BlackRock Leads ETF Boom to Global Junk Rally: Credit Markets
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The $28.4 billion Blackrock Inc.-led industry of exchange-traded funds that buy U.S. junk bonds is expanding into global speculative-grade debt as the notes outperform dollar-denominated securities by the most since 2009.
BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, opened the first ETFs on April 3 that will invest in junk bonds from Europe to Asia after its iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond Fund in the U.S. grew to more than $14 billion in less than five years. Van Eck Global, the investment firm founded in 1955, opened its International High Yield Bond ETF the same day.