ALPS | CoreCommodity Natural Resources ETF (CCNR) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to maximize real returns, consistent with prudent investment management, by investing in equity securities of companies engaged in natural resources activities worldwide. The fund employs a "pure play" quantitative, multi-factor strategy to select upstream producers and service providers deriving at least 50% of revenue from owning, exploring, or developing natural resources, including energy, agriculture, base and precious metals, and minerals; producing or supplying goods, equipment, or services principally to such natural resource producers; or related activities, with exposure spanning sectors like materials and energy across global markets in developed and emerging regions. Listed on Nasdaq with ticker CCNR and CUSIP 31761T886, the ETF offers annual distributions, a total operating expense ratio of 0.39%, and is benchmarked against the Bloomberg Commodity Index.
Launched on July 10, 2024, the fund is advised by ALPS Advisors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with sub-advisory services provided by CoreCommodity Management, LLC. SS&C ALPS Advisors partnered with CoreCommodity Management to introduce CCNR as a diversified natural resources equity vehicle, marking a strategic expansion into actively managed commodity-oriented ETFs and broadening access to CoreCommodity's global natural resource equity strategy for retail and institutional investors. Recent developments include the fund's first anniversary in July 2025 with assets under management exceeding $376 million, its inaugural dividend payment of $0.30 per share in December 2024, and a subsequent ex-dividend announcement in December 2025 yielding approximately 3.60%, alongside year-to-date share price appreciation of around 39% as of late 2025. The ETF targets investors seeking portfolio diversification, inflation hedging through natural resource equities, and participation in commodity price dynamics without direct futures exposure.