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Interest rates impacting debt costs slower in UK than any other G7 country
Published alongside the OBR’s Autumn Statement forecast, the report said that the UK’s refinancing costs and debt servicing costs were…
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Gilts claim spot in ii Q3 performance index as investors hunt for yields
The gilts in question are the TN25 and TN24, ii found, which made it to the index due to the…
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Friday Briefing: High(er) for longer
Opening his team’s monthly economic and financial analysis, ING global head of macro research Carsten Brzeski suggested their base case…
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Deep Dive: 2022 UK gilts reset improved outlook for the coming decade
Mohneet Dhir, head of multi-asset product specialism at Vanguard, argued: “The valuation adjustment that we saw in UK bonds last…
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Strong H1 for global equities despite ‘gloomy outlook’
The report found the performance of global equities is to thank for the turnaround, which has come despite recession fears,…
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Vanishing act: Bond yield effects on pension deficits
It is well known that many companies have defined benefit pension schemes – some huge, even though most are now…
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Waverton’s Carter: Safe haven credentials will return to fixed income in 2023
Investors had been questioning the place of fixed income in multi-asset portfolios in recent years, particularly after an incredibly poor…
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Lessons from the 70s: How UK assets fared the last inflation ‘boom’
Back then the retail price index peaked in 1975 at almost 27%, following chancellor Anthony Barber’s ill-fated 1972 ‘budget for…
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Gilt-y as charged: Why pension funds need to greater margin sophistication
Would an esoteric issue such as pension funds making margin calls in the event of government debt spiking to post-2008…
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Data, data everywhere and not a number to guide
When dealing with problems I have sometimes found it useful to use a ‘factor of three’. For example, if I…
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