gilt yields

John McNeill questions whether gilt yields really are beginning to normalise.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at what the Debt Management Office plans for government bonds

Jonathan Stapleton talks to Baring Asset Management chief investment officer Marino Valensise

The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) will launch a 55-year index linked gilt in the coming weeks but says issuing any bonds of longer duration remains difficult due to lack of demand.

The total deficit of private sector UK defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £100bn last month as rising inflation expectations pushed up liabilities, figures show.

A drop in the FTSE over August has wiped out summer deficit reduction as levels return to those seen in May, research from Mercer shows.

Benchmark ten-year gilt yields hit a fresh two-year high of over 3% after the Bank of England (BoE) opted not to release further ‘forward guidance'.

Natasha Browne looks at gilt market predictions and what they mean for schemes

Natasha Browne asks if the Bank of England's forward guidance can really help the economy

Deficits in the private sector rose in August with smaller-cap listed and unlisted firms mainly to blame, research from JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) shows.