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UK Plans Trial to Issue Blockchain-Based Gilts Within Two Years
1 month, 1 week ago

UK Plans Trial to Issue Blockchain-Based Gilts Within Two Years

Live Mint  

-- The UK plans to begin issuing digital gilts within the next two years, as the government latches onto technology it’s been slow to embrace. The digital shift comes as the government embarks on a £297 billion borrowing spree, the second-largest borrowing slate on record, with sales expected to remain elevated for years. For its part, the Debt Management Office …

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Investors brace for £300bn borrowing binge in Rachel Reeves' Budget
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Investors brace for £300bn borrowing binge in Rachel Reeves' Budget

Daily Mail  

Government borrowing costs have hit their highest level since Labour came to power as global investors brace for the Chancellor to unleash a £300billion borrowing binge. The rate has surged from 3.75 per cent in mid-September amid concern on the bond markets about the Chancellor's borrowing plans and her decision to significantly loosen debt rules. Investors are braced for the …

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Sunak embarks on £206bn debt binge as Britain's bond bubble bursts
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunak embarks on £206bn debt binge as Britain's bond bubble bursts

The Telegraph  

Vivek Paul, chief investment strategist for the UK at BlackRock, warned this week that the bigger the promises, “the greater the likelihood of the return of the bond vigilantes”. Yet he’s not considered a “bond king” capable of rattling politicians in the way Pimco’s billionaire co-founder Bill Gross once was. Institutional investors don’t tend to jump up and down.” Former …

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Retirement giant backs UK gilts amid bond market rout
1 year, 2 months ago

Retirement giant backs UK gilts amid bond market rout

The Telegraph  

The UK’s biggest long-term savings and retirement business has started buying gilts for the first time in two years despite a renewed bout of bond market turmoil. Phoenix Group, which manages £269bn on behalf of 12 million customers, said it now believed gilts offered “good value” relative to other assets and had started moving money into British government debt. Phoenix, …

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Government bonds and pound rally amid pressure for mini-budget U-turn
2 years, 2 months ago

Government bonds and pound rally amid pressure for mini-budget U-turn

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK government bonds and the …

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How chaos in pension funds forced Bailey to step in
2 years, 2 months ago

How chaos in pension funds forced Bailey to step in

The Telegraph  

The central bank delayed plans to sell bonds and started buying them instead on Wednesday to stabilise what it described as “dysfunctional markets”. As former pensions minister Baroness Altmann puts it, pension funds had become victims of "reckless conservatism" having been encouraged to park much of their cash into gilts by regulators. The Bank “operational independence”, meaning the Government sets …

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