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- Astoria Real Assets ETF (PPI) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation in inflation-adjusted terms by investing at least 80% of its net assets in real asset-related investments, including equities of companies deriving significant revenues or assets from real assets such as precious metals, commodities, land, equipment, and natural resources; global inflation-linked securities like Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS); commodity exposures via underlying ETFs and futures contracts; real estate investment trusts (REITs); and securities across energy, industrials, utilities, materials, and infrastructure sectors. The fund typically holds 50 to 60 equity positions in large- and mid-cap growth and value stocks globally, complemented by top holdings such as SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (GLDM), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and United Rentals, Inc., with additional diversification into basic materials, power utilities, data centers, bitcoin, ether, and natural resources. It operates with a management fee of 0.55%, total expense ratio of 0.60%, quarterly distributions, and options availability, benchmarked against the MSCI ACWI NR USD Index.
Launched on December 29, 2021, as a series of Investment Managers Series Trust II, the ETF is advised by AXS Investments LLC, based in Port Chester, New York, and sub-advised by Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC, headquartered in New York City, with global exposure across public equity, fixed income, and commodity markets targeting investors seeking inflation-hedging and economic cycle resilience. Recent major changes include the October 15, 2024, transfer of its stock exchange listing from NYSE Arca to Nasdaq and renaming from AXS Astoria Inflation Sensitive ETF to AXS Astoria Real Assets ETF, followed by a further name change to Astoria Real Assets ETF effective March 12, 2025.