iShares Funds has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “iShares Utilities Sector Bond Fund.” The iShares Utilities Sector Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays Capital U.S. Utility Bond Index. The Underlying Index measures the performance of publicly-issued investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds in the Utility sector. The Underlying Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly issued by U.S. and non-U.S. utility corporate issuers in the U.S. bond market with maturities of one year or more and with $250 million or more of outstanding face value. Each corporate bond must be registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or issued with registration rights. In addition, securities in the Underlying Index must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The Underlying Index is market capitalization-weighted and the securities in the Underlying Index are updated on the last calendar day of each month. Number of Components: approximately 735

They did not specify a trading symbol or expense ratio in the initial filing.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Underlying Index measures the performance of publicly-issued investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds in the Utility sector.

The Underlying Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds publicly issued by U.S. and non-U.S. utility corporate issuers in the U.S. bond market with maturities of one year or more and with $250 million or more of outstanding face value. Each corporate bond must be registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or issued with registration rights. In addition, securities in the Underlying Index must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The Underlying Index is market-capitalization weighted and the securities in the Underlying Index are updated on the last calendar day of each month.

BFA uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by keeping portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Underlying Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity or credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.

The Fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities of the Underlying Index or in depositary receipts representing securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. The Fund also may invest its other assets in other investments including futures contracts, options on futures contracts, options, and swaps related to the Underlying Index, as well as cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates.

The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral received).

The Underlying Index is sponsored by an organization (the “Index Provider”) that is independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index. The Fund’s Index Provider is Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays Capital”).

For the complete filing click: HERE

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