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About ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF
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Inception date
Dec 31, 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
ALPS Advisors, Inc.
Distributor
ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc.
SBIO invests in a concentrated portfolio of biotech companies with drugs in Phase II and Phase III of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical trials, and limits itself to US-listed firms with market caps between USD 200 million and USD 5 billion. SBIO also screens for sustainability, meaning constituent firms have enough cash on hand to last two years. Given the low historical success rates in clinical trials, the fund is a high-risk, high-reward bet on a small subset of biotech companies. The Underlying Index undergoes semi-annual reconstitution and quarterly rebalance subject to certain caps. The largest stock is capped at 4.5%, and the excess weight is redistributed proportionately over the remainder of the Underlying Index. Prior to July 9, 2019 the funds index was Poliwogg Medical Breakthroughs Index, which has the same strategies.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Stock breakdown by region
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