OAEM
OneAscent Emerging Markets ETF
The OneAscent Emerging Markets fund takes an innovative approach to equity investing. The strategy combines the OneAscent Elevate Screening Process along with the investment team’s Life Cycle Investment approach. The team conducts extensive fundamental analysis to arrive at a concentrated portfolio of companies in emerging economies it believes are more likely to outperform.
Key Focuses:
A Focus on Societal Impact
With the help of the OneAscent Elevate Screening methodology, the investment team seeks out those companies around the world that are providing goods or services that advance the flourishing of society. A deep dive into a company’s business model, stakeholder policies, and overall community impact helps to attempt to eliminate those companies that do not share our values and thereby allowing the team to focus on companies in which our clients can be proud to own.
Unique Fundamental Framework
The investment team believes companies go through a natural corporate “Life Cycle” and understanding where a company lies along that spectrum is central to the fundamental investment process. With the help of quantitative tools, the team is able to segregate the investment universe into life cycle stages and more accurately identifying a company’s real asset growth and return on invested capital. Using this lens, the team applies a rigorous fundamental analysis process to help identify those companies more likely to create ongoing shareholder value.
Experienced Investment Team
The investment team is led by a portfolio manager with decades of investment experience. The team manages multiple, high conviction portfolio using the same rigorous bottom-up investment process.
| Fund Details | As of 11/29/2023 |
|---|---|
| Ticker | OAEM |
| Primary Exchange | NYSE Arca |
| CUSIP | 90470L451 |
| Inception Date | 9/15/22 |
| Net Assets | $31,975,427.75 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1,125,000.00 |
| Gross Expense Ratio | 2.12% |
| Distribution Frequency | Annually |
| Fund Price | As of 11/29/2023 |
|---|---|
| NAV | $28.42 |
| Market Price | $28.52 |
| 30-day Median Bid/Ask Spread | 0.43% |
| Premium Discount | $0.10 |
Historical Premium/Discount
| Year 2022 | Q1 2023 | Q2 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q4 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days at premium | 37 | 31 | 22 | 17 | 24 |
| Days at discount | 37 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 17 |
The Premium/Discount shows the difference between the daily market price of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Market price data reflects the official closing price. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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