CME Group has begun trading high yield duration-hedged credit futures, based on Bloomberg corporate bond indexes.
The futures include an intercommodity spread with US Treasury futures, which allows clients to manage their duration risk and credit exposure when hedging.
Agha Mirza, global head of rates and OTC products, explained that demand for fixed income hedging tools is growing. “In an environment driven by uncertainty, our high yield and investment grade credit futures provide highly efficient risk management solutions for corporate bonds, interest rates, equities and other assets,” he said.
The product also provides automatic margin offsets against CME interest rate and equity index futures. It is listed on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), can be traded on CME Globex and is cleared via CME ClearPort.
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