- CEO
- John Keeler
- Full Time Employees
- 50
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 1400 Urban Center Drive Birmingham AL United States of America 35242
- IPO Date
- Jun 24, 2025
- Business
- Bluemonte Diversified Income ETF (BLUI) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks total return and current income through investments in other ETFs focused on income-oriented assets, including debt securities and income-producing equities from around the world; its portfolio primarily comprises underlying funds with exposure to corporate and government bonds of varying maturities and credit qualities, preferred stocks, REITs, MLPs, senior loans, and high-yield bonds, with top holdings such as PIMCO Active Bond ETF (BOND, approximately 36%), SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK, approximately 22%), Global X MLP ETF (MLPA, approximately 11%), Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE, approximately 11%), First Trust Senior Loan Fund (FTSL, approximately 10%), and Invesco Preferred ETF (PGX, approximately 9%). The fund employs a top-down macro analysis combined with bottom-up fundamental research to select ETFs that align with its target allocation mix, return profile, pricing, and relative performance, with full discretion for the sub-adviser to adjust holdings at any time; it operates without tracking a specific benchmark index and maintains an expense ratio of 0.75%, distributing dividends periodically, such as $0.30 trailing twelve months yield as of late 2025. BLUI trades on the NYSE Arca and targets individual and institutional investors seeking diversified income exposure across global fixed income and equity income segments.
Launched on June 20, 2025, as part of the Bluemonte ETF suite sponsored by Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) under the Exchange Traded Concepts Trust, with RFG Advisory LLC serving as sub-adviser and SEI Investments Distribution Co. as distributor, BLUI resulted from one of the largest and most complex Section 351 exchange transactions in ETF history, converting over a thousand client separately managed accounts (SMAs) into nine coordinated Bluemonte ETFs to enhance tax efficiency and portfolio management for RFG Advisory clients. This strategic launch in June 2025 marked a major expansion for Exchange Traded Concepts in white-label ETF solutions and enabled RFG Advisory to deliver institutional-caliber, low-cost model portfolio strategies as an integrated asset management offering across U.S. and global markets. As of late 2025, the fund manages approximately $88 million in assets under management with around 3.45 million shares outstanding, reflecting post-launch growth from its inception base.