gilts

NEST's reliance on gilts to provide steady growth in its default fund will leave many of the most vulnerable savers with the lowest income exposed to inflation, No Monkey Business (NMB) warns.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 12 November

Gilt yields have spiked strongly today after the UK recorded twice the expected growth in the third quarter.

The new so-called 'currency vigilantes' hit sterling hard yesterday, on a day when gilt yields dropped to a new record low.

Government bonds jumped on Wednesday on rumours the Bank of England could be moving closer to increasing its £200bn "money-printing" programme to buoy the recovery.

The approaches available for investors who decide on a fixed income investment strategy

The cost of transferring pension risk could rocket if the economy continues to ape Japan's, a partner at Pension Corporation has said.

Here are all the key facts from yesterday's "tough but fair" Budget.

The UK's planned gilt sales in 2010/11 have been revised down by £20.2bn to £165bn due to the Government's debt reduction programme outlined in the Budget.

The Bank of England is sitting on an £8bn net profit from its £200bn quantitative easing programme.