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About SG Index
Main characteristics
| Bloomberg Code | SGIXBHE5 |
|---|---|
| Inception Date | 16/09/2016 |
| Return Type | Excess Return |
| Currency | EUR |
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Objective
The SGI Bond Optimised Sharpe Strategy (“BOSS”) EUR 5% Hedged is a systematic index seeking to generate regular performance over short term money market under predefined risk constraints.
The Index reflects the performance of a portfolio invested in money market instruments and long/short positions in SGI Bond indices.
The allocation is determined according to a proprietary quantitative trading model developed by the Fixed Income Derivatives teams of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking.
Mechanism
The BOSS model’s investment process can be described as follows:
Implementation of 2 systematic strategies subject to strong risk limits:
- Intra-curve asset allocation
- Multicurrency investments
Allocation to the universe of the SGI Bond indices:
- SGI Bond is a range of investable Fixed Income indices providing a synthetic exposure to constant maturity bonds
- Each index replicates an investment in a single currency note with a fixed maturity
- Fixed maturity is obtained by replicating the performance of a monthly rolled bond investment.
Adapted to clients seeking for pure rate strategy and/or requiring simple underlying to face investment policy constraints.
The SGI BOSS 5% EUR Hedged (EUR - ER) (The “Index”) is the property of SG, which has contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) (“S&P Dow Jones Indices”) to maintain and calculate the Index. S&P® is a registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“SPFS”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”) and these trademarks have been licensed to S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices Custom” and its related stylized mark(s) are service marks of S&P Dow Jones Indices and have been sublicensed for certain purposes by SG. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPFS, Dow Jones nor any of their affiliates shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.