iShares laajentaa eurooppalaisten yritysjoukkolainojen tuotevalikoimaa finanssisektorin ETF:llä
Maailman suurimman varainhoitajan BlackRockin pörssinoteerattuihin rahastoihin (ETF) keskittyvä iShares-yksikkö on rekisteröinyt uuden finanssisektoriin keskittyvän joukkolaina-ETF:n Pohjoismaissa. iShares Euro Corporate Bond Financials UCITS ETF on nyt siis ostettavissa myös Suomessa.
”Korkovälineet ovat ETF-tuotevalikoimamme ydintä, ja kehitämme tuotevalikoimaamme tällä saralla jatkuvasti. Uusi rahasto mahdollistaa tarkasti kohdistetun sijoituksen tärkeään joukkolainamarkkinoiden segmenttiin yhdellä välineellä”, sanoo iSharesin EMEA-sijoitusstrategiajohtaja Stephen Cohen.
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iShares expands European corporate bond range with financials ETF
iShares continues to offer investors new ways of accessing bond markets
5 June 2013, Helsinki – iShares, the exchange traded funds (‘ETF’) platform of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the expansion of its European corporate bond suite with the Nordic registration of a new bond ETF focused on financial issuers. The iShares Euro Corporate Bond Financials UCITS ETF launched on the London Stock Exchange last month, and is now available for sale in Finland. The product complements iShares’ existing European corporate bond ETF suite and provides a way for investors to take a more targeted approach in their fixed income allocation.
European financials is the largest sector of the European investment grade universe, representing 47% of the Barclays Euro-Aggregate: Corporates Index as of the end of April 2013*. This new fund provides targeted and diversified exposure to this segment of the European investment grade corporate bond market in one simple trade, coupled with a potential yield pick-up beyond that achievable through an aggregated Euro corporate bond exposure. The Barclays Euro-Aggregate: Financial Index offers a yield of 2.06% versus a 1.94% yield from the Barclays Euro-Aggregate: Corporates Index*.
The iShares Euro Corporate Bond Financials UCITS ETF provides exposure to fixed rate, investment grade bonds that are denominated in euros and issued by financial companies. The fund tracks the Barclays Euro-Aggregate : Financial Index by holding the physical bonds. It is managed using a sampling technique, providing investors with efficient and liquid exposure to the performance of the underlying index. The fund has a total expense ratio of 0.20%. Barclays uses both issue and issuer ratings by three agencies - Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and Fitch Ratings - to determine the investment grade rating necessary for a bond to be included in the index.
With the new launch, iShares now offers 17 corporate bond ETFs, including the iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond 1-5 ETF, iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials 1-5 ETF and iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond Interest Rate Hedged ETF.
Stephen Cohen, Head of Investment Strategy and Insight EMEA at iShares commented:
“Fixed income remains a core component of our ETF product range and we continue to innovate and evolve our product offering in this area. The new fund provides targeted exposure to this important segment of the bond market in a single trade. Investors can use this new iShares ETF in conjunction with existing iShares funds to express tactical views in their asset allocation.”
*All figures from Barclays Live, as at 30.4.13
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