- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 1990 N. California Boulevard, Suite 940 Walnut Creek CA United States of America 94596
- IPO Date
- Jan 13, 2023
- Business
- USCF Sustainable Battery Metals Strategy Fund (ZSB) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks total return by investing primarily in metals derivatives instruments, such as futures, swaps, options, and forwards, and to a lesser extent in equities of companies economically tied to metals essential for electrification; these metals include cobalt, copper, iron ore, lithium, nickel, and others used in batteries, battery charging infrastructure, sustainable energy generation, and storage infrastructure. The fund employs a proprietary multi-factor quantitative methodology to select its holdings, which encompass industrial metals, precious metals, and rare earth metals, while mitigating the carbon-intensive nature of these investments through the purchase of carbon offset investments equivalent to the estimated aggregate carbon emissions of its portfolio. It operates within the commodities focused segment, targeting investors interested in the electrification megatrend driven by electric vehicles, renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and hydroelectric power, and related infrastructure.
Launched on January 11, 2023, the fund is a series of the USCF ETF Trust, with USCF Advisers LLC serving as investment adviser, The Bank of New York Mellon as administrator and custodian, and ALPS Distributors, Inc. as distributor; it is headquartered in the United States through its parent structure under USCF Investments, Inc. ZSB trades on U.S. exchanges with a trading increment of $0.01 and a creation unit basket size of 25,000 shares, settling on a T+1 basis, and features total net expenses reduced by a contractual management fee waiver of 0.20% through October 31, 2026.
In recent developments, the fund maintains a small asset base of approximately $1.48 million as of the latest reported data, reflecting its niche focus amid volatile commodity markets. It has attracted holdings from affiliated funds, such as the USCF Sustainable Commodity Strategy Fund (ZSC), which allocates nearly 30% of its portfolio to ZSB as of August 2025, indicating internal strategic cross-investment within the USCF family. Institutional ownership includes positions from entities like Jane Street Group, LLC, Advisor Group Holdings, Inc., and UBS Group AG, with total institutional shares standing at around 119,066, underscoring growing interest from sophisticated investors despite no major public announcements of partnerships, acquisitions, or new product launches in the past 1-2 years.