Swap rates and gilt yields fall to near-record lows while IMF cuts growth forecasts
Short- and medium-term swap rates fell in April to their lowest ever levels recorded by social housing read more
Businesswatch: Bond table
Data for bonds issued by housing associations updated read more
Is this how all investors will measure the credit worthiness of RPs?
As bond market activity increases, the methods investors use to scrutinise the credit worthiness of housing associtions are likely to become more standardised read more
Gilt yields lift but uncertain economic outlook for 2012 dents market confidence
Gilt yields strengthened across the board with the key 10-year rate at its highest since April 2012 read more
How much does the BoE own? A look at the effect of QE on the sector's benchmark gilts.
As the Bank of England's Asset Purchase Facility (APF) or quantitative easing (QE) continues so does its ownership of benchmark gilts for housing association bonds read more
Bond pricing update
Our updated table of changes to housing association bond prices in May read more
Recovery in share values in January but market rates imply weak economic outlook
A bounce-back in market confidence in January saw the FTSE 100 lift above the 6,000 level for the first time since mid-2011 read more
Breakage costs: how bonds compare to swaps
The cost of exiting a loan or any other funding agreement will play a part in a housing association's financial management decisions, the lower the breakage costs, the... read more
Rebound in UK economic growth and boost to government plans for deficit reduction
The UK economy grew by 1.0 per cent in the third quarter of 2012 ending nine months of economic contraction read more
Financial markets calmer as ECB proposes unlimited firepower to buy sovereign debt
There was some recovery in market confidence in September as the ECB announced new plans offering to buy unlimited amounts of sovereign debt in secondary markets. The aim of... read more
Market confidence stabilises after Cyprus bail-out but austerity rules UK budget
Last-minute agreement for £10 billion bail-out funding for Cyprus steadied market confidence, but investors had already sought safe-haven sovereigns read more
Bank of England accepts above-target price inflation amid UK credit rating downgrade
The Bank of England has said for the first time it prepared to tolerate above-target price inflation ot encourage growth in the UK economy, which shrank by 0.3 per cent in... read more
Gilt yields lift but uncertain economic outlook for 2012 dents market confidence
Gilt yields strengthened across the board with the key 10-year rate at its highest since April 2012 read more
Greek debt deal calms markets but Bank of England warns on outlook for UK growth
Financial Markets responded positively to the latest deal for the Greek government which will keep its finances solvent until 2014 read more
HA bonds don't need market makers to trade
Recent deals by Raglan and Midland Heart have been described as private placements wrapped in a publicly listed bond. Neither have book-runners or market makers and both have... read more
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