Barclays lists inflation -linked ETF on BSE

The ETF will  provide investors in Botswana with the opportunity to invest in the performance of a de facto SA government inflation bond benchmark index. The listing will be the first time that Barclays Africa has listed the ILBI ETF outside South Africa.

“The listing of our ILBI ETF in Botswana will give local investors direct access to a de facto SA Government inflation bond benchmark index while simultaneously increasing the liquidity of the BSE and deepening financial markets in Botswana,” the Head of Exchange Traded Funds at the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Barclays Africa, Michael Mgwaba said in a statement.