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SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Corp. Bond ETF
Ticker Symbol: EMCD* CUSIP: 78468R507 Exchange: NYSEA
* NOTE: This security is no longer trading as of 8/24/2016
Company's Online Profile
FUND DESCRIPTION: SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Corp. Bond ETF is an exchange-traded index fund or Index ETF that is a separate investment portfolio of the SPDR Series Trust, an open-end management investment company. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: The SPDR BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Corp. Bond ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Diversified Corporate Index. INDEX DESCRIPTION: The BofA Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Diversified Corporate Index is designed to measure the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated emerging markets corporate senior and secured debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic and Eurobond markets. In order to qualify for inclusion in the Index an issuer must have primary risk exposure to a country other than a member of the FX G10, a Western European country, or a territory of the US or a Western European country. Individual securities of qualifying issuers must be denominated in US dollars, must be senior or secured debt, must have at least one year remaining term to final maturity, a fixed coupon, and at least $500 million in outstanding face value. The Index includes corporate debt of issuers in qualifying countries, but excludes sovereign, quasi-government, securitized and collateralized debt. Original issue zero coupon bonds, 144A securities, both with and without registration rights, and pay-in-kind securities, including toggle notes, qualify for inclusion in the Index. Callable perpetual securities qualify provided they are at least one year from the first call date. Fixed-to-floating rate securities also qualify provided they are callable within the fixed rate period and are at least one year from the last call prior to the date the bond transitions from a fixed to a floating rate security. Securities rated Ca/CC or lower by any of the three rating agencies and any defaulted securities, are excluded from the Index. Index constituents are capitalization-weighted based on their current amount outstanding times the market price plus accrued interest, subject to a 5% issuer cap. Issuers that exceed the limits are reduced to 5%, and the face value of each of their bonds is adjusted on a pro-rata basis. Countries covered in the Index have historically included, among others, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, UAE, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, India, Qatar, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Chile, Singapore, Malaysia, Israel, Columbia, Turkey, Jamaica, South Africa, Ukraine, Peru, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Barbados, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland, Argentina, Egypt, and Cyprus. As of May 31, 2012, there were approximately 454 securities in the Index and the modified adjusted duration of securities in the Index was approximately 5.64 years. FUND STRATEGY: The Fund employs a sampling strategy, which means that the Fund is not required to purchase all of the securities represented in the Index. Instead, the Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the Index in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Index. The quantity of holdings in the Fund will be based on a number of factors, including asset size of the Fund. Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index or in securities that has been determined to have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the securities that comprise the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in debt securities that are not included in the Index, cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds. FUND MANAGEMENT: SSgA FM serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.
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Notes: Effective at the close of markets on Aug. 24, a dozen of the smallest ETFs in the State Street Global Advisors lineup will cease to trade. Announcing the closures, SSgA said that the decisions were made based on an ongoing review of the SPDR ETF offering and limited market demand.
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IPO - 6/18/2012 -
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Micro Cap Stock -
Market Value $15.2 Million
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| Address: One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 |
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866-787-2257 |
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