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Pound rises as BoE indicates it may extend intervention

Pension funds are working to shore up their derivative strategies before Friday deadline

The pound rose against the dollar on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that the Bank of England had privately signalled that it could extend its £65bn bond-buying intervention into next week.

The pound rose as much as 0.8 per cent against the dollar to $1.1057 following the report, after initially falling on Wednesday during Asian trading to a two-week low.

Andrew Bailey, governor of the BoE, had said on Tuesday that market conditions in UK government bonds “seemed calmer” after the central bank staged a second emergency intervention in two days. He ruled out extending the programme past Friday.

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