Retail investors flock to gilts in first two weeks of 2025

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Retail investors flock to gilts in first two weeks of 2025 - Financial Times

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Investors can gain exposure to gilts by buying exchange traded funds or funds that invest in gilts, but to benefit from the CGT exemption they must purchase gilts directly — either at auction or on the secondary market.

AJ Bell said gilts were its most popular investment product so far this year, but noted that “those dealing in gilts tend to represent a relatively low number of our customers, typically transacting in larger sums.

But gilts rallied this week after UK inflation data opened the door to faster BoE rate cuts, a move strengthened by US inflation data, taking the yield back to 4.73 per cent by Thursday afternoon.