Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF·Financial Services

Emerging markets spent most of the last decade as the asset class everyone owned a little of and complained about a lot.

The Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF offers EM exposure with a broad, actively managed portfolio of 3,900+ stocks. AVEM has outperformed EEM and key multifactor competitors since 2019, with higher volatility. The ETF features significant country (China, Taiwan) and sector (Technology) concentration.

American Century Investments has established itself as an innovative player in the ETF space, after launching its first products in January 2018. The index-based American Century US Quality Value ETF (VALQ) and the actively managed American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF (KORP) are still trading today.

Emerging-market equities have delivered a sharp move higher over the past year, and the three largest vehicles investors use to access the asset class have each captured it differently.

Caliber Wealth Management LLC KS raised its holdings in Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:AVEM) by 4.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 222,649 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 9,476 shares during the quarter. Avantis

The ETF landscape is undergoing a structural shift as financial advisors increasingly pivot from pure passive indexing toward active management. While the ETF Rule of 2019 provided the regulatory spark, current market volatility and the quest for tax efficiency have accelerated active ETF adoption.
Invests in a broad set of companies of all market capitalizations across emerging market countries and is designed to increase expected returns* by overweighting securities believed to be trading at lower valuations with higher profitability ratios**.Pursues the benefits associated with indexing (diversification, low turnover, transparency of exposures), but with the ability to add value by making investment decisions using information in current prices. Efficient portfolio management and trading process that is designed to enhance returns and seeks to reduce unnecessary risks and costs. Built to fit seamlessly into an investor's asset allocation.
Financial Services
Asset Management
2019-09-19
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