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High-yield funds go bananas as junk-bond rout worsens

Published Fri, Nov 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM

London

AS US markets swim in sea of red, trading in the largest high-yield exchange-traded funds has skyrocketed to dizzying levels.

The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Blackrock Inc's US$18.7 billion fund, saw volume spike over five times higher than its average level at 1.19pm on Thursday in New York, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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