Bonds - GBP
GBP Swaps: Long buyers linger; Supply rumours; RPI revolt
An early sell-off partly-reversed as the 10s30s curve again refused to follow the steepening in the US amid supply rumours. CPIH faces a challenge.
GBPi: Pompey PFI linker shows beauty of UK market; B/E br...
RPI gets a boost from QAH's linker with traders reflecting on the 'beauty' of the UK inflation market. Meanwhile breakevens take a breather.
GBP Swaps: Traders get religion ahead of Easter
Strong USTs and a new Q1 bounce bull-flattened the curve, but traders warned of a market skewed to steepen in positions. And talk of Kilts returned.
GBP Swaps: Selling of 5y spreads and gilt basis; Rebalanc...
Traders reported selling of 5y spreads and gilt basis but said the main driver today is rebalancing plays ahead of quarter-end.
GBP Swaps: Gilt sell-off delayed long enough; 10y shorts
What felt like the first day of Spring saw risk-off fail to gain a foothold, while risk-on was held off long enough to get the APF out of the way.
GBP Swaps: Robust RPI market shakes off weak IL56 auction
Robust inflation market shakes off weak IL56 auction and traders puzzle over the market's reaction to soft RPI data.
GBP Swaps: One APF seller; Greens bid; ICE clear
A bullish session saw gilts outperform Bunds as 10y yields fell 5bps on a day when one seller was said to have accounted for the APF.
GBP Swaps: Flatter; BOE and rising yields
Gilts gained, matching Bunds and helping to flatten the curve. Banks look at the BOE's response to the global rise in yields.
GBP Swaps: Upside down in ultras? How to make a fortune
Another lively week of MPC and SLR news ended with an appropriately active session, especially early on.
Basis: Cross-border flows fade in vanilla sky
A strew of new issuance hit the screens today, but for the most part these were vanilla issues from borrowers quick to exploit higher rates.