##  [# ETF Watch: RiverFront Adds Two Funds](/sections/daily-etf-watch/etf-watch-riverfront-adds-two-funds) 

 

# ETF Watch: RiverFront Adds Two Funds

 

 

RiverFront follows up its recent launches with two more active funds.



 

 

 

 

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RiverFront Investment Group has added two more actively managed ETFs to its lineup today, launching them on the NYSE Arca. The [RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF (RFUN) and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF (RFCI)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414040/000139834416013927/fp0019225_485bpos.htm) both come with expense ratios of 0.51%.

RFUN invests in fixed-income securities across a range of asset classes, maturities, ratings and currencies. The fund sets a strategic allocation designed for a five-year time horizon that seeks to limit downside and achieve upside returns. The model is based on historical market behavior and is incorporated in a mean-reversion optimization approach that determines the weightings of the different fixed-income asset classes, the prospectus said.

Like RFUN, RFCI starts off by establishing a strategic allocation across fixed-income classes for a five-year time horizon with the intention of seeking a risk and return balance. From there, the fund’s strategy tactically adjusts the allocations to respond to market conditions. That strategic allocation is adjusted annually and relies on a quantitative approach. Like RFUN, RFCI uses historical models and a mean-reversion optimization approach.

Both ETFs have very few limitations on the type of fixed-income securities they can invest in or the duration or maturity of the portfolio.

**iShares Files For Small Cap Min Vol Fund**

BlackRock’s iShares arm has filed for a small-cap version of the $13.7 billion [iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF (USMV | A-69)](https://www.etf.com/uSMV). The <a>iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Small-Cap ETF</a> will track an index of U.S. small-cap stocks that represent roughly 14% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the United States; however, weightings will be based on volatility levels.

The prospectus notes that the index is based on a Barra multifactor risk model, so momentum, size, value, growth, liquidity and financial leverage also play a role in component weightings.

A recent article by InsideETFs CEO Matt Hougan, [“The Most Important ETF of 2016,”](https://www.etf.com/sections/blog/most-important-etf-2016?nopaging=1) discusses the fund’s impact on the ETF space and the appeal of the product to investors.

The filing did not include an expense ratio, listing exchange or ticker.

*Contact Heather Bell at <hbell@etf.com>.*



 

 

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