseas bondholders

    Richard Hughes
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    Go on the defensive: ETFs for a volatile market

    Investors naturally gravitate towards more defensive ideas and strategies in times of heightened market concern

  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Q&A
    Inflation-proof gilts: is it time to buy ‘linkers’?

    Expectation for average UK inflation over the next five years is 3.8 per cent

  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Autumn Statement
    Gilt yields rise as UK plans to borrow more than expected

    Treasury reduces issuance programme by less than market forecasts

    The Treasury building
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    News in-depth
    The UK issues more inflation-linked debt than anyone else. Has it worked?

    Interest payments on ‘linkers’ to hit £92bn over the next 5 years

    A group of local women hold up placards to protest about rising food prices outside a supermarket in Tottenham, north London, in 1971
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