(Updates with date and likely size of sale)
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Debt Management Office named Bank of America Merrill Lynch , J.P. Morgan , Lloyds Bank and Santander GBM to act as joint bookrunners for the sale of several billion pounds of a 30-year index-linked bond.
The DMO said the syndication of the 2048 index-linked gilt, which carries a 0.125 percent coupon , would take place in the week starting Feb. 5, subject to market conditions.
British government bond syndications typically take place on the Tuesday of a given week.
The launch of the gilt on Nov. 7 attracted 23.7 billion pounds ($32.85 billion) of orders from investors and led to the sale of 3 billion pounds of the gilt at a real yield of -1.541 percent, the lowest of any gilt sold via syndication.
The gilt now trades at a real yield of -1.554 percent.
So far this year the DMO has raised 19.865 billion pounds of finance through bond syndications, and would need to raise a further 3.835 billion pounds to meet its target for the year to the end of March.
If there is strong demand for the gilt, a further 1 billion pounds of 2017/18 issuance remains unallocated.($1 = 0.7215 pounds)
(Reporting by David Milliken; Editing by William Schomberg)
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