Junk Bond Fund Debuts

“Offering equity-like returns with less volatility, demand for high yield bond exposure is on the rise,” said James Ross, senior managing director and global head of SPDR Exchange Traded Funds at State Street Global Advisors. “The launch of the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term High Yield Bond ETF provides investors and advisors with an opportunity to gain cost efficient access to short term high yield bonds, a segment of the high yield market that can help to protect against an inevitable rise in interest rates.”

The launch of the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term High Yield Bond ETF adds to State Street Global Advisors’ fixed income ETF menu, which is now comprised of 34 SPDR ETFs, including the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK). SJNK charges annual expenses of 0.40%.