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by cm2187 1361 days ago
No it's not about the level of interest rate, it's about the duration. I think they go long/short a short term and long term bond, creating some duration exposure to manage the discount risk of their pension liabilities.

You can't really create the arbitrage you are describing. Whatever the gilt yields is pretty much what you would pay to borrow against it.