Building Blocks

By: SS&C ALPS Advisors
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  • The Building Blocks podcast features financial services thought leaders sharing investment perspectives, market trends and economic insights. SS&C ALPS Advisors is an open architecture boutique investment manager offering portfolio building blocks, active insight, and an unwavering drive to guide clients to investment outcomes across sustainable income, thematic and alternative growth strategies. Please follow, share and subscribe.

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Episodes
  • Exploring the 2024 REITs Landscape with Nick Tannura, GSI Capital Advisors
    Mar 27 2024

    An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus containing this and other information, call 1-866-759-5679 or visit www.alpsfunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

    Shares of ETFs are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemable.

    Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results; current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted.

    All investments are subject to risks, including the loss of money and the possible loss of the entire principal amount invested. Additional information regarding the risks of this investment is available in the prospectus.

    Effective 8/22/2023, the Fund will no longer operate as a semi-transparent actively-managed ETF and will instead operate as a traditional, fully transparent actively managed ETF in reliance on Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
    Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses.
    Ownership of real estate is subject to fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, the impact of economic conditions on real estate values, the strength of specific industries renting properties and defaults by borrowers or tenants. Real estate is a cyclical business, highly sensitive to general and local economic conditions and developments and characterized by intense competition and periodic overbuilding. Credit and interest rate risk may affect real estate companies’ ability to borrow or lend money.

    The Fund will primarily invest in publicly traded common equity securities of US REITs. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in publicly traded common equity of US real estate operating companies (not structured as REITs), publicly traded preferred equity of US REITs and real estate operating companies, and cash and cash equivalents.
    Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT): companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Listed REITs have characteristics of both the income potential of bonds and growth potential of stocks.

    Karl Zeller is a Registered Representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.

    Source: Morningstar, as of 2/29/2024. Morningstar US Fund Real Estate Category, includes 226 funds for the period 3/1/2021 - 2/29/2024. The Funds ranking is based on total return (including fee waivers and expense reimbursements) during the specified period.

    Mutual Fund Peer Group: 198 funds

    ETF Peer Group: 26 fund

    ALPS Advisors, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and GSI Capital Advisors, LLC is the investment sub-adviser to the Fund. ALPS Advisors, Inc. and ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., affiliated entities, are unaffiliated with GSI Capital Advisors, LLC.

    ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. is the distributor for the Fund.

    Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value

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    13 mins
  • Avoiding the Crowds - Extra Yield Without Extra Credit Risk
    Mar 20 2024

    An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus containing this and other information, call 1-866-759-5679 or visit www.alpsfunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

    Shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares on a secondary market. Only market makers or “authorized participants” may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 5,000, 25,000 or 50,000 shares.

    Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results; current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted.

    All investments are subject to risks, including the loss of money and the possible loss of the entire principal amount invested. Additional information regarding the risks of this investment is available in the prospectus.

    The Fund invests principally in municipal securities. The value of municipal securities may be affected by uncertainties in the municipal market related to legislation or litigation involving the taxation of municipal securities or the rights of municipal securities holders in the event of a default or bankruptcy. If a security’s structure fails to function as intended, the security could become taxable or decline in value. Additionally, issuers of municipal obligations may not be able to make timely payments because of general economic downturns or increased governmental costs.

    The Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one municipal revenue sector relating to bonds backed by revenues from similar types of projects (such as those relating to higher education, healthcare, housing, airports or utilities) or with other similar economic, business, or political characteristics. However, as the Fund’s exposure to such similar projects increases, the Fund will also become more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments relevant to these projects.

    Rob McClure is a Registered Representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.

    ALPS Advisors, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is the investment sub-adviser to the Fund. ALPS Advisors, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., affiliated entities, are unaffiliated with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

    ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. is the distributor for the Fund.

    Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value

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    10 mins
  • Avoiding the Crowds - Revenue Bonds
    Feb 20 2024

    An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus containing this and other information, call 1-866-759-5679 or visit www.alpsfunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

    Shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares on a secondary market. Only market makers or “authorized participants” may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 5,000, 25,000 or 50,000 shares.

    Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results; current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted.

    All investments are subject to risks, including the loss of money and the possible loss of the entire principal amount invested. Additional information regarding the risks of this investment is available in the prospectus. 

    The Fund invests principally in municipal securities. The value of municipal securities may be affected by uncertainties in the municipal market related to legislation or litigation involving the taxation of municipal securities or the rights of municipal securities holders in the event of a default or bankruptcy. If a security’s structure fails to function as intended, the security could become taxable or decline in value. Additionally, issuers of municipal obligations may not be able to make timely payments because of general economic downturns or increased governmental costs. 

    The Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one municipal revenue sector relating to bonds backed by revenues from similar types of projects (such as those relating to higher education, healthcare, housing, airports or utilities) or with other similar economic, business, or political characteristics. However, as the Fund’s exposure to such similar projects increases, the Fund will also become more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments relevant to these projects.

    Rob McClure is a Registered Representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc. 

    ALPS Advisors, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is the investment sub-adviser to the Fund. ALPS Advisors, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., affiliated entities, are unaffiliated with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 

    ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. is the distributor for the Fund.

    Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value

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    11 mins

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