iShares lists two bond-index trackers on LSE

iShares has launched two fixed-income ETFs targeting global inflation-linked bond and European covere...

iShares has launched two fixed-income ETFs targeting global inflation-linked bond and European covered bond indices. The Barclays subsidiary listed the funds today on the London Stock Exchange. iShares Global Inflation-Linked Bond tracks the Barclays World Government Inflation-Linked Bond index which currently consists of 90 bonds covering 10 countries across seven currencies. And iShares € Covered Bond provides exposure to a range of European covered bonds based on the Markit iBoxx € Covered index, which currently tracks 448 bonds, 93% of which are AAA-rated. The bonds have an avera...