An ETF designed to help support resilient
growth and opportunity within the Last Frontier.
AKAF (The Frontier Economic Fund) is an exchange-traded fund designed to help promote investment in the great state of Alaska.
This ETF is built to help support the growth of enterprises with meaningful operations, employment, or strategic relevance to Alaska—helping to potentially strengthen the economic foundation of the state while providing investors with access to a rules-based, regionally relevant investment approach.
AKAF is an investment vehicle to help promote financial stewardship, sovereign self-determination, and potential long-term value creation within the Last Frontier.
AKAF is structured to offer investors exposure to a carefully constructed universe of publicly traded companies selected through a custom methodology that considers their relationship to Alaska’s economy.
The fund seeks to offer:
Focused exposure aligned with Alaska’s business environment
Market access through a single ticker, AKAF
Rules-based portfolio construction, bringing consistency to selection
Long-term investment potential, with a focus on stewardship and alignment with Alaska’s future
Vident Asset Management is a designer and builder of investment solutions partnering with institutions to bring customized investment ideas to life.
As the ETF’s index and portfolio team, Vident brings:
Vident drives innovation by delivering the institutional platform, experience, and capabilities to bring AKAF to market.
AKAF is managed in alignment with a custom-designed index built to reflect Alaska’s economic priorities.
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Vident does not guarantee the performance or success of any product, investment services or investment idea or the limitation of risk. Investment objectives, risks and potential outcomes are particular to the facts and circumstances then present. Vident makes no guarantee or representation that The Frontier Economic Fund, any fund holding, the index, or any index constituent (current or future) will have a positive effect on the Alaskan economy.
When contacting Vident via this website, you should not include any proprietary, confidential, or material non-public information in your message. While measures are taken to ensure the privacy of your communication, Vident cannot guarantee its privacy.
Carefully consider The Frontier Economic Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objectives, risk factors, and expenses before investing. To obtain the prospectus, download it here or call 800-617-0004. Please read it carefully before investing.
Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance many be higher or lower than that quoted. Short term performance is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made solely based on returns.
Investing involves risk, including the risk of loss of principal. The Fund has the same risks as the underlying securities traded o the exchange throughout the day at market price. Redemptions are limited and often commissions are charged on each trade. The Fund invests in securities of large capitalization companies traded in the United States and in other developed markets. The Fund invests in the securities included in, or representative of its index regardless of their investment merits. The Fund is not actively managed an its performance may be adversely affected by a general decline in market segments related to its index. The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in the securities of companies of a particular sector of the economy therefore its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors.
Investor shares are bought and sold at market price (not net asset value or NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV, and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Ordinary brokerage commissions may apply.
The Fund’s investment adviser is Vident Asset Management. Vident Asset Management owns the index that underlies the Fund. The Fund is distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc. ALPS is not affiliated with Vident Asset Management.
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