THE SHIELDED ALPHA℠ ETF WRAPPER FROM BLUE TRACTOR

 THE REVOLUTION IN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT℠
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REGULATORY UPDATE -  ON FEBRUARY 10, 2021 THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ISSUED A NOTICE PERMITTING CUSTOM BASKETS FOR THE BLUE TRACTOR SHIELDED ALPHA℠ ETF WRAPPER
Review the SEC Notice here. 
Review Blue Tractor's Custom Basket filing here.

REGULATORY UPDATE -  ON DECEMBER 10, 2019 THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ISSUED AN ORDER APPROVING BLUE TRACTOR'S SHIELDED ALPHA℠ ETF WRAPPER
Review the SEC Order here. 
Review the approved Blue Tractor filing here.
See pages 9 - 11 for a summary overview of the Blue Tractor ETF wrapper.
​Meet Blue Tractor

​Because of Covid, we will be updating our virtual participation at upcoming ETF industry events from time to time.  Thank you.
​November 5, 2020:  At the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, New York City
The Blue Tractor team appreciates the Big Shout Out from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange for this incredible 9-story signage beamed from Times Square at the market close on November 5, 2020.
July 31, 2020:  ETF.com Interview
Read ETF.com's interview with Blue Tractor and review 5 key takeaways:
1.  A framework to assess the non-transparent wrappers;
2.  Use of the cloud;
3.  Maximizing tax efficiency;
4.  Custom Baskets; and 
5.  Current investable universe for the non-transparent wrappers. 


​April 27, 2020:  Nasdaq Trade Talks
Listen to Jill Malandrino, host of Nasdaq Trade Talks, interview Simon Goulet, Co-Founder of Blue Tractor and Carlos Pelaez, Nasdaq's ETF Product Manager, about the new Active ETF Wrapper space and Blue Tractor's Shielded Alpha℠ ETF structure.

April 9, 2020:  SS&C ALPS One-On-One Blog 
Read SS&C ALPS' interview with Blue Tractor Founder Terry Norman & Co-Founder Simon Goulet.
January 28, 2020:  Inside ETFs Conference
Watch Bob Pisani from CNBC interview Terry Norman, Founder of Blue Tractor.
January 28, 2020:  Inside ETFs Conference
Watch Simon Goulet, Co-Founder of Blue Tractor, highlight the features and outline the key differentiators of the Shielded Alpha℠ ETF wrapper versus competing wrapper structures.
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​November 26, 2019:  ETFStore.com Podcast
Listen to Simon Goulet, Co-Founder of Blue Tractor, discuss with host Nathan Geraci on the ETFStore.com podcast Blue Tractor's Shielded Alpha℠ ETF wrapper and its many benefits for active portfolio managers. 
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​October 22, 2019:  New York Stock Exchange​
Watch Terry Norman, Founder of Blue Tractor, discuss the "New Normal" for active portfolio management within an ETF wrapper.
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February 26, 2021
SS&C ALPS Advisors and GSI Capital Advisors today launched the ALPS Active REIT semi-transparent ETF (Nasdaq: REIT) powered by Blue Tractor.
​October 8, 2020
​SS&C ALPS Advisors expands capabilities into semi-transparent ETFs; announces partnerships with Blue Tractor and GSI Capital Advisors.
​​October 6, 2020
​​​Ultimus Fund Solutions announces expanded ETF service offering into semi-transparent ETFs through partnership with Blue Tractor.​
​​​​​​​September 28, 2020
Red Gate Advisers, LLC announces its formation as a multi-boutique investment advisor and is excited to launch its first fund, the Stance Equity ESG Large Cap Core ETF (the “Fund”), via a licensing agreement with Blue Tractor Group, LLC. The Fund will be administered by The RBB Fund, Inc. Series Trust.
​​September 17, 2020
​​​​​​​Vident Investment Advisory expands sub-advisory portfolio management & trading capabilities into non-transparent ETFs through a license with Blue Tractor Group and positions Vident to offer both ETF portfolio management and ETF creation basket management capabilities to Advisors.
​​​​​​​​July 21, 2020
​​​​​Tidal ETF Services LLC, an innovative leading provider of ETF services with over $1 billion in asset under administration (AuA), today announced it has entered into a license agreement with Blue Tractor for the novel Shielded Alpha℠ ETF structure.  Toroso Asset Management will serve as the advisor to ETFs in the Tidal ETF Trust that leverage the Shielded Alpha℠ model.​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​January 23, 2020​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​The Nottingham Company licenses the Shielded Alpha℠ ETF wrapper.
​January 6, 2020
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Blue Tractor announces it has filed for exemptive relief to expand the Shielded Alpha℠ ETF wrapper investable universe to include fixed income securities, international equities that do not trade contemporaneously with U.S. markets and derivatives (including options) and the relief would also permit  custom baskets to further improve operational efficiencies. 

Review the SEC filing here.
​​​December 11, 2019
​​Blue Tractor announces that it has received SEC Exemptive Relief for the ​Shielded Alpha℠ ETF wrapper.