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SGI North America IG

Index level: 1615.85 as of 09/18/2019

Main characteristics

Bloomberg code SGIXNAIG
Inception date 06/04/2010
Return type Total Return
Currency USD

Objective

The SGI North America Investment Grade Index (the Index) aims to replicate the performance of a portfolio of investment grade bonds through a 100% weighting in the SGI Bond 5Y USD Index and a 125% weighting in the SGI Credit NA IG 125 ER Index with a 10% volatility cap. This exposure allows investors to access the US bond market with potentially increased liquidity and potentially lowered replication costs, while also allowing for exposure and sensitivity to interest rates and investment-grade corporate credit.

Mechanism

The Index takes a 100% weighted long position in the SGI Bond 5Y USD Index* and a 125% weighted long position in the SGI Credit NA IG 125 ER Index* *, maintaining a constant 5-Year maturity. Additionally, the Index utilizes a “Volatility Cap Mechanism” that will determine the exposure of the Index by capping maximum volatility at 10%.

 

* The SGI Bond 5Y USD Index attempts to replicate the performance of hypothetical 5Y bonds issued by a U.S. issuer and that pay semi-annual coupons and principal at maturity. The bond exposure is synthetic and implemented through (1) a deposit in USD and (2) a monthly rolling process of US 5-Year swap rates to maintain a constant 5-Year maturity.

 

* * The SGI Credit NA IG 125 ER Index isolates the returns of a long credit position in the CDX NA IG (125 names) 5-year Index. By selling protection, the Index will receive a premium based on the average credit risk of a diversified portfolio of 125 names and replicate the default risk of these names.

The SGI North America IG Index began publishing on June 4, 2010. Therefore, all data for the Index for the period prior to June 4, 2010 represent S&P Dow Jones ("S&P DJ"s) application of the Index methodology in order to reconstruct hypothetical historical data for the period prior to June 4, 2010 consistent with the Index methodology. Results prior to June 4, 2010 may have been different had the Index actually been in existence. The SGI North America IG Index (the “Index”) is the property of SG, which has contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) (“S&P Dow Jones Indices”) to maintain and calculate the Index. S&P® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“SPFS”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed to S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices Custom” and its related stylized mark(s) are service marks of S&P Dow Jones Indices and have been sublicensed for certain purposes by SG. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPFS, Dow Jones nor any of their affiliates shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.
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