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About iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF
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Inception date
Jun 14, 2016
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
FALN invests in corporate fallen angels corporate bonds that previously received an investment-grade rating, but have since been downgraded to sub-investment grade. Eligible securities must be USD-denominated, from developed-market issuers. Constituents are weighted by market value, with a cap of 3% per issuer. Unsurprisingly given the investment-grade origins of its holdings, the fund has a strong bias towards higher-rated BB and B bonds, with longer maturities and greater interest-rate exposure than most funds in the segment. The fallen-angel thesis revolves around total return: the bonds generate income, but also have the potential for capital appreciation if a constituent returns to investment-grade status.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.12%
Cash0.88%
Stock breakdown by region
North America86.53%
Europe11.90%
Asia1.57%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history