Sterling slides for a 4th day, gilt yields rise for 5th

“The surge in gilt yields could push up annuity rates in the coming weeks,” says Helen Morrissey, head of retirement analysis ...
Against the dollar, the pound has fallen in tandem with the gilt sell-off, driven by uncertainty over the UK’s fiscal outlook and the threat of inflationary tariffs under the incoming Trump ...
“Annuities languished in the doldrums throughout the 2010s, in part because gilt yields – which largely determine the rates ...
Financial markets appear to have turned on the Chancellor despite the fact there has been no major economic data so far in ...
Locally-focused British stocks were slammed on Wednesday alongside sterling, while benchmark UK gilt yields soared as ...
More important is the actual hit to the government debt bill. Two-fifths of the rise in government spending since the ...
Gilt yields have risen strongly over the past few months and with a yield of 5.3%, the 30Y is at its highest level since 1998 ...
The government represents the UK and its people and some of those people are sitting on a lot of money, maybe it's time for a ...
Some British pension funds are being told by asset managers to come up with more cash to support their hedging positions ...