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The article focuses on parsing the bond market's judgment of the British government. Topics include examines Britain five-year borrowing costs were higher than those of ltaly and Greece, two countries that have difficult relationships with their lenders and considered although the markets are now calmer, the country sovereign bonds, or still trade at much higher yields than they did before the self-inflicted blow.

The article argues that government liquidity funds can achieve yields like prime money market funds despite regulation in Great Britain.

BOE's Carney says he's willing to allow inflation overshoot U.S. Treasury 10-year note yields climbed two basis points to 1.76 percent on Friday, up five basis points this week, while those on similar-maturity German bunds added two basis points to 0.06 percent, from 0.02 percent a week ago. [Extracted from the article]

UK and European pension funds are increasingly looking to swap short to medium dated government bonds for riskier credits in high yield and structured finance in a hunt for positive yield. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]