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Quarter of European sovereign bonds yielding negative returns

09 April 2015 •

A quarter of Eurozone sovereign bonds were yielding negative returns in March after the European Central Bank (ECB) began its €1.1trn (£80bn) quantitative easing (QE) programme, figures show.

Developed market bonds also remained weak with average yields of less than 1%, according to the data from JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM). This comes after Swiss chocolate manufacturer Nestle...

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