Tag Archives: U.S. Corporate Bonds

Sep 13, 2019

Hong XieSenior Director, Global Research & DesignS&P Dow Jones Indices

The Outperformance of the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index since Q4 2018

The S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index[1] is designed as a low volatility strategy in the high yield bond universe. The index aims to deliver higher risk-adjusted returns than the underlying broad-based benchmark through mitigating uncompensated credit risk. The back-tested index performance demonstrated the efficacy of the low volatility strategy, with reduced…

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Aug 7, 2019

Hong XieSenior Director, Global Research & DesignS&P Dow Jones Indices

Defensiveness of the Credit Strength Strategy in U.S. Corporate Bonds

Our fundamental credit strength strategy uses credit ratios to screen out issuers with risky credit profiles and construct corporate bond portfolios with strong credit quality (for a detailed methodology, please see our previous blog). Our research shows that a credit strength strategy can potentially reduce return volatility and improve drawdowns. Our goal in this blog…

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Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

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Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Rachel Du Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Sherifa Issifu Associate, Index Investment Strategy

Craig Lazzara Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy

Kevin Horan Director, Fixed Income Indices

Tim Edwards Managing Director, Index Investment Strategy

Fei Mei Chan Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hamish Preston Associate Director, U.S. Equity Indices

Berlinda Liu Director, Global Research & Design

Phillip Brzenk Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Fiona Boal Head of Commodities and Real Assets

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

Howard Silverblatt Senior Index Analyst, Product Management

Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

Anu Ganti Senior Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hong Xie Senior Director, Global Research & Design

Shaun Wurzbach Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel

Akash Jain Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Jamie Farmer Chief Commercial Officer

Jim Wiederhold Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets

John Welling Director, Equity Indices

Chris Bennett Director, Index Investment Strategy

Reid Steadman Managing Director, Global Head of ESG

Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

Jaime Merino Director, Asset Owners Channel

Bill Hao Director, Global Research & Design

Jason Giordano Director, Fixed Income, Product Management

Tianyin Cheng Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Silvia Kitchener Director, Global Equity Indices, Latin America

Qing Li Director, Global Research & Design

Liyu Zeng Director, Global Research & Design

Priscilla Luk Managing Director, Global Research & Design, APAC

Rupert Watts Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Ben Leale-Green Senior Analyst, Research & Design, ESG Indices

Michael Mell Senior Director, Custom Indices

Stuart Magrath Senior Director, Channel Management, Australia and New Zealand

Brian Luke Global Head of Fixed Income Indices

Andrew Innes Head of EMEA, Global Research & Design

Mona Naqvi Senior Director, Head of ESG Product Strategy, North America

Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

Smita Chirputkar Director, Global Research & Design

Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Rachel Du Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design