A San Francisco-based fund company is planning to get into the exchange traded fund (ETF) business. Exchange Traded Spreads Trust (ETSpreads) has several fixed-income ETFs in the works.
Exchange Traded Spreads Trust (ETSpreads) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a number of fixed-income ETFs. The first fund planned will focus on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). [As Inflation Looms, TIPS Gain a Following.]
Steve Dew and Oliver Ludwig for Index Universe report that the provider’s TIPS ETF will focus on maturities ranging from five to 10 years. TIPS are designed to protect investors from declining purchasing power by adjusting the principal upward based on increases in the U.S. Consumer Price Index. [Another Treasury-Focused ETF.]
The TIPS ETF will be based on the Markit iBoxx TIPS Inflation-Linked 5-10 Index and that it will use ALPS Distributors Inc. as its distributor. The fund will have some competition in the market when it launches, including iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TIP), SPDR Barclays Capital TIPS (NYSEArca: IPE) and PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS Index (NYSEArca: STPZ).
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