gilts

Mark Peters discusses the role fixed income can play in a retirement planning portfolio

Arecent edition of Countryfile looked at the rural elderly and the issues specific to them, such as mobility, access to care and support etc. It also mentioned very briefly, the actual inflation rate affecting individuals and couples in this category....

The dangers posed to savers and investors by falling gilt values far outweigh the risk of rising inflation, according to Martin Bamford of Informed Choice.

Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, on a new era for bonds...

Labour's 50p top tax rate will remain for five more years, breaking a pledge that the £2billion-a-year raid on earnings would be temporary.

Gilt prices fell sharply yesterday as investors began to digest the Government's pre-Budget report and fears that Britain's credit rating will be downgraded intensified.

M&G's Richard Woolnough has reduced his exposure to interest rate risk in his Optimal Income fund on the back of concerns about a possible excess in supply of government bonds.

The Treasury will need to pay at least £16 billion more over the next five years to convince investors to buy the £815 billion of gilts that it needs to sell to cover government borrowing requirements, The Times has learnt.

UK Gilt funds saw a huge 223% upturn in share of sales on FundsNetwork compared to September as investors flocked to safe havens.

UK fixed interest fund managers predict a recession in gilts and no more ‘fuzzy equity' issuance, according to S&P.