Gilts are bland. But even Indian bonds aren’t spicy?
The one-two punch of rising US interest rates and a strengthening dollar is making investors crave spicy yields. Markets were in turmoil last week when 10-year UK gilts struggled to find…
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Explained | Britain’s week of market turmoil and the tax cut reversal
The pound slumped to its lowest point against the dollar accompanied by skyrocketing bond yields, triggering an emergency intervention by the Bank of England and a tax reversal by the UK PM…
UK watchdogs hold crisis talks to avert gilts cliff-edge
The UK watchdogs responsible for the £1.5tn corner of the pensions sector that came close to imploding this week are holding daily talks with asset managers to stave off a fresh…
UK government borrowing costs suffer historic rise after hit to gilts
UK government borrowing costs are on course for one of their biggest ever monthly rises — and mortgage rates are set to increase as well — following the bond market meltdown triggered…
UK energy package will weigh on gilts and pound, analysts warn
Investors and analysts expect sterling and UK government bond prices to weaken further as the country issues billions of pounds in debt to fund prime minister Liz Truss’s new energy…
As gilt yields rise, an RBI step from 2018 could be a blessing for banks’…
Over the past few months, while benchmark equity indices have witnessed a fair degree of volatility, investors have expressed optimism over bank stocks, evidenced by a seven per cent rise in…
Govt ups FY22 fiscal deficit target to 6.9%; gilts slump
The central government has pegged the fiscal deficit target for the next financial year at 6.4 per cent of GDP, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget in…
Rupee skids as oil, US yields harden; gilts sell-off post devolvement at…
NEW DELHI – The rupee weakened against the US dollar on Monday as banks bought the greenback on behalf of importers as crude prices hardened globally. A rise in US Treasury yields and the…
Don’t park funds in long-term gilts, advises Cred Avenue’s Vibhor Mittal…
Amid the likelihood of the Reserve Bank of India embarking on a tighter monetary policy in the coming months, Vibhor Mittal, Chief Product Officer at Cred Avenue, suggests that retail…
Short-term gilts suggest RBI policy normalisation still some time away
NEW DELHI: Perhaps the biggest takeaway for markets from the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy statement last week was that normalisation of the ultra-accommodative policies has…