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Barclays launches carry trade strategy ETN

Barclays Bank has launched the Optimised Currency Carry Exchange Traded Note on the NYSE-Arca Stock Exchange, which is designed to provide exposure to the Barclays Intelligent Carry Strategy Index which seeks a return by investing in high-yielding currencies with the exposure financed by borrowings in low-yielding currencies.

The index applies the carry trade strategy to a pool of G10 currencies which include the US dollar (USD), the euro (EUR), the Japanese yen (JPY), the Canadian dollar (CAD), the Swiss franc (CHF), the British pound sterling (GBP), the Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD), the Norwegian krone (NOK) and the Swedish krona (SEK).

The index is composed of 10 cash-settled currency forward

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