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Session
Session 3.20: Corporate Bond ETFs & Volatility
Time:
Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025:
2:30pm - 3:00pm

 Location: Mikado Conference hall

Meeting hall “Mikado”, which can accommodate up to 50 people

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Corporate Bond ETFs & Volatility

Prof. Caitlin Dannhauser1, Prof. Egle Karmaziene2

1Villanova University, The USA; 2VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Higher ETF ownership lowers the volatility of corporate bonds returns, particularly small and less liquid bonds. The distinguishing features of ETF ownership– exchange trading and in-kind creation and redemption – have differential impacts. Secondary market trading, concentrated in just a few funds, serves as a liquidity buffer. The negative effect of ownership is heightened for bonds held by ETFs with greater trading volume and institutional ownership. In contrast, greater in-kind creation and redemption activity process mitigates the negative effect of ownership on volatility. Thus, ETF ownership serves as both a buffer and transmitter in corporate bond markets.