
The American Beacon Ionic Inflation Protection ETF (CPII) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund designed to protect against inflation. It achieves this by investing in a portfolio that includes inflation swaps, options on U.S. interest rates (known as swaptions), and a range of U.S. Treasury Securities, prominently including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). Under normal market conditions, up to 30% of the fund's net assets may be allocated to inflation swaps and swaptions to further its investment aim. It is classified as a non-diversified fund.
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IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (“American Beacon”), an experienced provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail markets, announced today that it has assumed management of the Ionic Inflation Protection ETF (“CPII”) with Ionic Capital Management LLC (“Ionic”) continuing involvement in a sub-advisory role. Effective April 14, 2025, American Beacon will serve as the investment advisor and Ionic will serve as the sub-advisor to the newly adopt.

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