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Guides to gilts and to using GiltIQ, written against the site's own data and pages.
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The Assistant: asking about gilts in plain English
The Assistant answers questions about gilt prices, yield history and your own holdings in plain English, and can draw the answer as a chart. Chat needs a signed-in account.
The taxable income report: knowing what to declare
How the taxable income report turns your coupon payments, accrued interest and booked trades into the single net figure each UK tax year wants, and the quirks (like the accrued income scheme) it handles for you.
Building a bond ladder with gilts
Spread your gilts' maturities across the years so one rung matures each year, and reinvest every repayment to keep the income rolling — a simple, honest look at how ladders work and what they can and cannot do.
Where to buy gilts in the UK
The two ways to buy gilts — on the stock exchange through a broker or platform, or at a DMO auction — and what you pay, from clean and dirty prices to dealing fees.
Understanding gilts: a guide to UK government bonds
What a gilt actually is — a loan to HM Treasury that pays interest and returns your £100 nominal at maturity — and how conventional and index-linked gilts differ.