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About Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF
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Inception date
Dec 17, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
Primary advisor
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC
Distributor
VP Distributors LLC
BBP offers a different approach to biotech investing by handpicking firms whose lead drugs are on its product stage or those firms that have attained FDA approval for their leading drug. Stocks must earn a majority of their revenue from the research and development and/or marketing and sale of novel drugs or other therapeutics used in the treatment of human diseases. The fund is offered by BioShares alongside launched a sister fund, BBC, which targets biotech firms in the clinical trial stage. The index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Stocks99.43%
Health Technology99.43%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.57%
Cash0.57%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history