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T. Rowe Price active core ETFs

Beta just got an active upgrade. Plus, no fees.

Get your clients more from their portfolio’s core with TACU and TACN. These active core ETFs seek to deliver benchmark-plus returns and benchmark-like risk through security selection and disciplined risk controls. Better yet, the fees are waived until January 30, 2027.1

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  1. Active core ETFs explained
  2. Products
  3. Insights
  4. Dedicated team

Active core ETFs explained

What is active core?

A differentiated, cost-effective approach to core portfolio building blocks with the flexibility to seek additional alpha through security selection.

Reasons to invest

An active core strategy can add the potential for consistent, risk-controlled alpha to a portfolio's core. Since the core is typically the largest part of a diversified portfolio, a little alpha from the core can make a big difference.

How we seek outperformance

Our fundamental and quantitative analysis allows us to actively compete with passive. With low tracking error and alpha potential, our active core strategies are designed to deliver more value from a portfolio's core.

Products

Active Core U.S. Equity ETF
(TACU)

Provides cost-effective access to a core U.S. equity portfolio that closely aligns to the Russell 1000 Index benchmark with the flexibility to seek modest outperformance through active management.
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Active Core International Equity ETF (TACN)

Provides cost-effective access to a core international equity portfolio that closely aligns to the MSCI EAFE Index (Net) benchmark with the flexibility to seek modest outperformance through active management.
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0% fees

Net expense ratio of 0.00% by contractual fee waiver through January 30, 2027, then 0.14% for TACU and 0.20% for TACN thereafter.

Explore all the ways you can seek to outperform the index with our active ETFs.

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Insights

Smarter alpha: Get more from a portfolio’s core

A strategy that blends the best of active and passive to help unlock risk-adjusted alpha.
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T. Rowe Price range of alpha

Discover how our active strategies cover a range of alpha targets designed to align with a variety of investment objectives.
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Dedicated team of experts

Laurence Taylor, CFA Laurence Taylor, CFA Equity Solutions Portfolio Manager

Laurence Taylor is an equity solutions portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity Division. He is focused on creating custom solutions to match the sophisticated needs of our clients, leveraging our fundamental and integrated equity research and our tenured portfolio management capabilities. Laurence is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Jordan S. Pryor, CFA Jordan S. Pryor, CFA Portfolio Manager

Jordan Pryor is a co-portfolio manager of the Integrated Global Equity Strategy in the Global Equity Division. In addition, he is an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Integrated US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy. Jordan is an executive vice president of the Integrated Equity Funds, Inc., and Exchange-Traded Funds, Inc. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Andrew W. Tang, CFA, CAIA® Andrew W. Tang, CFA, CAIA® Co-Portfolio Manager

Andrew Tang assumes the role of co-portfolio manager with responsibilities for equity research long/short (RLD), an MSTR  component he helped manage and support since its inception in 2018. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 

Joe Wolfe, CFA Joe Wolfe, CFA Co-Portfolio Manager

Joe Wolfe is a co-portfolio manager of the Integrated US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy and the Integrated Global Equity Strategy in the Global Equity Division. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

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Important Information

ETFs are bought and sold at market prices, not net asset value (NAV). Investors generally incur the cost of the spread between the prices at which shares are bought and sold. Buying and selling shares may result in brokerage commissions, which will reduce returns.

Risk Considerations: All investments are subject to market risk, including the possible loss of principal. Foreign investing: Non-U.S. securities tend to be more volatile and have lower overall liquidity and trading volume than investments in U.S. securities and may lose value because of adverse local, political, social, or economic developments overseas, or due to changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Quantitative models: The fund’s reliance on quantitative models and the analysis of specific metrics in constructing the fund’s portfolio could cause the adviser to be unsuccessful in selecting companies for investment or determining the weighting of particular stocks in the portfolio. Large- and mid-cap stocks: Securities issued by large- and mid-cap companies tend to be less volatile than securities issued by small-cap companies. However, large-cap companies may not beable to attain the high growth rates of successful small-cap companies, especially during strong economic periods, and may be unable to respond as quickly to competitive challenges. Sector exposure: Issuers in the same economic sector may be similarly affected by economic or market events, making the fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that economic sector than funds that invest more broadly. See the prospectus for more detail on thefund’s principal risks.

Past performance cannot guarantee future results.

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Download TACN prospectus

1TACU/TACN: Net expense ratio of 0.00% by contractual fee waiver through January 30, 2027, then 0.14% for TACU and 0.20% for TACN thereafter.

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