Process of buying UK Government Bonds

D

Dan Murray

Guest
A technical investment question....

Just wondering if I want to buy UK Government bonds directly (say via a self-managed pension fund),
1. What is the simplest process?
2. What costs are involved?
3. If I wanted to hedge, how do I go about it and what are the costs involved?

[Regarding, the hedging - say I wanted to invest €100,000 and wanted to fully protect the initial capital sum from adverse sterling movements (i.e. where sterling weakens against the euro) - what are the annual costs for such protection?]
 
Talk to a stockbroker???

Buying them is easy = via stockbroker
Costs are clear = see stockbroker fee sheet
Hedging = very complicated, (unless you're asking a gardening question)
 
Thanks Ravina

Fair enuff re talking to a stockbroker!

The fee sheets I looked at show the stockbroking fee. All I need to know is the actual cost of hedging for 1 year. Any idea?