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UK Sovereign

  • The UK’s Debt Management Office is to sell an extra £2.1bn of Gilts in the year to March 2017, after the government's net cash requirement rose by £2.9bn compared to the forecast published alongside the country's budget a few weeks ago.
  • The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) has mandated four banks for its re-opening of the 2.5% 2065 Gilt, which it has scheduled for the week beginning April 25, 2016.
  • The UK Debt Management Office started its 2016-17 funding programme by auctioning £5.25bn of debt this week, using a mechanism it has introduced to enhance Gilt price discovery.
  • Much of the UK media just cannot leave the prospect of an uncovered — or, to use the common but incorrect parlance, “failed” — sovereign debt auction alone. Even when the UK Debt Management Office introduces a new mechanism to improve price discovery, stories are littered with references to boosting demand.
  • The UK Debt Management Office kicks off its 2016-17 funding programme by auctioning £5.25bn of debt this week, in what will be the first test of a mechanism it has introduced to enhance Gilt price discovery.
  • The UK Debt Management Office has announced the details of two syndications it plans to sell in the first quarter of its 2016-17 financial year.
  • ICAP, the interdealer broker, has launched a daily index that measures the effective cost of funding for sterling government bonds.
  • The UK Debt Management Office looks likely to bring two syndications in the first quarter of its 2016-17 financial year, after Gilt-edged market makers (GEMMs) and investors recommended the strategy.
  • The UK Debt Management Office is reshuffling its funding strategy for the 2016-17 financial year, including adding the possibility of selling short to medium term conventional Gilts via syndication — although some investors would prefer a reduction in the UK’s use of syndications.
  • The UK Debt Management Office is reshuffling its funding strategy for the 2016-17 financial year, including adding the possibility of selling short to medium term conventional Gilts via syndication.
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  • The Bank of England has printed $2bn of three year paper from a heavily oversubscribed book, as fears of a UK exit from the European Union showed no impact on the central bank’s bonds.