- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Address
- 23 Inverness Center Parkway, Suite 525 Birmingham AL United States of America 35242
- IPO Date
- Mar 31, 2022
- Business
- OneAscent Core Plus Bond ETF (OACP), a series of Unified Series Trust, is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks total return, with an emphasis on income, through investments in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities while applying values-based screening and proprietary impact criteria; these include investment-grade bonds such as U.S. government securities, corporate bonds, taxable municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities, as well as up to 30% in non-investment-grade high-yield bonds, non-U.S. dollar denominated instruments, and emerging markets debt of any maturity. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds, leveraging relative value trading, mortgage rolls, and derivatives like futures, options, swaps, and forwards to enhance returns and manage risk; it prioritizes issuers promoting community, environmental, and stakeholder flourishing, with impact themes in affordable housing, economic development, renewable energy, environmental stewardship, and natural resources, exemplified by holdings financing Colombia's FARC reintegration, women's livelihoods in Asia and Africa, Freddie Mac senior housing, Duke Energy grid resilience, and IBRD water purification in Vietnam. OACP trades on NYSE Arca with a net expense ratio of 0.74%, monthly distributions, and as of December 2025 holds net assets of approximately $166 million. Launched on March 30, 2022, the ETF is advised by OneAscent Investment Solutions, LLC, headquartered at 23 Inverness Center Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama, with sub-advisory from Teachers Advisors, LLC, whose Investment Management Team—Stephen Liberatore, Jessica Zarzycki, and Christopher Williams—oversees portfolio construction through independent credit analysis and sector overweighting relative to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Recent developments include sustained monthly dividend declarations through late 2024 and 2025, such as $0.0896 per share ex-date December 30, 2024, and ongoing prospectus updates as of December 29, 2024, reflecting no major acquisitions, partnerships, or strategic shifts but consistent active management amid fixed-income market volatility.