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  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    What are investors supposed to trust in now?

    Equity and bond markets appear to be imploding at the same time

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Savings
    UK green savings bond sales ‘underwhelming’

    Critics question the environmental merits of the scheme

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Special Report
    FTfm: Fixed Income

    Fears rise over ‘greenwash’ bonds, central banks weigh dangers of inflation and war ‘shocks’, Salvadorean bitcoin bond set for baptism of fire, and ‘dry powder’ loan funds struggle to find a home

  • Saturday, 25 December, 2021
    Sovereign bonds
    Global bond markets on course for worst year since 1999

    Asset class falls 4.8% in 2021 due to hot inflation and central banks’ efforts to tame price growth

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    UK interest rates
    Investors braced for BoE to cut bond holdings from March

    Prospect of central bank winding down balance sheet adds to pressure on gilt prices

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Gilt prices soar on £60bn cut to planned UK government debt sales

    Yields on benchmark bond drop most since pandemic-induced ructions in March 2020

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    News in-depthSovereign bonds
    Investors show fear of central bank errors in short-term bonds

    Two-year debt takes the strain in sign investors think policymakers will end up reversing rate rises

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Savings
    UK’s first green savings bond offers lower rate than competitors

    Just 0.65 per cent on government-backed savings scheme

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Markets InsightTommy Stubbington
    The Bank of England’s £28bn problem

    Investors are worried by the maturing of a big gilt issue as giant QE programme starts to unwind

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    UK interest rates
    Traders bet Bank of England will raise rates as soon as next month

    Andrew Bailey’s tough talk on inflation sparks sell-off in short-dated UK government bonds

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Will Evergrande and the coal crisis weigh on Chinese growth?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    UK interest rates
    Investors crank up bets on UK interest rate rises

    Bank of England policymakers indicate tough stance on inflation

  • Friday, 24 September, 2021
    Green bonds
    UK’s green gilt success points to pricing dilemma for retail version

    Government’s decision on interest rate will involve tricky trade-off between public purse and savers’ pockets

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Moral Money
    UNGA’s early stars: K-pop’s BTS and a Carney-led green finance push Premium content

    Plus, Europe reconciles a gas price surge with a record UK green sovereign bond offering

  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
    Green bonds
    UK’s debut ‘green gilt’ sale draws blockbuster demand

    Investors place £100bn of bids for 12-year government debt

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    LexUK inflation
    UK gilts/inflation: stand down from panic stations Premium content

    Bond investors should see through the small market strop to emergent maturity beneath

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Foreign investors buy UK government debt at record rate

    Receding fears over Brexit and sub-zero yields elsewhere have lured investors to gilts

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Bank of England tops private investors as biggest holder of gilts

    ‘Striking’ rise in UK government debt holdings comes as central bank stepped up QE during Covid crisis

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    Sovereign bonds
    Investors in UK government bonds suffer worst quarter for two decades

    Brightening economic prospects for Britain lead to sharp contrast with eurozone debt

  • Friday, 12 March, 2021
    Japanese investors buy UK government bonds at record rate in early 2021

    Reduction in risk from Brexit and negative rates have boosted appeal of British debt

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget
    UK plans one of Europe’s biggest green bond issuance programmes

    Government to sell £15bn of green gilts this year and proposes heavier borrowing than projected

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    News in-depthBank of England
    Investors sceptical over Bank of England’s QE programme

    FT survey finds big players in bond market think plan is attempt to finance government deficit

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    UK debt office pushes back after MP scrutiny of government bond sales

    DMO defends ‘syndication’ process after questions over whether it delivers taxpayer value

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Pound Sterling
    Pound falls after ‘large gaps remain’ in UK-EU trade talks

    Current level still suggests investors think a deal is likely, say analysts

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    UK debt office faces MPs’ scrutiny over government bond deals

    Questions over whether bond issues have achieved best results for taxpayers

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