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The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).
July 1 -
All of the funds in the suite carry a 0.18% expense ratio.
June 19 -
The ETF aims to track companies specializing in remote-working, learning and entertainment.
June 16 -
Corporate-debt funds have led the intake since the central bank first announced its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility in March.
May 21 -
While the central bank’s support may help keep credit flowing amid the coronavirus, “it doesn’t necessarily improve the outlook for bankruptcies.”
April 15 -
The iShares fund saw the second-biggest inflow in its 18-year history after the central bank said it would begin buying corporate bonds and credit ETFs.
March 25 -
After becoming unmoored in recent weeks as bond market liquidity dried up, funds that stand to benefit from the central bank’s buying are now rallying.
March 24 -
The funds are trading at staggering discounts to their net asset values in what some have dubbed an “illiquidity doom loop.”
March 23 -
The fund paid out about $150 billion in redemptions Thursday, all in cash.
March 20 -
The company announced that it’s expanding its iShares iBonds suite with term Treasury ETFs that range from 2021 to 2029.
February 27