Description

This Invesco UCITS ETF, focusing on Euro Government Bonds with maturities between 1 and 3 years, seeks to mirror the total return performance of its designated benchmark, the Bloomberg Euro Government Select 1-3 Year Index, after accounting for management fees. Income generated by the fund is distributed to investors every three months. The benchmark index tracks the performance of fixed-rate government bonds issued in Euros by France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, provided they have a remaining maturity period of one to three years. For a bond to qualify for inclusion, it must be denominated in EUR, possess a credit rating of at least B3/B-/B- (determined by taking the median rating from Moody's, S&P, and Fitch), have a minimum outstanding par value of EUR 300 million, and fall within the 1-to-under-3-year maturity range, irrespective of embedded options. The credit assessment for local currency treasury bonds relies on the long-term local currency sovereign rating from the aforementioned agencies. This index undergoes rebalancing on a monthly schedule. To fulfill the fund's objective, portfolio managers employ sophisticated modeling and analytical methods to select and hold a representative subset of the index's securities. This 'sampling' approach is designed to closely mimic the index's performance while simultaneously minimizing the operational expenses typically associated with full replication. The ETF operates under a passive management strategy. Investors acquire units in this index-tracking fund, not direct ownership of the underlying assets it holds.