Corporate Bond ETF
VanEck iBoxx EUR Corporates UCITS ETF
Corporate Bond ETF
VanEck iBoxx EUR Corporates UCITS ETF
Fund Description
Access reasonable returns from bonds in a yield-starved world. Our ETF follows an index which selects the 40 largest and most liquid euro-denominated corporate bonds with at least an investment-grade rating. The ETF incorporates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors.
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NAV€16.80
as of 22 May 2024 -
YTD RETURNS-0.46%
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Total Net Assets€35.6 million
as of 22 May 2024 -
Total Expense Ratio0.15%
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Inception Date14 Apr 2011
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SFDR ClassificationArticle 8
Overview
Fund Description
Access reasonable returns from bonds in a yield-starved world. Our ETF follows an index which selects the 40 largest and most liquid euro-denominated corporate bonds with at least an investment-grade rating. The ETF incorporates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors.
- Diversified exposure to highly liquid euro-denominated corporate bonds with an investment-grade rating and minimum issue size of EUR 750 million
- Direct access to corporate bonds from a variety of sectors (industrials, utilities, financial companies, etc.) and countries
- Higher weights to issuers with higher ESG scores while reducing weights to those with lower ESG scores
Risk factors: credit risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk. Please refer to the
KIDand the Prospectus for other important information before investing.
For further details on the Fund and its index, please see the Index Transition Communication report on the Literature section of the Fund or the Description on the Index section.
Underlying Index
iBoxx SD-KPI EUR Liquid Corporates Index (IBXXELTR)
Fund Highlights
- Diversified exposure to highly liquid euro-denominated corporate bonds with an investment-grade rating and minimum issue size of EUR 750 million
- Direct access to corporate bonds from a variety of sectors (industrials, utilities, financial companies, etc.) and countries
- Higher weights to issuers with higher ESG scores while reducing weights to those with lower ESG scores
Risk factors: credit risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk. Please refer to the
KIDand the Prospectus for other important information before investing.
For further details on the Fund and its index, please see the Index Transition Communication report on the Literature section of the Fund or the Description on the Index section.
Underlying Index
iBoxx SD-KPI EUR Liquid Corporates Index (IBXXELTR)
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Index
Index Description
The Markit iBoxx SD-KPI EUR Liquid Corporates Index is a weighted index composed of 40 liquid investment grade corporate bonds denominated in Euro. At the time of inclusion of the bonds in the index, the bonds must have an investment grade rating. The minimum issue size is EUR 750 million and a maximum of one bond per issuer is included in the index.
Index Key Points
Underlying Index
iBoxx SD-KPI EUR Liquid Corporates Index (IBXXELTR)
The index has the followings specifications:
- The index is weighted by market capitalisation.
- The Markit iBoxx SD-KPI EUR Liquid Corporates Index consists of the approximately 40 largest and most liquid euro denominated corporate bonds.
- The minimum issue size is at least 750 million euro.
- Only one bond per issuer can be part of the index
- The index may be reviewed quarterly on the last trading day of February, May, August and November.
- The universe of the underlying index consists of all euro denominated bonds.
- For the weighting, two weight augmentations are applied:
- Market weight, ensuring that the index has a similar financial vs nonfinancial exposure to the EUR Corporates benchmark index.
- ESG-weight, ensuring that all issuers with higher SD-KPI scores are over weighted and issuers with lower SD-KPI scores are under weighted.
Index Provider
Markit Group Limited