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PIMCO Germany Bond Index Fund

NAV
$96.45
Change
$0.06  |   0.06%

As of 5/17/2012

Market Price
$96.47
Change
$-0.14  |   -0.14%

As of 5/17/2012

Fund Description

The Germany Bond Index Fund is the only U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) that aims to provide focused exposure to euro-denominated, investment grade bonds issued by German issuers. The fund seeks total returns that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Germany Bond IndexSM. This index encompasses euro-denominated investment grade bonds issued by German entities, including sovereign, quasi-government, corporate, securitized and collateralized debt.

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Portfolio Management


Lorenzo Pagani

Lorenzo Pagani
Dr. Pagani is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Munich office and head of the European government bond and European rates desk. He is also a member of the European portfolio committee and a member of the counterparty risk committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2004, he was with the nuclear engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and with Procter & Gamble in Italy. He has nine years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT. He graduated from the Financial Technology Option program of MIT/Sloan Business School and holds a joint master of science degree from the Politecnico di Milano in Italy and the Ecole Centrale de Paris in France.

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Fund Information

Ticker BUND
CUSIP 72201R767
Inception Date 11/9/2011
Shares Outstanding 30,000
Total Net Assets $2,893,370.50
Daily Trading Volume
(in shares)
0
Premium/Discount Average
(since inception)
0.42%
Premium/Discount as
of market close
0.02%

As of 5/17/2012

Yield Information

Estimated Yield to Maturity 1.36%
SEC 30-Day Yield 1.01%

As of 5/16/2012

Portfolio Information

Number of Holdings 51
Effective Maturity 4.64 Years
Effective Duration 4.05 Years

As of 5/16/2012


Distribution Yield 1.18%

As of 4/30/2012

Full Performance & Risk

Index Information

Index Tracked BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Germany Bond Index
Index Ticker GEDL
Inception Date 12/31/1998
Annualized Volatility
(since inception)
11.24%
Rebalancing Frequency Monthly

As of 4/30/2012


Index Description

The BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Germany Bond Indexsm tracks the performance of large, Euro (“EUR”)- denominated investment grade debt instruments of German issuers publicly issued in the eurobond or Euro member domestic markets, including sovereign, quasi-government, corporate, securitized and collateralized securities. All Qualifying securities must be an obligation of a German entity with at least one year remaining term to final maturity and a fixed coupon schedule. Qualifying German sovereign securities must have a minimum amount outstanding of EUR 1 billion. Qualifying non-sovereign securities must have a minimum amount outstanding of EUR 500million 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.

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As of 4/30/2012

Dividends and Distributions

Full distribution history

As of 5/16/2012

Top 10 Holdings

LAND NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN 6.05%
DEUTSCHLAND REP BD (6MMM) 5.22%
DEUTSCHLAND REP BD 5.21%
LAND BERLIN LANDESSCHATZANWEISUN 4.14%
KFW GOVT GTD EMTN 4.11%
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK JUMBOO PFA 3.84%
GEMEINSAME BUNDESLAENDER BD 25 3.21%
L-BANK BW FOERDERBANK LOC GOV GT 3.18%
LAND HESSEN LANDESSCHATZANW 3.16%
LAND NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN LANDESS 2.94%

As of 3/31/2012

Trading Characteristics

Average Volume
In Shares 462
In $ $45,201.87
Bid/Ask Spread
In % 0.27%
In $ $0.26
Fund Tickers
NAV Per Share BUND.NV
Und. Trading Value BUND.IV
Shares Outstanding BUND.SO
Est. Cash BUND.EU
Total Cash BUND.TC