UK Sovereign
-
Traders say they are optimistic that approaching Greece debt talks and the iTraxx index May options expiring next week will help return direction to the credit market, which has been locked in the thrall of the Bund blowout since the end of April.
-
A sense of relief was palpable across the City on Friday after UK elections delivered a majority for one party — rather than the political deadlock that looked almost certain before the results came in. -
The sterling market, so often a safe haven for issuers and investors at times of trouble in Europe, has its own set of problems to deal with, namely the uncertainty caused by the likely political deadlock following the UK general election.
-
The UK Debt Management Office will raise slightly less than expected this financial year, after the country’s government changed its cash requirement.
-
UBS has made a big commitment to re-establishing its global medium term note business by hiring a well-known figure to lead the origination effort.
-
The UK Debt Management Office unveiled on Tuesday its choice of tenor and timing for its next syndicated Gilt.
-
The UK Debt Management office has received strong support for launching an index-linked Gilt via syndication in the next quarter — but found a difference of opinion on timing.
-
The UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) will sell £7.5bn more Gilts in the financial year starting in April than in 2014-15, according to its latest figures.
-
The UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) announced Wednesday a lower than expected borrowing requirement for its coming fiscal year.
-
Investors flocked to a tap of a long dated inflation-linked Gilt on Wednesday, with books hitting £7bn in 10 minutes, despite the yield on offer dropping to nearly minus 90bp.
-
The UK is set to price a tap of its March 2058 inflation linked Gilt on Wednesday, while investors suggested that the case for a new type of inflation linked bond is growing stronger.
-
The UK Debt Management Office is preparing to take on a large increase to its funding over the next four financial years.
