The iBoxx USD Asia ex-Japan Large Cap Investment Grade (Far East) is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, USD-denominated bonds from large-cap issuers in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, with a minimum aggregate notional outstanding of USD 1 billion per issuer. Securities must have a minimum initial time to maturity of 18 months at issuance. All bonds must be clearable through Clearstream, Euroclear or Hong Kong CMU. The index is calculated based on Asian end-of-day prices.