##  [# Daily ETF Watch: Int’l Agg Bond Fund Filed](/sections/daily-etf-watch/daily-etf-watch-intl-agg-bond-fund-filed) 

 

# Daily ETF Watch: Int’l Agg Bond Fund Filed

 

 

iShares plans to launch ETF tracking Barclays International Aggregate Bond Index.



 

 

 

 

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[By Heather Bell](/contributors/heather-bell)

 Aug 07, 2015

 Edited by: Heather Bell

 

 

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[iShares has filed for a fund](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100663/000119312515281296/d63534d485apos.htm) that will be the international answer to its [iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG | A-98](https://www.etf.com/agg)) as well as a near-clone of the [Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX | B-57](https://www.etf.com/bndx)). The [iShares International Aggregate Bond ETF](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100663/000119312515281296/d63534d485apos.htm) will track the Barclays Global Aggregate ex USD 10% Issuer Capped (Hedged) Index, a currency-hedged index of nearly 8,000 non-USD investment-grade fixed-income securities issued in 55 developed and emerging countries.

BNDX is the only fund of its kind at the moment; it also provides broad exposure to the non-U.S. investment-grade bond space with a currency hedge. It launched in 2013 and has accumulated nearly $3.5 billion in assets under management. When Vanguard launched the ETF along with an emerging markets bond ETF, there was a great deal of investor interest, as it was the first time that the fund provider had delved into the international fixed-income space.

The iShares filing does not include a ticker or expense ratio.

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