London’s retailbonds good forbuyers and sellers

Corporate bonds haven’t exactly been a standard investment for British widows, orphans and run-of-the-mill retail investors. The minimum block of 50.000 or 100.000 pounds was too big for most of their portfolios. That could change, now that the London Stock Exchange will offer government and corporate bonds in increments of 1.000 pounds or less. In addition to around fifty different UK government debt securities, punters will initially be able to choose from nine existing corporate issues on th...