- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 18925 Base Camp Rd Suite 203 Monument CO United States of America 80132
- IPO Date
- Jul 12, 2022
- Business
- AAM Transformers ETF (NYSE Arca: TRFM) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of the Pence Transformers Index through a rules-based methodology targeting U.S.-listed companies whose products and services demonstrate compelling potential to transform consumer behavior, technological innovation, and the global economy; the fund screens portfolio companies for elevated research and development (R&D) spending as a percentage of sales, sustained stronger sales and capital expenditure growth relative to their industries, and involvement in disruptive advancements such as autonomous driving, electric vehicles, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, digital retail channels, mobile technologies, and renewable energy alternatives. TRFM employs a modified equal-weighted approach with full replication, holding approximately 190-214 equity securities across large- and mid-cap growth stocks predominantly in the information technology sector, including top holdings like Tesla Inc., Adobe Inc., Broadcom Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp., and others such as NVIDIA Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Oracle Corp., and Palantir Technologies Inc.; it features a 0.49% expense ratio, annual distributions, and quarterly index reconstitution and rebalancing, with assets under management recently surpassing $100 million. The fund, issued by ETF Series Solutions and co-managed by Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (AAM) and Vident Asset Management, primarily serves investors seeking exposure to transformative growth themes in U.S. equity markets, with geographic focus on domestic-listed securities including American Depositary Receipts for select foreign issuers. Launched on July 11, 2022, TRFM represents AAM's inaugural thematic ETF offering; the firm, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Monument, Colorado, underwent a significant strategic shift in September 2022 when Sun Life Financial acquired a majority stake for $214 million, enhancing its capacity for portfolio solutions including ETFs. In October 2025, AAM announced a partnership with Wilshire Advisors LLC to expand distribution of private assets and further bolster its investment product lineup amid growing assets in TRFM.