Market Movers: UK sells gilt with highest yield since 2007

Bond will pay investors an annual return of 5.668%

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Market Movers: UK sells gilt with highest yield since 2007

In this live blog, Professional Pensions' sister title Investment Week collates all the breaking markets and investment news on inflation, equities, bonds and currency movements.

We also look at how pensions are influenced by the impact of trade wars, tightening monetary policy, the economic effects of Ukraine's invasion of Russia, and the impact of Brexit negotiations.

 

 

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