Bloomberg 1-5 Year Maturity IG Corporate Credit futures offer a precise tool for managing risk at the front end of the credit curve. These contracts allow for direct management of duration risk and allow for capital-efficient relative value plays against both broader credit markets and U.S. Treasuries.
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Features and Benefits
Precision hedging
Directly offset credit risk for portfolios concentrated in short-duration bonds.
Lower rate sensitivity
Take a view on corporate credit spreads with lower duration risk.
Liquidity sleeve
Manage daily flows without the transaction costs of cash bonds.
Broad exposure
Access 1,000s of securities with less than five years to maturity in a single ticker.
Tactical overlays
Quickly change credit exposure in response to central bank policy shifts or short-term data.
Optimized capital allocation
Gain leveraged exposure to short-dated corporate debt while retaining additional liquidity.
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About the underlying index
The Bloomberg U.S. Investment Grade 1 to 5 Year Corporate Bond Capped Index measures the corporate component of the U.S Aggregate Index, filtering for corporate bonds with maturities between one and up to, but not including, five years.
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