UK Sovereign
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The UK Debt Management Office (UK DMO) has appointed four banks to lead the syndicated reopener of its 0.125% 2041 index-linked Gilt, which is planned to take place next week. -
The UK is preparing to issue its second sukuk, following its debut in 2014.
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The UK Debt Management Office (UK DMO) will reopen its 2041 index-linked Gilt through syndication in the week commencing July 8, subject to market and demand conditions.
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CME Group’s fixed income electronic trading platforms business is launching a dealer-to-client Request for Quote (RFQ) trading product for the European repo market.
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Investors are calling on the UK to issue green bonds. Should it? There is little doubt markets would like them — but the important question is, would the public?
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Gilts are profiting from safe-haven flows, said Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office (DMO), which, this week, sold its first syndicated note of the 2019/20 funding year — a 6.5 times subscribed issue.
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Large asset managers have urged the UK to start issuing green Gilts to support the country’s environmental initiatives and broaden the range of assets they can buy. Although the government's Green Task Force recommended the idea last year, there has been little progress since and the country’s Debt Management Office has shown little enthusiasm for the product, writes Burhan Khadbai.
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A director for responsible investment at a large asset manager has written to the CEO of the UK Debt Management Office pleading the case for the country to start issuing green bonds, as recommended by a government inquiry last year.
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UK government bonds could lose some of their stature as a risk-free investment and start to be treated more like credit products in the event that no breakthrough is made in Brexit negotiations, according to one portfolio manager.
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The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) started its 2019/20 funding year with a bang on Tuesday, selling a six and a half times subscribed issue.
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The World Bank printed its second Sonia linked note on Wednesday as part of efforts to build its Sonia curve. The supranational has now sold over £2.5bn of Sonia paper across two benchmark bonds since September 2018.
