The PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio (NYSEArca: BKLN) provides access to the S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index, which tracks debt notes that are high-yield, floating rate and secured by collateral. The ETF comes with a 4.44% 30-day SEC yield. [Bank Loan ETF Pays 5% Yield]
Recently, Pyxis Capital LP launched the Pyxis iBoxx Senior Loan ETF (NYSEArca: SNLN), which will try to reflect the performance of the Markit iBoxx USD Leveraged Loan Index, which holds the 100 most liquid bank loans. [Higher Yield Bank-Loan ETF to Face Competition]
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PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio
Max Chen contributed to this article.