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As of 5/22/2013
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The PIMCO Australia Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund is the only U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) that aims to provide focused exposure to the Australian dollar-denominated, investment grade bond market. The fund seeks total returns that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Australia Bond IndexSM. This index encompasses Australian dollar-denominated investment grade government bonds, including sovereign, quasi-government, corporate, securitized and collateralized debt.
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Robert Mead Mr. Mead is a managing director in the Sydney office. In addition, he is head of portfolio management in Australia and head of Asia-Pacific credit portfolio management. Previously, he was a portfolio manager in Munich and head of the European investment grade corporate bond team. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2003, he was global head of investment grade credit research and head of non-U.S. high grade fund management at Citigroup Asset Management in London. He has 24 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from University of Technology, Sydney and a graduate diploma in Applied Finance from Securities Institute of Australia.
As of 4/30/2013
Index Description
The BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Australia Bond Indexsm tracks the performance of large, Australian dollar (“AUD”)-denominated investment grade debt instruments publicly issued in the Australian domestic market, including sovereign, quasi government, corporate, securitized and collateralized securities. All qualifying securities must have at least one year remaining term to final maturity and a fixed coupon schedule. Qualifying Australian sovereign securities must have a minimum amount outstanding of AUD 1 billion. Qualifying non-sovereign securities must have a minimum amount outstanding of AUD 500 million and must be rated investment grade. Index constituents are capitalization-weighted adjusted, as necessary, to meet issuer concentration limits. The Underlying Index is rebalanced on the last calendar day of the month. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
As of 3/31/2013
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