New bond ETF: euro corporate bonds with investment grade rating and sustainability filter

State Street expands its range of bond ETFs to include corporate bonds issued in euros nwith good ratings.
 

4 May 2022. FRANKFURT (Börse Frankfurt). A new exchange-traded fund issued by State Street Global Advisors is tradable on Xetra and via Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.

The SPDR Bloomberg SASB 0-3 Year Euro Corporate ESG UCITS ETF offers investors access to fixed-income, euro-denominated corporate bonds with investment grade rating. Bonds issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with a residual maturity of up to three years and a minimum volume of 300 million euros are considered.

In addition, all issuing companies must have the R-value calculated by State Street Global Advisors, which rates the companies based on sustainability factors. Companies associated with environmental disasters, weapons, thermal coal mining, tobacco or violations of the United Nations Global Compact are excluded.

The product offering in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment currently comprises a total of 1,853 ETFs. With this selection and an average monthly trading volume of around €19 billion, Xetra is the leading trading venue for ETFs in Europe.

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