The fund is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that aims to track the performance of the Barclays Euro Corporate Bond Index as closely as possible. The ETF invests in physical index securities. The Barclays Euro Corporate Bond Index offers exposure to Euro denominated investment grade corporate bonds from industrial, utility and financial issuers publicly issued in the Eurobond and Euro zone domestic markets. Only bonds with a minimum remaining time to maturity of one year and a minimum amount outstanding of €300 million are included in the index. iShares ETFs are funds managed by BlackRock. They are transparent, cost-efficient, liquid vehicles that trade on stock exchanges like normal securities. iShares ETFs offer flexible and easy access to a wide range of markets and asset classes.