Standardized Total Return Swap contracts on a selection of global Markit iBoxx indices enable investors to gain or hedge exposure to the corporate bond and leveraged loan markets easily and efficiently.
The Total Return Swap contracts are available for selected iBoxx indices including: Markit iBoxx EUR Corporates, Markit iBoxx GBP Corporates, Markit iBoxx EUR Liquid HY, Markit iBoxx USD Liquid HY and Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index.
Key benefits
- Instruments allow investors to express views on the corporate credit market in a simple and efficient manner
- No tracking error
- No rolls (rebalancing mechanism built-in)
- Markit iBoxx indices are benchmarks for all credit investors and widely used by asset managers
- Multi-sourced pricing used for constituents
- Market weighted
- Coupons are re-invested
Documentation
Primary Dealers for the Standardized Total Return Swaps
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Barclays (IG)
- BNP Paribas
- Citigroup
- Credit Suisse International
- Deutsche Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- J.P. Morgan
- Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
- Société Générale
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