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US Investment-grade USD Aggregate Bonds

Own a broad basket of US dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate and government bonds. These bonds offer a balance of yield pickup over treasuries and relative credit safety, spanning issuers across sectors from financials to industrials.
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3.90% * 1Y dividend yield
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  • Start investing today to get unlimited free buy orders for your next month.
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Asset Class Overview

US Investment-grade USD Aggregate Bonds Snapshot

Key information across returns, asset class profile, and investment details.

Returns

Annualised since inception
+1.78%
Since 30 September 2011
5-year annualised
-0.01%
Since 31 May 2021
1-year annualised
+4.84%
Since 31 May 2025
Year-to-date
-0.04%
Since 2026
Positive years since inception
64.29%
of calendar years

Fund Profile

Asset type
Bonds
Fund inception
2011

Fundamentals

Expense ratio
0.25%
Annual ETF expense ratio
1-year dividend yield
3.90%
Trailing 12-month yield
Currency denomination
USD
US Dollar
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RETURNS DATA

Annual returns since 2011

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Did you know?

The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, which this asset class tracks, was originally created by Lehman Brothers in 1986 and survived the firm's 2008 bankruptcy when Bloomberg acquired the index business. The 'Agg', as it is known, covers over 10,000 US investment-grade bonds — including government, corporate, mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities — making it the most comprehensive single measure of the US investment-grade fixed income market. Many professional investors use this index as the baseline for bond portfolio construction, measuring their performance relative to it much as equity managers measure themselves against the S&P 500.

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