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Capital Issuance - August 2018

Capital issuance statistics consist of UK-based primary market issuance of bonds, commercial paper and equity, representing finance raised in the UK.
Published on 20 September 2018

Overview

  • Gross issuance by UK residents was £24.4bn in August, £11.6bn lower than in July and £16.0bn lower than the previous six month average.
  • Bonds accounted for £11.2bn of issuance in August, compared to £18.0bn in July. Commercial paper accounted for£12.6bn compared to £15.3bn in July.
  • PNFC bond issuance was £0.3bn in August compared to £3.2bn in July and OFC bond issuance was £2.5bn compared to £5.1bn in July.

Gross capital issuance

Table A:Gross capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Sterling billions
Not seasonally adjusted

Gross issues by instrument and sector
MFI OFC PNFC Total
Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)		 Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)		 Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)
B53L Z935 B49M B3EF B55L Z937 B53M B3EG B57L Z939 B55M B3EH B22K
2018 May - 9.0 9.9 5.5 0.6 9.3 3.4 9.9 1.4 13.5 3.7 2.5 50.7
Jun - 11.0 5.5 2.2 0.2 10.4 2.8 7.1 1.1 3.8 3.4 4.7 38.8
Jul - 9.8 7.6 5.1 1.2 5.1 4.2 5.4 1.5 3.2 3.5 2.8 36.0
Aug - 8.4 5.5 1.2 - 2.5 3.9 2.2 0.6 0.3 3.2 0.7 24.4

 

Chart 1: Gross capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Not seasonally adjusted

Net capital issuance

Table B: Net capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Sterling billions
Not seasonally adjusted

Net issues by instrument and sector
MFI OFC PNFC Total
Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)		 Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)		 Shares Bonds CP Of which:
Sterling (£)
B35L Z93P B36L B3EL B39L Z93R B42L B3EM B29L Z5ZC Z5ZD B3EN B24K
2018 May - -3.1 3.6 2.0 -0.1 6.6 -0.2 6.8 0.4 11.0 -0.3 0.1 17.8
Jun - 5.1 -1.7 -0.1 -0.7 7.9 0.1 4.4 0.2 0.3 -1.0 3.2 10.9
Jul - 2.5 1.8 0.3 0.2 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.9 8.9
Aug - 2.5 -1.6 -1.7 -0.8 0.1 0.7 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.4 -1.2 -1.3

Chart 2: Net capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Not seasonally adjusted

ExcelCapital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Next release date: 18 October 2018

Further details

Further data are available in Table E3.1 of our latest Bankstats tables.

 

Queries

If you have any comments or queries with regard to this release please email DSDSecurities@bankofengland.gsi.gov.uk.

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