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ProShares Launches Only Corporate Bond Fund1 With Substantially All Assets AAA-Rated2

ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds , today announced the launch of ProShares USD Covered Bond . This new ETF is the only corporate bond fund1—mutual fund or ETF—in the U.S.

Zions Direct Announces Corporate Bond Auction Results through May 18, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase corporate bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

ETFs Lure Bearish Bets as JPMorgan Spoils Swaps: Credit Markets

Traders sold short an unprecedented 6.86 million shares of BlackRock Inc.’s $15.1 billion iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond Fund at the end of April, about 4 percent of the biggest junk-bond ETF’s outstanding shares, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

TEXT: Fitch Street View: SGD Bond Market Growth Faces Hurdles

(The following was released by the rating agency) SEOUL/SINGAPORE, May 23 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings expectsissuance of SGD- denominated bonds to grow in the short term,but the current lack of investor depth, after-market tradingliquidity and credit ratings are barriers to long-term growth.At the same time within the SGD bond market, Fitch expects theappeal of perpetual hybrid bonds to continue given ...

iShares Launches Targeted Corporate Bond ETFs (QLTB, QLTC)

iShares continues to expand its suite of fixed income ETFs in 2012, rolling out a pair of ETFs that bring a new level of granularity to corporate bonds. The Baa-Ba Rated Corporate Bond Fund (QLTB) and ...