Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators Fund: ETF Class Shares

Frequently Asked Questions About GAIQ

What does GAIQ invest in?

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in a high-conviction, roughly equally-weighted portfolio of approximately 30 innovative companies globally across technology, communications, and business process and management sectors, benchmarked to the MSCI World Index. GAIQ is the newly launched ETF Class share of the long-running Global Innovators strategy, offering the same portfolio and investment team as the existing Investor Class (IWIRX) and Institutional Class (GINNX) mutual fund shares, but with intraday exchange liquidity and transparency.

What is the expense ratio of GAIQ?

Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators Fund: ETF Class Shares (GAIQ) charges an expense ratio of 0.79%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.

How big is GAIQ?

Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators Fund: ETF Class Shares (GAIQ) manages $647,600 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 GAIQ actively managed or an index fund?

GAIQ is a passive index fund — it tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (GAIQ's is 0.79%) because there's no security selection cost.

When was GAIQ launched?

Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators Fund: ETF Class Shares (GAIQ) launched in August 2026 and is managed by Guinness Atkinson.

How has GAIQ performed?

GAIQ's total return — price change plus reinvested distributions — is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon.