Capital Issuance - November 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 December 2018

Overview

  • Gross issuance by UK residents was £31.3bn in November, £10.3bn lower than in October, and £7.2bn lower than the previous six month average.
  • Bond issuance was £13.2bn in November, compared to £24.3bn in October, and was £9.8bn lower than the previous six month average.
  • PNFC bond issuance was £1.6bn in November, £7.3bn lower than in October, and £4.1bn lower than the previous six month average.
  • Net issuance by UK residents was -£4.2bn in November, £10.6bn lower than in October, and £13.3bn lower than the previous six month average. This was driven by negative net issuance across all instruments.

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 Aug -

8.4

5.5 1.2 - 2.5 3.9 2.2 0.6 0.3 3.2 0.7 24.4
Sep - 13.7 6.6 4.5 0.1 8.4 2.9 7.5 0.2 4.9 2.9 2.1 39.6
Oct - 8.1 7.3 4.3 1.6 7.2 4.0 5.9 0.6 9.0 3.8 3.1 41.6
Nov - 8.3 8.5 2.4 0.8 3.3 4.2 3.1 0.5 1.6 4.1 1.3 31.3

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
Aug 2018 - 2.5 -1.6 -1.7 -0.8 0.1 0.7 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.4 -1.2 -1.3
Sep - 8.5 -2.0 1.8 -0.2 7.0 -1.8 4.4 -1.4 2.8 -1.5 -0.6 11.5
Oct - -1.6 -3.5 -1.2 1.4 3.4 0.4 3.1 -1.2 7.1 0.4 0.1 6.4
Nov - 3.3 -1.7 -0.3 0.4 -1.2 -0.6 -1.9 -1.5 -3.8 1.0 -2.3 -4.2

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

Not seasonally adjusted

ExcelCapital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)

Next release date: 21 January 2019

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