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Products August 11, 2010
New PIMCO Fund Uses Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark
The Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark (CSCB) has been designated as the benchmark for a new U.S. mutual fund launched by PIMCO.
Reported by PLANSPONSOR staff
The PIMCO CommoditiesPLUS Strategy Fund is a commodities index fund which combines positions tracking the Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark Index with a portfolio of short-term bonds. The fund was launched on May 26, 2010 and currently has assets under management of over $700 million.
According to a Credit Suisse press release, the key characteristics of the CSCB are:
- currently made up of 30 commodities, resulting in diversification and a reflection of the overall global commodity complex;
- four-step weighting method based on production value and market liquidity that attempts to create balanced risk and reduced correlation between commodity components;
- rebalanced to target investment weights monthly to help maintain diversity and reduce volatility;
- references commodity futures contracts that fall within the near three months (where available), with a goal of spreading exposure across multiple delivery periods;
- 15-day roll period that aims to diversify exposure to calendar roll spreads across several weeks; and
- licensed to other swap providers.
Additional information about the Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark (CSCB) is available at https://www.cscbindex.com/cscbindex/en/.
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