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Articles tagged: UK BOND MARKET REVIEW
Article-Chart-04-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Economic recovery boosts inflation

The annualised rate of UK inflation surged during April from 0.7% to 1.5%, stoked by a sharp appreciation in the cost of household utilities and clothing.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2021

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Inflation picks up

Public sector borrowing rose to £303.1 billion over the year to the end of March 2021 – £246.1 billion more than in the year to March 2020 and representing the highest level since records began in 194...

Adviser-Hub 17th May 2021

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: 19% of the UK workforce remains on furlough

Improving investor confidence, underpinned by the ongoing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, pushed the yield on the benchmark UK government bond to its highest level in almost two years during March.

Adviser-Hub 20th Apr 2021

Article-Chart-05-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Letting the inflationary cat out of the bag?

Gilt prices fell and yields rose following the announcement of a gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions as investors considered the likelihood that inflationary pressures will start to build and the...

Adviser-Hub 18th Mar 2021

Article-Direction-05-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Lacklustre outlook for the UK economy

The yield on the benchmark UK gilt dipped early in January as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced fresh lockdown measures to stem a rapid increase in Covid-19 infections.

Adviser-Hub 16th Feb 2021

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Investors welcome post-Brexit trade deal

The yield on the benchmark UK gilt fell from 0.31% to 0.20% over December as a whole as investors reacted to the news of tightening coronavirus-related restrictions in response to rising infection rat...

Adviser-Hub 19th Jan 2021

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Improving optimism… deteriorating data

Investor sentiment improved sharply during November, underpinned by the news of vaccine breakthroughs in the UK and the US. Improving hopes for the economic outlook led to a surge in demand for higher...

Adviser-Hub 15th Dec 2020

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Fears of a “double-dip” recession

Demand for UK gilts rose during October as Covid-19 infection rates continued to climb, and the UK and EU failed to progress their post-Brexit trade negotiations.

Adviser-Hub 5th Nov 2020

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Speculation over negative rates

Risk-averse investors focused on perceived safe havens during September, spurred by fears that fresh lockdown measures could undermine economic recovery.

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Government debt rises above £2 trillion

Government debt breached £2 trillion for the first time in July, driven higher by spending to shore up the economy.

Adviser-Hub 16th Sep 2020

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Mounting fears over UK jobs

Gilt yields continued their decline during July, driven down by concerns over the prospect of a “second wave” of coronavirus cases.

Adviser-Hub 11th Aug 2020

Article-Chart-05-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: “Living in unusual times”

Gilt yields continued their decline over June as demand for government bonds was boosted by expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) would expand its programme of quantitative easing measures.

Adviser-Hub 5th Aug 2020

Article-Protection-02 Market Updates

UK bond market review: BoE keeps its options open

Demand for gilts remained strong during May as the economic outlook continued to deteriorate. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to take a heavy toll on UK and global growth.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020

Article-Chart-05-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: The economic outlook deteriorates

Although sentiment showed signs of improvement in April after March’s plunging stock markets, investors remained nervous. A survey conducted by GfK found that consumer confidence slumped to its lowest...

Adviser-Hub 19th May 2020

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Gilt yields fall as investors head for the hills

Government bond yields dropped sharply during February as the coronavirus continued to spread across the world, fuelling concerns over the impact on global economic growth.

Adviser-Hub 4th Mar 2020

Article-Chart-04-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Flight to safety

Gilt yields fell during January as investors sought the perceived safety of government bonds

Adviser-Hub 12th Feb 2020

Article-Chart-05-1 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Optimism returns as 2019 ends

Investor confidence rallied during December following the Conservative Party’s decisive victory in the General Election.

Adviser-Hub 15th Jan 2020

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Politics drives gilts in November

UK government bonds experienced a choppy November as General Election campaigning got under way.

Adviser-Hub 20th Dec 2019

Article-Chart-05-1 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Teetering on the edge

Having surged earlier in the month, amid rising hopes of a Brexit deal, gilt yields subsequently dipped later in October when it became clear that Brexit remained unresolved.

Adviser-Hub 7th Nov 2019

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Deal or no deal?

Gilts experienced a choppy September as speculation over the likelihood of a Brexit deal ebbed and flowed in response to political developments.

Adviser-Hub 15th Oct 2019

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Gilt yields plummet in August

Gilt yields plunged during August as nervous investors sought the perceived safety of government bonds and gold.

Adviser-Hub 16th Sep 2019

Article-Chart-04-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: No-deal plans drive down gilt yields

Mounting fears that the UK will leave the EU without a deal on 31 October drove down the value of the pound against the US dollar and the euro during July.

Adviser-Hub 19th Aug 2019

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Gradual tightening strategy remains intact

UK government bond yields fell over the first six months of 2019, boosted by rising demand for gilts driven by political uncertainty.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jul 2019

Article-London-01-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Brexit worries fuel demand for gilts

Amid rising speculation over the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit, gilt prices surged and yields plummeted in May as investors scrambled for investments perceived to be safe havens.

Adviser-Hub 12th Jun 2019

Article-Chart-05-1 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Brextension eases demand for gilts

Demand for UK government bonds slipped during April: prices fell and yields rose as a six-month extension to Brexit allayed investors’.

Adviser-Hub 13th May 2019

Article-London-01 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Brexit uncertainties are unresolved

Following Parliament’s rejection of a no-deal Brexit, sterling surged against the US dollar to its highest level since June 2018 and against the euro to its highest level since April 2017.

Adviser-Hub 17th Apr 2019

Article-London-01 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Brexit “fog”

The possibility that Brexit might be delayed beyond its 29 March deadline drove sterling to its highest level against the euro for almost two years during February.

Adviser-Hub 6th Mar 2019

Market Updates

UK bond market review: Brexit: decision time

UK government bonds and the pound remained hostages to Brexit in November as the UK finally agreed a Brexit deal with the EU.

Adviser-Hub 7th Dec 2018

Article-Cities-London-AO-01_1-1 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Gilt yields tumble in October

Turmoil in global financial markets and sharp losses in equity markets drove up demand for gilts during October, leading to a decline in gilt yields.

Adviser-Hub 9th Nov 2018

Article-Europe-AO-01_1 Market Updates

Brexit enters the last six months

Gilt yields rose during September as the Brexit negotiation process moved towards its final six months and a summit in Salzburg ended without a deal. The IMF concluded its annual assessment of the UK...

Adviser-Hub 5th Oct 2018

Article-Cities-London-AO-01_1-2 Market Updates

Brexit affects investor sentiment

August 2018 Gilt yields declined during most of August, but rallied towards the end of the month amid speculation that BoE Governor Mark Carney might be requested to stay on beyond the end his term...

Adviser-Hub 5th Sep 2018

Article-Cities-London-AO-01_1-3 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Concerns over gilt supplies

UK gilt yields fell over March as a whole amid concerns over future supply as the DMO announced it would reduce gilt issuance in 2018/19 to its lowest level since 2007/2008.

Adviser-Hub 5th Apr 2018

Market Updates

UK bond market review: Demand for gilts rises during August

During August, investors’ appetite for risk deteriorated, undermined by further deterioration in relations between North Korea and the rest of the world.

Adviser-Hub 28th Sep 2017

Article-Charts-AO-03_1-3 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Gilt yields declined in July

Gilt yields fell over July as a whole, dampened by an unexpected drop in the UK’s annualised rate of inflation.

Adviser-Hub 14th Aug 2017

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