ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund

ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund (2821.HK) Company Profile & Overview

ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by State Street Global Advisors Singapore Limited. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of Asia. It invests in the local currency denominated, fixed-rate bonds issued by governments, by an agency or instrumentality, government sponsored entity or a quasi government entity, and debt obligations issued by a supranational financial institution with a maturity of at least 18 months. The fund invests in the investment grade securities in which are rated as BBB- and above by S&P and Fitch and Baa3 and above by Moody's in case of quasi-sovereign debts, at least AA- by S&P in case of supranational debts, and no minimum rating in case of sovereign debts. It seeks to replicate the performance of the Markit iBoxx ABF Pan-Asia Index, by employing representative sampling methodology. ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund was formed on June 21, 2005 and is domiciled in Singapore.