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  1. Institutional Income Strategies Channel
  2. One State Plan Bets on BondBloxx
Institutional Income Strategies Channel
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One State Plan Bets on BondBloxx

James ComtoisNov 28, 2022
2022-11-28

Since launching its first seven industry sector-specific high-yield bond ETFs in February, institutional investors have taken to the products and expertise of BondBloxx Investment Management. Case in point: the Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan.

As of June 30, the Lansing-based state pension plan had roughly $53 million allocated to three BondBloxx ETFs. Now, MERS has about $400 million in a dozen ETFs from the issuer, according to a 13F filed this month.

The BondBloxx funds MERS has in its portfolio are its three ratings-specific high-yield bond ETFs, eight target-duration U.S. Treasury ETFs, and one short-duration emerging market bond ETF. Paul Van Gilder, a senior investment officer and portfolio manager at MERS, told Pensions & Investments that although BondBloxx is a new firm, it has “an extremely deep team” with "extensive industry experience.”

BondBloxx was launched in October of 2021 by ETF industry leaders Leland Clemons, Joanna Gallegos, Tony Kelly, Mark Miller, Brian O’Donnell, and Elya Schwartzman to provide precision ETF exposure for fixed income investors. The team has collectively built and launched over 350 ETFs at firms including BlackRock, JPMorgan, State Street, Northern Trust, and HSBC.

According to Van Gilder, the team’s experience, combined with the transparency and liquidity of the ETF structure, “allowed MERS to become comfortable with BondBloxx as an investment manager.” He added that MERS views its positions in the 12 BondBloxx ETFs as “long-term holds.”

The MERS PM told P&I that he believes fixed income markets will be “quite a bit more volatile” over the next 10 years than they have been during the last 10, and that “increased precision with a number of different ETF products will help investors manage their portfolios better.” BondBloxx has launched 19 fixed income ETFs since February.

“BondBloxx has continued to launch innovative products since its founding and has expanded the ETF universe with targeted products where there is white space,” said Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi. “Their broad range of fixed income funds makes them a firm to watch as the asset category grows.”

For more news, information, and analysis, visit the Institutional Income Strategies Channel.

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