Avantis Investors, an investment management firm established in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, offers a range of low-cost, actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds focused on equities, fixed income, and real assets; these strategies emphasize financial science-based approaches to target higher expected returns through factors such as profitability, valuation, and market capitalization while maintaining broad diversification across sectors and geographies. The firm, backed by American Century Investments—a global asset manager founded in 1958 with over $260 billion in assets under supervision—serves financial advisors, institutions, corporations, and individual investors primarily in the U.S. and internationally, including through offices in Kansas City, New York, London, and Hong Kong. Avantis U.S. Quality ETF (AVUQ), launched on the NASDAQ Exchange in March 2025 with a net expense ratio of 0.15%, invests primarily in a diverse portfolio of U.S. growth companies across all market capitalizations, sectors, and industry groups; it prioritizes securities exhibiting higher profitability, attractive prices relative to financials, and smaller relative market caps to pursue long-term capital appreciation, co-managed by Chief Investment Officer Eduardo Repetto and portfolio managers including Matthew Dubin, Mitchell Firestein, Daniel Ong, and Ted Randall. Recent developments include reaching a milestone of $75 billion in assets under management in July 2025, reflecting rapid global growth since inception; a strategic alliance announced in November 2025 with CIBC Asset Management Inc. to launch eight Avantis CIBC ETFs for the Canadian market; and ongoing expansion of its ETF lineup to enhance asset allocation options for investors seeking value-added U.S. equity exposure.