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The Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF& provides broad equity exposure to emerging markets excluding China

FUND BASICS
Category	Emerging Market Equities
Fund Sponsor	Columbia
Website	www.columbiathreadneedleetf.com
Inception date	Sep 02, 2015
Assets (mns)	$18
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	16 bp
Distributions	Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	101
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$61,256
Large cap (>$10bn)	69.7%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	24.9%
Small cap (<$2bn)	1.2%
Developed mkts	0.0%
Emerging mkts	100.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	35.0 %
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC	6.4 %
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	6.1 %
HDFC BANK LTD-ADR	4.2 %
ICICI BANK LTD-SPON ADR	3.9 %
OIL COMPANY LUKOIL PJSC SPONSORED	3.1 %
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES-SP ADR	3.0 %
BTS GROUP HOLDINGS PCL-NVDR	2.2 %
BANK CENTRAL ASIA PT	2.1 %
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC	2.1 %
PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRAS-PR	1.9 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	TAIWAN	21.4 %
	SOUTH KOREA	15.7 %
	INDIA	14.1 %
	BRAZIL	13.4 %
	SOUTH AFRICA	6.3 %
	RUSSIA	6.2 %
	THAILAND	5.0 %
	INDONESIA	3.9 %
	MALAYSIA	3.7 %
	MEXICO	2.5 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
19.8%	19.8%	--	--	16.6%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.68	37%
MSCI EAFE	1.01	66%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.86	83%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$28.00
30d moving avg.	$27.90
Annualized volatility	13.6%
Short interest (ETF)	4.1%
Relative strength (RSI)	63

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	6
Turnover	0.9%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.83%
ADV underlying (mns)	$4,260

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with XCEM. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

XCEM

Expense:

16 bp

ALTAR Score™:

7.3%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH XCEM
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs XCEM (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs XCEM (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs XCEM (%)
KEMX	KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets EX China Index	38.3	49	-33	8.2	+0.9
EMXC	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China	32.7	49	-33	8.2	+0.8
JHEM	John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets	26.6	55	-39	8.4	+1.1
DVEM	WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend	26.4	32	-16	10.7	+3.4
AIA	iShares S&P Asia 50	25.4	50	-34	8.6	+1.3
MFEM	PIMCO RAFI Dynamic Multi-Factor Emerging Markets Equity	24.2	49	-33	8.5	+1.2
EEMX	SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Free	23.9	30	-14	8.0	+0.7
AXJL	WisdomTree Asia Pacific Ex-Japan	23.6	48	-32	8.6	+1.3
FRDM	Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF	23.4	49	-33	7.8	+0.5
BICK	First Trust BICK Index Fund	22.0	64	-48	5.1	-2.3
XSOE	WisdomTree Emg Mkt ex-SOE	21.9	32	-16	6.4	-0.9
DBEM	Xtrackers MSCI Emg. Mkts. Hedged	21.8	65	-49	7.8	+0.5
EMSG	Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders Equity	21.4	20	-4	7.7	+0.4
EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	21.2	67	-51	7.9	+0.6
EEMA	iShares MSCI Emg Mkts Asia	21.1	50	-34	8.2	+0.9
GEM	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emg Mkts Equity	20.8	45	-29	8.6	+1.3
EMEM	Virtus Glovista Emerging Markets	20.6	67	-51	8.9	+1.5
FNDE	Schwab Fundamental Emg Mkt Large Cap	20.4	39	-23	10.5	+3.2
QLVE	FlexShares Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility	20.3	40	-24	8.0	+0.7
PBEE	Invesco PureBeta FTSE Emerging Markets	20.1	14	2	8.6	+1.3

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
Sales per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	Columbia EM Core ex-China
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

UNDERWEIGHT

Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	12.0	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.6	x
Less: Expense ratio	16	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	7.3	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.51	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.48

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.