Tema Launches Alternative Asset Managers ETF (AAUM)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tema ETFs (“Tema”), the New York-based provider of innovative exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the Tema Alternative Asset Managers ETF. AAUM is the first actively managed U.S.-listed ETF focused on publicly traded asset managers across the private markets’ universe, including key franchises in private equity, private credit, private infrastructure, venture capital and private real estate. Investors including wealth managers increasingly rely on alternative asset classes for portfolio diversification and return potential.

Alternative assets under management have grown rapidly in recent years, from approximately $7.4 trillion in total AUM in 2014 to close to $19 trillion as of the end of 2024.¹ The growth in private markets is also reflected in a growing universe of publicly listed alternative asset managers. These listings present innovative ways for investors to access private markets by investing alongside the listed General Partner Asset Manager instead of investing as a Limited Partner in an Alternative Assets Fund, potentially offering greater liquidity, flexibility and alignment throughout the cycle.

“The alternative asset managers ETF is designed to provide investors with quality exposure to a growing universe of listed privates managers. These privates’ managers retain significant dry powder deployed opportunistically across asset classes. Active management expertise is required to risk manage and identify the winning private markets franchises, as the outcomes between listed managers have historically diverged significantly,” said Kaimon Chung, the portfolio manager on the Alternative Asset Managers ETF (AAUM).

Kaimon has over 20-years alternative asset managers expertise as Wall Street’s top-ranked alternative asset managers analyst, previously working under Glenn Schorr at Evercore.

¹CAIS Group, July 2025

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