Fears grow over gilt market sell-off as international investors exit
UK - The lastest round of quantitative easing has made gilts even more expensive and threatens to hasten the exit of international bond investors eager to crystallise profits,fund managers warn.
Baring Asset Management said it was "increasingly concerned" about the current course of UK economic policy, and what that means for gilts. It said the revision of second quarter gross domestic product...
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