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  1. EXOS and Morgan Creek launch SPAC Arbitrage ETF
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EXOS and Morgan Creek launch SPAC Arbitrage ETF

James ComtoisFeb 01, 2022
2022-02-01

Morgan Creek Capital Management and fintech company EXOS Financial today launched the Morgan Creek – Exos Active SPAC Arbitrage ETF (NYSE Arca: CSH), an actively managed ETF with an investment strategy that invests in special purpose acquisition companies and their underlying U.S. Treasury collateral to earn a potentially higher return per unit of risk than traditional cash alternatives.

CSH seeks to provide investors with short-duration investment exposure that still earns a meaningful positive return. The fund seeks to achieve this objective by holding a diversified portfolio of “pre-combination SPACs,” which are structurally collateralized by U.S. T-bills or equivalents and embedded equity options. It actively manages the underlying portfolio to optimize returns relative to the risk to its underlying collateral value.

SPACs are hybrid investment vehicles where trust assets are collateralized by a pool of U.S. Treasuries and include equity options embedded in the structure that could allow for additional return above the risk-free rate. CSH is designed to capitalize on these key structural features of SPACs, and therefore is not necessarily dependent on the performance of the SPAC market as a whole, or on the performance of the individual companies that utilize SPACs to go public.

“There has never been a more challenging time to be a saver,” said Mark Yusko, CEO and chief investment officer at Morgan Creek Capital Management, in a news release announcing the fund launch. “Record high inflation and ultra-low interest rates make it extremely difficult for investors to make the most of their cash. Banks are paying close to zero and other cash alternatives like credit, or longer duration bonds, offer only a small incremental return, but can leave investors with significant losses in the worst-case scenarios.”

Peter Early, head of business development at EXOS Financial, added in the release: “We’re thrilled about bringing this new ETF to market in collaboration with Morgan Creek. CSH is built for investors looking to earn a return on their liquid assets without compromising on safety. We do this by leveraging our expertise and extensive knowledge of SPACs while we have the ability to redeem our shares for the underlying collateral at some date in the future. This stage of a SPAC’s life cycle is unique because it offers the protection of the US government credit with the upside potential of equity, which is quite appealing.”

CSH will hold a diversified portfolio that is weighted based on a proprietary valuation analysis which is updated in real time. “We believe that active management is absolutely essential when navigating the world of SPACs. Our ETF manages risk through consistent and systematic rebalancing using a structured analytical framework that compares the expected return of each security in the universe relative to its risk to the underlying collateral value. This proprietary process is what keeps the portfolio well-positioned for small, but consistent, gains without over-exposing investors to any single security,” said portfolio manager Dewey Tucker.

CSH has an expense ratio of 1.25%.

For more information on the fund, visit https://www.csh-etf.com/.

For more news, information, and strategy, visit ETF Trends.


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