UK Sovereign
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Barclays has made several further promotions across its capital markets and M&A teams in London and New York, a week after rolling out a new global investment banking management structure. -
NatWest Markets has hired UK rates trader James Bucknall from Deutsche Bank, where he was head of sterling trading.
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The UK impressed onlookers with its sale of the second syndicated conventional Gilt of its 2021/22 financial year on Tuesday.
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The UK published its green financing framework on Wednesday as it prepares to roll out its much anticipated green Gilt programme, with at least £15bn of issuance in the format expected over the course of the 2021/22 fiscal year.
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Speaking at a keynote interview on Tuesday at the Global Borrowers and Bond Investors Forum 2021, Sir Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office, said that the strong and sustainable demand in the green bond market has given him confidence as the UK prepares to build out a green Gilt curve.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress European sovereigns have made in their funding programmes as we approach the middle of June.
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The UK will issue its first green Gilt via syndication in September, with consultations to be held during the summer to determine the market’s preferred maturity for the bond.
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The UK issued a £4bn index-linked Gilt maturing in 2039 on Tuesday, experiencing hot demand as investors flocked to secure protection from the threat of inflation.
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The UK is set to come to market this week with a syndication of an index-linked bond — its first of the financial year.
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In conference calls with the UK Debt Management Office on Monday, Gilt-edged market makers and investors gave their preferred maturities and timings for the UK’s debut green bond.
