Industry reacts: IA Global Bonds sector now split into 14 new segments

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The IA Global Bonds sector has been split into 14 new segments as of today (19 April), with investors welcoming this overhaul designed to make comparisons more straightforward.

The sector has been split into 14 separate groups, with four across sovereign debt, three in credit, three mixed bond sectors, three high yield ones and a specialist bond sector. The new sovereign debt sectors are: USD Government Bond, EUR Government Bond, Global Government Bond and Global Inflation Linked Bond, while the credit sectors include USD Corporate Bond, EUR Corporate Bond and Global Corporate Bond. The remaining half of the new sectors include USD Mixed Bond, EUR Mixed Bond, Global Mixed Bond, USD High Yield Bond, EUR High Yield Bond, Global High Yield Bond and a Specialist...

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