Bonds arms race hots up as Cambridge looks to borrow £600 million

University faces criticism for ‘property developer’ strategy in wake of Oxford’s £750 million issuing

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by k.s.... on May 17, 2018 - 1:46pm

I very much doubt Oxford borrowed £350 billion !

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