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- Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide investment results corresponding, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Quantix Commodity Total Return Index. The fund targets a diversified mix of 24 liquid commodity futures contracts across sectors including precious metals such as gold (34.6% weight), refined petroleum products like RBOB gasoline, gasoil, heating oil, and Brent crude oil; grains and soybean products including corn, soybeans, soymeal, wheat, Kansas wheat, and bean oil; softs such as cocoa, sugar, coffee, and cotton; industrial metals like aluminum, Comex copper, zinc, and nickel; and livestock including lean hogs, emphasizing systematic portfolio adjustments based on commodities' relative inflation sensitivity, market dynamics, and roll yield considerations. It achieves exposure primarily through a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under Cayman Islands law that invests in commodity-linked derivatives such as excess return swaps and futures contracts on physical commodities traded on exchanges like CME, ICE, and LME.
Harbor ETF Trust serves as the issuer, with Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. acting as the investment adviser responsible for overall management and administration. Quantix Commodities LP, the subadvisor since inception, employs its proprietary quantitative methodology for index construction and portfolio management, with a team comprising Portfolio Managers Matthew Schwab (since 2022), Tom Glanfield, Don Casturo, Daniel Cepeda, and Marta Kavchak (since March 2025). Launched on February 9, 2022, and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the fund operates within the commodities broad basket category, serving investors seeking inflation-hedging and diversification benefits through a dynamic allocation strategy that has outperformed the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return since inception, with net assets reaching approximately $1.19 billion as of October 31, 2025.
In recent developments, Harbor Capital Advisors celebrated the fund's three-year anniversary in February 2025, highlighting its strategic partnership with Quantix Commodities LP to establish a new benchmark in commodities investing. The fund underwent a name change to Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF, reinforcing its positioning as a core portfolio component amid growing assets under management. Portfolio management saw expansions in March 2025 with the addition of new managers Tom Glanfield, Don Casturo, Daniel Cepeda, and Marta Kavchak, enhancing the team's expertise in systematic commodity strategies. Harbor Capital continues to curate its suite of active ETFs, including HGER, with no major acquisitions or funding rounds reported for the fund itself, though the firm maintains focus on scaling research-driven offerings.