The BofA Global Corporate Index measures the market capitalization-weighted performance of public debt of investment-grade corporate issuers, issued and denominated in their own domestic market and currency.
The BofA Global High Yield Index tracks the performance of of USD, CAD, GBP and EUR denominated below investment grade, but not in default, corporate debt publicly issued in the major domestic or Eurobond markets, and includes issues with a credit rating of BBB or below, as rated by Moody’s and S&P.
The Bloomberg Euro Aggregate Corporate Total Return Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, euro-denominated, fixed-rate corporate bond market.
The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Total Return Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate corporate bond market.
The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index measures the performance of corporate bonds from the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index, a broad base, market capitalization-weighted bond market index representing intermediate term investment grade bonds traded worldwide.
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