Barclays Global Investors this week launched a new domestic enhanced...

Barclays Global Investors this week launched a new domestic enhanced bond index fund. For BGI — which reported $138 million in enhanced bond index assets for the Pensions & Investments’ annual survey of investment managers — U.S. Bond Index Plus Fund will be the first in a series pegged to outperforming the Lehman aggregate bond index. Like an index fund, the portfolio will be both duration and sector neutral relative to the benchmark, but its objective is to outperform the benchmark by 15 to 20 basis points using small bets with respect to yield curve, credit and sub-sector risk factors.