Northern Trust ESG & Climate Investment Grade Corporate Core ETF
$39.10−0.39 (−0.99%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.13%
- Fund size
- $51M
- 1Y return
- −0.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.90%
- Holdings
- 803
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net FEIG Grade
Score 71 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 88Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 40Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 63Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 42Category rank
Our read on FEIG
AA core investment-grade corporate bond portfolio run through Northern Trust's own ESG and climate screens, at 0.13% a year. That undercuts the typical corporate bond fund's fee, though the unscreened giants still cost less.
The Fund seeks results that generally match the price and yield performance of the Northern Trust ESG & Climate Investment Grade U.S. Corporate Core Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- At 0.13% a year it costs less than the 0.19% median for investment-grade corporate funds, unusual for a screened portfolio.
- Roughly 700 bonds tracking a Northern Trust index that layers ESG and climate criteria onto plain US corporate credit. Income is paid monthly.
- The portfolio matches what the name promises about as closely as anything in the investment-grade corporate group, and it lands in the upper half of a crowded field.
Worth knowing
- Unscreened rivals are cheaper: VCIT at 0.03%, USIG and SPIB at 0.04%. The ESG and climate overlay is what the fee gap buys.
- A small fund that trades thinly, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the household-name corporate bond ETFs.
- Screening leaves out issuers the broad market holds, so sector and issuer weights can look different from an unscreened corporate benchmark.flexshares.com
FEIG Holdings
- Bonds
- 803
- 10%
- CASH
Geography
- United States87.38%
- United Kingdom3.45%
- Canada2.97%
- Japan1.33%
- Australia0.88%
- Singapore0.84%
- Spain0.69%
- France0.54%
- 1.92%
FEIG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | FEIG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.4% |
| 1 month | −0.6% |
| 3 months | −1.9% |
| 1 year | −0.9% |
| 3 years | +4.9% |
| 5 years | −0.7% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FEIG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +8.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.9% | |
| 2021 | −1.5% |
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FEIG Dividends
- 4.90%
- $1.94
- $0.17 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.16 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.16 |
FEIG Risk
- 6.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.04
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −22.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.11
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FEIG Cost
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.30%
5 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.