Bank of England stepped in on Thursday to stabilise price of UK governments bonds and avert a deeper crisis

Pension fund managers breathed a cautious sigh of relief on Thursday morning. After days of market turmoil, the Bank of England’s £65m emergency intervention the day before had – at least temporarily – stabilised UK government bond prices, supported the pound, and halted a pension fund selloff that threatened to spark a deeper crisis across the City.

“After 35 years in the industry, I’d never seen anything like it,” Luke Hickmore, a fund manager at investment company abrdn said. However, markets were now “a lot calmer.” “It’s good to finally see the UK [bond] market moving at a similar pace as Europe.”

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