GraniteShares, a new kind of ETF company, acquired a U.S. high-income focused ETF strategy that invests in securities structured as pass-through entities.
On Monday, GraniteShares took over the HIPS US High Income ETF (NYSEArca: HIPS) and lowered the management fee on the ETF to 0.70% from 1.47%.
The GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF will try to reflect the performance of the TFMS HIPS 300 Index, which includes a basket of securities structured as pass-through entities such as master-limited partnerships, real estate investment trusts, closed-end funds and business development companies.
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