Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF

Frequently Asked Questions About CAS

What does CAS invest in?

The Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF (CAS) chiefly allocates its investments to China A-share equities, which are traded on mainland Chinese stock exchanges in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. This segment of the market offers a substantially more diverse set of prospects spanning various industries and market capitalizations compared to the share classes typically available to foreign investors. The fund gains its market participation via total return swaps, a mechanism that delivers an unusual source of enhanced returns through advantageous funding costs. Layered upon these equity investments is a diligently managed options approach, engineered to generate income by writing short-dated spread options on a broad spectrum of underlying instruments, including equity, fixed income, and commodity indices or related ETFs.

What is the expense ratio of CAS?

Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF (CAS) charges an expense ratio of 0.88%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.

What is CAS's dividend yield?

CAS's trailing-twelve-month yield is 50.43%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.

How big is CAS?

Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF (CAS) manages $12.7M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure — funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation.

Is CAS actively managed or an index fund?

CAS's management style is described in the fund's prospectus. See the description on the Summary tab for the published strategy.

When was CAS launched?

Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF (CAS) launched in January 2025 and is managed by Simplify.