Swiss Bond Index

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Swiss Bond Index
Foundation1 January 2007
Operator SIX Swiss Exchange
Exchanges SIX Swiss Exchange
Trading symbolSBR14T
Constituents1437 (as of September 30, 2019)
Market cap CHF 416.610 billion (nominal, end 2017) [1]
Weighting method Market-value-weighted,
Related indices Swiss Market Index, Swiss Performance Index
Website six-group.com
ISIN CH0027441887
Reuters .SBR14T
Bloomberg SBR14T:IND

The Swiss Bond Index (SBI) is a bond index which tracks fixed-rate, investment-grade obligations emitted in Swiss Francs, the currency of the Swiss Confederation. The index is calculated by SIX Swiss Exchange. [1]

Contents

It includes all the bonds emitted in CHF that meet inclusion criteria on maturity, issue size and rating. [1] The SBI and its subindices are notably used in investment portfolios such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the CHF bond market.

The SBI was introduced on 1 January 2007, with a baseline value of 100 points as of this date. [1] It peaked above 146 in the Summer of 2019, before breaking its previous drawdown record.

In 2020, four SBI sub-indices, along with other SIX indices, were endorsed under the EU Benchmarks Regulation and are registered in ESMA, which means that they can be used as an underlying for financial products sold in the EU. [2]

Constituents

The index contains all bonds that fulfill the following criteria: [3]

Subindices

The SBI is also subdivided into subindices that cover various composite ratings, various maturities as well as various kinds of issuers, in particular: Domestic Government (Swiss Confederation, rated AAA), Domestic Non-Government, Foreign Government, Foreign Corporate, Foreign Supranational. [1]

The SBI and its subindices exist as total-return indices as well as price indices. [1]

Historical values

These are the historical values of the complete index (SBI AAA-BBB Total Return).

(Closing price)ValueDate
Calibration100.00January 1, 2007
Minimum (all times)96.73July 9, 2007
Maximum (all times)146.61August 15, 2019
Maximum drawdown-7.53% (146.61 to 135.57)August 15, 2019 to March 19, 2020

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Swiss Bond Index (SBI®) Family – Factsheet" (PDF). SIX Swiss Exchange. Retrieved 30 June 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Swiss Indices Endorsed Under the EU Benchmarks Regulation". SIX Swiss Exchange. Retrieved 12 April 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Rules governing the SBI index family" (PDF). SIX Swiss Exchange. Retrieved 30 June 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)