- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Industrial
- Address
- 383 Madison Avenue New York NY United States of America 10179
- IPO Date
- Jun 18, 2018
- Business
- JPMorgan BetaBuilders MSCI U.S. REIT ETF (BBRE) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide investment results corresponding to the performance of the MSCI US REIT Custom Capped Index, a free-float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index measuring the U.S. equity real estate investment trust market across small-, mid-, and large-cap securities. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities included in the index, including equity REITs focused on ownership and management of U.S. real estate properties such as diversified REITs, health care REITs, apartments, industrial properties, storage facilities, single-tenant properties, shopping centers, regional malls, office spaces, and other real estate segments; top holdings include Prologis Inc. (8.7%), Welltower Inc. (8.4%), Equinix Inc. (5.9%), Simon Property Group Inc. (4.4%), Digital Realty Trust Inc. (4.4%), Realty Income Corp. (4.3%), Public Storage (3.9%), Ventas Inc. (2.8%), Iron Mountain Inc. (2.8%), and VICI Properties Inc. (2.7%). It may invest up to 20% in exchange-traded futures for index correspondence, maintains approximately 118 holdings with a low expense ratio of 0.11%, quarterly dividend distributions, and assets under management of around $941 million as of late 2025.
Launched on June 15, 2018 by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquartered in New York, Delaware, BBRE operates primarily in the U.S. financial services and asset management industry, targeting investors seeking passive, indexed exposure to the REIT sector without the broader real estate inclusions of competing funds.
Significant recent developments include a key index transition on November 30, 2020, to the MSCI US REIT Custom Capped Index from an uncapped version, imposing diversification limits where issuers over 4.75% weight are capped at 24% aggregate portfolio weight to enhance risk management; portfolio rebalancing continues quarterly with notable holdings adjustments, such as increased allocations to Brandywine Realty Trust and Safehold Inc. in recent periods.