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Yorkville America Expands Beyond Trump-Linked ETFs With AI Strategy
Yorkville America is an investment company that runs ETFs, which are baskets of investments traded on stock exchanges.
It became known for ETFs connected to the Truth Social brand and America First themes.
Now, the company wants to offer more kinds of investment products.
It plans to acquire an asset management firm that mainly manages customized portfolios for individual investors.
Yorkville has also launched a new ETF focused on companies involved in artificial intelligence.
The fund includes large companies such as Meta, Nvidia and Alphabet, along with private companies Anthropic and OpenAI.
Because Anthropic and OpenAI are not publicly traded, the fund uses special contracts to follow their prices.
Yorkville says it plans to launch about a dozen more ETFs in the coming weeks and months.
Yorkville America is nearing an acquisition of an institutional asset management firm, with closing expected in September.
The deal is intended to expand Yorkville’s offerings beyond its America First-themed Truth Social ETFs.
Yorkville launched the MANGOS Plus Index ETF, its first fund outside the Truth Social brand.
The ETF targets artificial-intelligence companies including Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Alphabet, OpenAI and SpaceX.
Yorkville plans roughly a dozen more ETFs focused on the digital economy and broader macroeconomic strategies.
- Who
- Yorkville America, led by CEO Steve Neamtz, is expanding its asset-management business.
- What
- The firm is pursuing an acquisition and launching ETFs beyond its Truth Social-branded products, including an AI-focused fund.
- Where
- The MANGOS Plus Index ETF will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and its NYSE Texas division.
- When
- The acquisition is expected to close in September; Yorkville joined the ETF industry expansion effort over the past one or two years and plans more launches in the coming weeks and months.
- Why
- Yorkville wants to diversify its offerings and reduce reliance on politically themed funds.
Key facts
- Acquisition
- Yorkville is in the final stages of acquiring an institutional asset management firm primarily focused on separately managed accounts.
- Expected closing
- September
- New fund
- MANGOS Plus Index ETF
- AI holdings
- The index includes Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Alphabet, OpenAI and SpaceX, plus Micron and SanDisk.
- Private-company exposure
- The fund will use perpetual futures contracts to gain exposure to Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Planned launches
- Yorkville has filed plans for roughly a dozen additional ETFs.
- Planned themes
- The additional funds are expected to cover the digital economy and broader macroeconomic investment strategies.
Quotes
Steve Neamtz
CEO of Yorkville America
“We're in the final stages of closing a deal with an institutional asset management firm that primarily has been in the separately managed accounts business”
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“This will be the first launch in our digital and crypto category of products”
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