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Gilts

British and Irish government securities. Blue Chip.

Gilt Edged Bond

A private-issued, investment grade bond. Only blue chip companies issue gilt edged bonds and, for that reason, they have high ratings. Gilt edged bonds are considered sufficiently low-risk that the law allows banks to invest in them. In addition to being low-risk, investment-grade bonds are low-return, greatly reducing the cost on the issuer. They are considered the next safest bond to a Treasury security.

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London: UK government bonds risk losing their status as the least bad performers in Europe as the Bank of England (BOE) moves closer to ending emergency stimulus.

UK bonds risk losing their edge over euro area rivals

Bank of Scotland reported surging investor confidence in gold and UK Government bonds, with European assets suffering.

DIAMONDS CONTINUE TO OUTSHINE EQUITIES

"The low yields on UK government bonds and high levels of some unnecessary liquidity have led to use of a wider range of bond or bond-like assets to match cash flows in," says Tim Giles, partner at Aon Hewitt.

The Weird and Wonderful of LDI

Summary: UK government bonds fell for a fourth week as signs the economy is gathering momentum fuelled speculation the Bank of England will raise interest rates sooner than policy makers forecast.

Gilts fall for 4th week on rate-hike thought

The high price of UK Government bonds (gilts) today also reflects the unique benefits that they offer.

Government bonds offer real benefits

Gold, cash and UK Government Bonds will be, and indeed already are seen as, safe havens, and the pound will strengthen probably against all but the new deutschmark (which will revalue very substantially) and the US dollar.

Greece likely to leave euro - and UK economy will suffer; Geraint Davies, partner at the Cardiff office of business advisory firm Grant Thornton, asks what would happen if Greece was to leave the euro

"We expect a move towards more realistic pricing in 2012, which will only be accentuated further in the City when the forecast job cuts in the banking and financial sector kick-in.'' Investment volumes in the market as a whole in Q4 fell by 16% from Q4 to pounds 6.8bn as investors sought the relative safety of UK government bonds - this downward shift can be attributed to many factors, primarily the Eurozone debt crisis holding back investment.

Commercial property transactions at lowest level for five years in Yorkshire and the Humber

Gilts have in recent months benefited from investors seeking the relative safety of UK government bonds as there is still no resolution in sight to the eurozone debt crisis.

Market report

Santander Global Banking & Markets (SAN.MC) (NYSE: STD) will become a primary dealer of UK government bonds, known as gilts, from August 19, 2010 Dow Jones has reported.

Santander Global Banking becomes UK Gilt primary dealer

This is currently well ahead of its 30-year average (3.1 per cent) and the return on cash and UK government bonds. After a period of financial prudence, many companies have come through the recession in rude health.

London-based Killik & Co Joins Global Alliance Partners

Summary: The prospect of a hung parliament has pegged back gains for sterling and UK Government bonds.

Bond markets stall on hung parliament fears

Therefore, this article will use recent data from the UK government bond markets to estimate the inflation risk premium embedded in nominal UK government bonds.(16)