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Mantis Funds wins new distribution mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... liquid equity indices. These derivatives are backed by investment grade sovereign and corporate bonds, predominantly UK gilts, aiming to minimise credit risk. "Volatility and predictability don't usually go hand in hand. While sophisticated investors ...

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... worries and the consequent spike in US bond yields have lifted sovereign bond yields almost everywhere. The yield on UK gilts have risen to a high of 0.80% this year. This is already 73 percentage points higher than the 0.07% low recorded last year and ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... "The Janus Henderson manager said the $2.2bn Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has taken a short position on Treasuries, UK gilts and German Bunds. Mr Gross, the so-called bond king, said he left the Japanese government bond market alone." "Mr Gross pointed ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... 2.37% overnight from 2.14% at the close of the week ended 23 June (before hawkish comments); Eurozone bonds up 31 bps and UK gilts up 28 bps - Japanese JGBs of the same maturity increased by a mere four bps over the same period. BOJ Governor Haruhiko ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... dipped a bit from US$1.2450 to US$1.2438; The FTSE-100 index gained a bit, up 0.4% on the day; and the yield on 10-year UK gilts slipped by 4 bps to 1.15%. Perhaps this is because May's move was largely expected or it's still too early in the day to ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... investors own about $500 billion," Thiel said. "The perception of the election is incredibly important in terms of where UK gilts will go. Our investment thesis in the UK has been to be actually short UK gilts. They're about 20 basis points lower on ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on banks have led to a commonwealth and state-debt buying spree. "With US treasuries, UK gilts and German bunds offering record low yields due to flight-to-safety buying, the higher-yielding Australian market will ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... because, "it's too early to speak of an alternative" to the dollar. China and Russia and other holders of US Treasuries and UK Gilts are right to be concerned. Bond yields are rising in both economies and this is showing signs of persistence. Although ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... entice China to buy more pieces of the US government? The same thing happened on the way to the UK. Yields on long-term UK gilts rose after its debt auction failed to attract enough buyers. Like the Fed, the BoE is also buying long-term gilts outright. ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... corporate bonds and commercial paper, asset-backed securities and syndicated loans. These will be funded by the sale of UK gilts. And just like the Fed and the BoJ, it would soon find itself with interest rates at zero. Next week's MPC meeting, where ...
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