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Performance Trends in the U.K. Gilt and Corporate Bond Markets
On Aug. 4, 2016, the Bank of England cut its benchmark rate by 25 bps to a low of 0.25%. This move, coupled with its announcement of a GBP 70 billion expansion of quantitative easing, with GBP 10 billion committed for the purchase of investment-grade corporate bonds, is furthering the positive performance of these asset…
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A Possible Brexit, a Weak Pound, and an Outperforming U.K. Gilt Bond Market
Year-to-date, the U.K. gilt market has performed the best out of all of Europe’s safe-haven government bond markets. The S&P U.K. Gilt Bond Index has returned 6.15% YTD, one of the highest in Europe. Yields in U.K. gilts have tightened by 41 bps since the beginning of this year, with the S&P U.K. Gilt Bond…
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