ALFA
AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETFALFA Fund Description
ALFA tracks an index that aims to deliver outperformance by mimicking hedge funds' positions in US equities. The index relies on lagged published holdings to determine long exposure.
ALFA Factset Analytics Insight
ALFA relies on publicly disclosed stock picks from hedge fund managers to select its stocks. It looks at the historical returns of various funds or institutional investors and draws its selection universe from the equities held by those funds that ALFA's proprietary methodology deems the best performing. The challenge with this approach is that fast-money hedge funds can change their positions on a dime, while ALFA looks at lagged, quarterly snapshots. The fund counters this problem with screens for sticky assets. With a small basket of securities and some major sector biases, ALFA provides some intensely concentrated exposure to a narrow set of companies. While underlying liquidity is strong thanks to the kind of names that make up ALFA's basket, retail investors face some sizeable spreads that make limit orders advisable. ALFA’s expense ratio is competitive considering the unique index it tracks. On the other hand, the fund has had some capital gains distributions, so overall holding costs may be steeper than advertised.Prior to December 27, 2017 the underlying index was AlphaClone Hedge Fund Downside Hedged Index.
ALFA MSCI ESG Analytics Insight
AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF has an MSCI ESG Fund Rating of BBB based on a score of 4.97 out of 10. The MSCI ESG Fund Rating measures the resiliency of portfolios to long-term risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social, and governance factors. ESG Fund Ratings range from best (AAA) to worst (CCC). Highly rated funds consist of companies that tend to show strong and/or improving management of financially relevant environmental, social and governance issues. These companies may be more resilient to disruptions arising from ESG events.
The fund’s Peer Rank reflects the ranking of a fund’s MSCI ESG Fund Quality Score against the scores of other funds within the same peer group, as defined by the Thomson Reuters Lipper Global Classification. AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF ranks in the 30th percentile within its peer group and in the 27th percentile within the global universe of all funds covered by MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.
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ALFA Factset Analytics Block Liquidity
This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of ALFA. ALFA is rated a 4 out of 5.
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