UK - The government failed to respond to calls from the UK pensions industry to address a shortage of long-dated gilts when it announced in its pre-Budget report that borrowing was set to soar.
While the government announced an increase in planned gilt sales of £66.4bn, pension funds were left disappointed that just 10% (£6.3bn) will be in long maturity conventional gilts and an additiona...
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