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- Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF (IVRA) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks capital appreciation with a secondary objective of current income by investing primarily in exchange-traded equity securities of real assets companies located in North America that meet high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Real assets encompass physical attributes including real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and timber; real assets companies are those principally engaged in these industries or supporting such businesses. The Fund employs a proprietary ESG screening process, first excluding issuers with substantial revenue (more than 0-10%) from tobacco, alcohol, controversial or conventional weapons, recreational cannabis, thermal coal extraction, unconventional fossil fuels or private prisons operations, or those non-compliant with United Nations Global Compact principles; it then evaluates opportunities across ESG pillars—environmental factors such as natural resources, pollution, waste, supply chain impact and opportunities; social factors including workforce, community, product responsibility and human rights; and governance factors covering management, shareholders, board, auditors, regulatory issues, CSR strategy, anti-corruption and ethics—without equal weighting of pillars. Core holdings as of mid-2025 include Prologis Inc., Sempra, Enbridge Inc., Cheniere Energy Inc., Welltower Inc., American Tower Corp., ONEOK Inc., Kinder Morgan Inc., Williams Cos Inc. and Targa Resources Corp., with sector allocations emphasizing real estate (around 49-54%), energy (21-28%), utilities (8-13%), materials (10-13%) and minor industrials or consumer staples; geographic focus is predominantly United States (89%), Canada (9%) and Mexico (less than 1%). IVRA, with ticker IVRA and CUSIP 46090A788, lists on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. and targets investors seeking ESG-integrated exposure to real assets for inflation-hedging and income amid volatility in commodities, rates and economic cycles. Launched on December 22, 2020 and issued by Invesco Ltd.—an independent investment management firm founded in 1935 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with operations in over 20 countries—the Fund manages approximately $13-14 million in assets under management as of late 2025, with a total expense ratio of 0.59% (management fee 0.58-0.59%). In a major strategic shift effective after close of business on May 13, 2025, IVRA transitioned from a non-transparent ETF structure—utilizing a daily Tracking Basket under a U.S. SEC exemptive order and Fidelity's active equity model—to a fully transparent ETF disclosing portfolio holdings daily under Rule 6c-11 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; this removed prior investment limitations and the Tracking Basket publication, enabled standard securities basket creation/redemption (with cash option retained), and reduced the unitary management fee from 0.59% to 0.58%, while maintaining the investment objective, principal strategies and portfolio managers. No recent partnerships, acquisitions, funding rounds, new product launches or reorganizations specific to IVRA are reported in the last 1-2 years beyond this structural evolution.