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Bank of England insists bond-buying plan will end this week amid gilts sell-off

The Bank of England has insisted its emergency bond-buying scheme following the Chancellor’s mini-budget will come to a close on Friday as a sell-off in UK government bonds accelerated. The message came following a slump in the pound after Bank of ...

12 Oct 2022 at 17:26

Bank of England promises to end gilt purchases on Friday

The Bank of England has said its scheme to protect the market from the chaos in the wake of the Chancellor’s mini-budget will come to a close on Friday. Pension funds will have to have found tens of billions of pounds before the end of the week ...

12 Oct 2022 at 11:49

Sterling falls as Bank of England warns market support will end on Friday

The pound has fallen again after the Bank of England governor warned that its emergency support package for the markets would end on Friday. Earlier the Bank intervened for the second time in as many days to prevent “fire sales” of pension ...

12 Oct 2022 at 00:04

Bank of England intervenes for second day running to ease market turmoil

The Bank of England has stepped in with further emergency action for the second day running to head off a “fire sale” of UK government bonds amid ongoing turmoil in markets triggered by the Chancellor’s mini-budget. The central bank ...

11 Oct 2022 at 11:25

Benedict Cumberbatch feels ‘so hot’ as executive watching forests burn in advert

Benedict Cumberbatch has stripped down to a towel to play a chief executive named Benedict Lumberjack for an advert highlighting the role of pension funds in deforestation projects. The Sherlock actor, 48, can be heard saying “I’m ...

17 Dec 2024 at 10:03

Lessons must be learned from gilt market crisis, Bank executive says

Lessons must be learned from the gilt market turmoil that briefly destabilised the UK economy, an executive director at the Bank of England has said. Sarah Breeden, who oversees the UK’s banks and building societies, said that ...

07 Nov 2022 at 12:26

City

DS Smith reveals £100m support for pension fund amid mini-budget market chaos

Packaging firm DS Smith has revealed it loaned its pension scheme up to £100 million to help it weather the stock market turmoil in the aftermath of the disastrous mini-budget. In its half-year results, DS Smith said it made ...

08 Dec 2022 at 15:16

Personal Finance

Pension funds to publicly disclose how much is invested in UK versus overseas

Pension funds will be required to publicly compare their performance data against competitors and disclose their levels of investment in British businesses under Government plans. The Government said the reforms will help ...

02 Mar 2024 at 00:01

City

Bank of England starts gilts sale as policymakers gather to decide on rates

The Bank of England is kick starting the sale of its massive gilt holdings on Tuesday, thrusting the cost of government debt back into the limelight after the recent mini-budget market turmoil. The central bank is ...

01 Nov 2022 at 12:55

Personal Finance

Reeves hails pension funds’ vow to invest billions in UK infrastructure schemes

A commitment by pension funds to invest tens of billions in British infrastructure projects and businesses has been welcomed by Rachel Reeves. The Chancellor said the agreement will help start-up firms access ...

13 May 2025 at 14:28

Support staff at university call for strike action over proposed pension changes

Support staff at a Scottish university have “emphatically” called for strikes in response to potential pension changes, a union has said. Unite Scotland said on Tuesday that 94% of the staff employed at the ...

12 Feb 2025 at 14:42

City

Investors call on UK’s largest firms to provide shareholders with climate vote

A group of investors has urged most of the UK’s largest listed companies to provide shareholders with a vote on their climate transition plans. Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) and impact ...

11 Sept 2024 at 12:14

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