Three new bond index ETFs issued by iShares – iShares Euro Corporate Bond Financials UCITS ETF, iShares Global Corporate Bond EUR Hedged UCITS ETF, and iShares JP Morgan $ EM Bond EUR Hedged UCITS ETF – are now tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment.
The iShares Euro Corporate Bond Financials UCITS ETF provides investors with access to euro corporate bonds with investment grade rating, issued by companies from the banking, insurance and finance sectors as well as brokerage and real estate investment trusts (REITs). The corporate bonds have a residual maturity of at least one year and an outstanding volume of at least EUR300m.
The iShares Global Corporate Bond EUR Hedged UCITS ETF tracks the performance of fixed-income corporate bonds with investment grade rating, issued by companies from industrialised and emerging market countries around the world. The currency risk between the euro and the currencies of the corporate bonds is minimised in the form of currency futures. The bonds have a residual maturity of at least one year.
The iShares J. P. Morgan $ EM Bond EUR Hedged UCITS ETF enables investors to participate in the performance of US dollar government bonds and quasi-government bonds from emerging markets. The currency risk between the euro and the US dollar is minimised in the form of currency futures. The bonds have a residual maturity of at least two years and an outstanding volume of at least EUR1bn.
