The phrase
"market issuers" refers to companies or organizations that offer their products or services to the general public and sell them on the open market, usually through public stock exchanges. These companies issue stocks or other securities to raise capital and allow individuals to invest in their business.
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The index will rank U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. investment grade mortgage backed securities, U.S. high yield debt and U.S. dollar denominated debt of
emerging market issuer according to their momentum / trend scores.
But higher returns come with higher risk, including the risk of fraud that has taken down
private market issuers in the past, like the First Leaside real estate limited partnership and New Solutions Group's receivables factoring business.
Securities of emerging
market issuers generally have more risk than securities issued by issuers in more developed markets.
At an event last November, OSC chair Howard Wetston told an audience that an ongoing emerging
market issuers review had highlighted a number of challenges for his team.
The bonds held are U.S. dollar denominated sovereign debt from
emerging market issuers, and the currency is hedged back to Canadian dollars.
While all bonds are denominated in U.S. dollars, the fund's broad geographic exposure includes the U.S., developed market, and emerging
market issuers.