UK Gilts - EPIC Codes (?) & Purchases
David Probett
Two questions:
1.
Has anyone got a site where I can look up the EPIC Codes for UK Gilts?
I can find LSE stocks easily enough but Gilts seem to be a problem.
2.
In 1998 the Bank of England took over responsibility for "Retail
Sales" from the Dept of National Savings.
How does one go about making a purchase from the BoE and is it
possible via a web-site?
Assistance appreciated.
Regards
David
David Probett
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Peter Lawrence
<davidp...@pobox.com> wrote:
>Hi
>
>Two questions:
>
>1.
>Has anyone got a site where I can look up the EPIC Codes for UK Gilts?
>I can find LSE stocks easily enough but Gilts seem to be a problem.
A now defunct web site gave me some EPIC codes for gilts but I never
found any service which would give prices against these. Has anyone
fared better?
>2.
>In 1998 the Bank of England took over responsibility for "Retail
>Sales" from the Dept of National Savings.
>
>How does one go about making a purchase from the BoE and is it
>possible via a web-site?
Go to http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ and select 'Gilts Brokerage
Service'. AFAIR this gives you details and forms for postal service
only; you can't do it on line.
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Peter Lawrence
David Probett
<pj.la...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
<snip>
>>
>>How does one go about making a purchase from the BoE and is it
>>possible via a web-site?
>
>Go to http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ and select 'Gilts Brokerage
>Service'. AFAIR this gives you details and forms for postal service
>only; you can't do it on line.
I found the BoE site. Very interesting. The forms don't appear to give
me the opportunity to tell the BoE I don't want Stock Certificates but
my CREST account credited instead.
I've now had an e-mail from th BoE that implies that my CREST account
CAN be credited with the stock.
Curiously the BoE claims that "No-one in this office has ever heard of
EPIC Codes".
This despite the fact that War Loan is "WAR.L"
I'm trying them again to clarify a couple of points.
Thanks for the assist.
Peter Schambil
>On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:25:43 +0100, David Probett
><davidp...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Two questions:
>>
>>1.
>>Has anyone got a site where I can look up the EPIC Codes for UK Gilts?
>>I can find LSE stocks easily enough but Gilts seem to be a problem.
>
>A now defunct web site gave me some EPIC codes for gilts but I never
>found any service which would give prices against these. Has anyone
>fared better?
>
identified by EPIC codes. I don't remember exactly how I got them in there,
but I suspect there is some kind of a search function.
HTH
Peter
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Peter Lawrence
<schambi...@unisys.com.br> wrote:
>I have a watchlist at http://www.moneyextra.com which includes some gilts,
>identified by EPIC codes. I don't remember exactly how I got them in there,
>but I suspect there is some kind of a search function.
That could well be where I found them. (Apologies to MX for thinking
they were extinct.) I had hoped that Quicken would get prices for
them automatically, as it does for shares and (some) unit trusts but
it doesn't.
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Terry Harper
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> Has anyone got a site where I can look up the EPIC Codes for UK Gilts?
> I can find LSE stocks easily enough but Gilts seem to be a problem.
Try www.thisismoney.com and click on "Gilts" in the right hand panel on the
"News" page headed "marketwatch".
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