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Article: S&P Launches International Treasury Bond Index Series.
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- November 3, 2008
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Indices Meet Need for a Benchmark Representing Developed Market International Treasury Bonds
LONDON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, today announced the launch of the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Series. The launch is the latest in an expansion of Standard & Poor's fixed income index capabilities, following the launches this month of the S&P US Commercial Paper Index and the S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index.
Treasury bonds issued by sovereign nations outside of the United States continue to grow in importance. The market, as of the end of December 2007, had over $9.5 trillion in ...