INDEX DEFINITIONS:
The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index is a flagship measure of global investment grade debt from twenty-four local currency markets. This multi-currency benchmark includes treasury, government-related, corporate and securitized fixed-rate bonds from both developed and emerging markets issuers.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).
The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index is an issuer-constrained version of the flagship US Corporate High Yield Index, which measures the USD-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. The index follows the same rules as the uncapped version, but limits the exposure of each issuer to 2% of the total market value and redistributes any excess market value index-wide on a pro rata basis.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Long Government/Credit Bond Index is a long maturity constrained version of the Bloomberg Barclays US Government/Credit Bond Index which is a broad-based benchmark that measures the non-securitized component of the US Aggregate Index. It includes investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index is an intermediate maturity constrained version of the Bloomberg Barclays US Government/Credit Bond Index which is a broad-based benchmark that measures the non-securitized component of the US Aggregate Index. It includes investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities.
The FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index measures monthly return equivalents of yield averages that are not marked to market, consisting of the last three three-month Treasury bill issues.
The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index is designed to track the performance of listed real estate companies and REITS worldwide. By making the index constituents free-float adjusted, liquidity, size and revenue screened, the series is suitable for use as the basis for investment products.
The ICE BofAML 0-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is a subset of ICE BofAML U.S. Treasury Bill Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than 3 months.
The ICE BofAML 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index is a subset of The ICE BofAML U.S. Treasury Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than 3 years.
The ICE BofAML U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of the month and held for a full month. At the end of the month that issue is sold and rolled into a newly selected issue. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding Treasury Bill that matures closest to, but not beyond, three months from the rebalancing date. To qualify for selection, an issue must have settled on or before the month-end rebalancing date.
The J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI) Plus is a traditional, market-capitalization weighted index comprised of U.S. dollar denominated Brady bonds, Eurobonds and traded loans issued by sovereign entities.
The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global developed (excluding U.S.) and emerging markets.
The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada. The index consists of the following 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. The index consists of the following 26 emerging market country indices: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
The Russell 1000® Growth Index is a large-cap index consisting of those Russell 1000® Index securities with greater-than-average growth orientation. Companies in this index tend to exhibit higher price-to-book and price-to-earnings-ratios, lower dividend yields and higher forecasted growth values than the value universe.