Bonds and Gilts

Interest rates on Portugal’s 10-year sovereign bonds have gone up for bonds with two, five and 10 year maturities by just over 3% for 10-year bonds, similar to increases on national debt suffered [...]

Portugal has followed the current global trend of issuing sovereign bonds at the start of 2024 because of a strong appetite from investors. Portugal’s treasury and debt entity, the IGCP put €4Bn [...]

Portugal’s treasury and debt management agency returns to the markets on Wednesday with a triple auction of treasury bonds with maturities of between four, 18 and 21 years. The IGCP, which [...]

The Portuguese bank BCP is to undertake an early refund of €400 million, plus interest, in perpetual bonds according to a communiqué sent to the Portuguese stock market commission (CMVM). “The [...]

Portugal has postponed the repayment of €641 million to 2027 and 2030. The Portuguese debt and treasury management agency IGCP undertook its third debt exchange operation this year on Tuesday. [...]

The decision by the European Central Bank to hike interest rates by quarter of a percent last week has put pressure on the yields bond investors expect back from the Portuguese State, The [...]

Portugal’s treasury and public debt agency IGCP is to issue €1.8Bn of savings bonds as part of its programme to raise finance for the State in the third quarter. The State has €1.8Bn of debt [...]

The Portuguese insurer Fidelidade has bought a total of €1.7 million in BCP corporate securities in three operations according to a note sent to the Portuguese capital markets regulator CMVM. The [...]

A Portuguese economist who ran the country’s treasury and debt management agency IGCP, has warned that despite forecasts that interest rates will stabilise at between 2% and 3%, high interest [...]

Assets under the management of investment funds commercialised in Portugal rose 4.4% in the first four months of 2023 to €231.7 million. Spurred by the equities and share markets, investors have [...]