Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator), the Defined Outcome
ETFs™ pioneer, today announced the new upside caps and return
profiles for the December series of the U.S. Equity Buffer ETFs™ –
Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF™ – December (BDEC), Innovator U.S.
Equity Power Buffer ETF™ – December (PDEC) and Innovator U.S.
Equity Ultra Buffer ETF™ – December (UDEC) – which completed their
third annual outcome period and reset at the end of the month. The
36 total ETFs in the flagship U.S. Equity Buffer ETF lineup seek to
provide investors with upside participation, to a cap, in Large-cap
U.S. stocks via options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
with buffers against market losses of 9%, 15% or 30% over one-year
periods. With the stock market drawdown in 2022, the December
series of Innovator’s U.S. Equity Buffer ETFs shielded investors
who held shares since the beginning of the just finished outcome
period from a portion of SPY losses over the recent twelve months.
Return profiles for the Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer
ETFs™ – December Series, as of
12/01/2022
INNOVATOR BUFFER ETFS™ |
|
Ticker |
ETF Name – Buffer Level |
Upside Cap* |
Reference Asset |
Downside Buffer** |
Outcome Period |
BDEC |
U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – 9% |
24.99% |
SPY |
0% to -9% |
12 mos |
PDEC |
U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF – 15% |
18.37% |
SPY |
0% to -15% |
12 mos |
UDEC |
U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF – 30% |
15.70% |
SPY |
-5% to -35% |
12 mos |
* “Cap” refers to the maximum potential return,
before fees and expenses and any shareholder transaction fees and
any extraordinary expenses, if held over the full Outcome Period.
**“Buffer” refers to the amount of downside protection the fund
seeks to provide, before fees and expenses, over the full Outcome
Period. Outcome Period is the intended length of time over which
the defined outcomes are sought. Upon commencement of the Outcome
Period, the Caps can be found on a daily basis via
www.innovatoretfs.com.
The ETFs reset annually and can be held
indefinitely. For additional information, visit the
Innovator Defined Outcome ETF Pricing Tool.
Innovator Defined Outcome ETFs - Benefits to
Advisors
- Pioneer and creator
of Defined Outcome ETFs™ with 80 ETFs and over $9.9 billion AUM
across family1, as well as 6 Managed Outcome ETFs™ with over $250
million in AUM
- Tax-efficient
exposure2 to five broad equity benchmarks with buffers against loss
(Large-cap U.S. Equity (SPY), Growth (QQQ), Small-Cap U.S. Equity
(IWM), International Developed (EFA), Emerging Markets (EEM)), and
the 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Market (TLT); as well as the Accelerated
ETFs™, the world’s first ETFs to seek to offer a multiple of the
upside return of a reference asset, up to a cap, with approximately
single exposure on the downside
- Reset annually or
quarterly and can be held indefinitely as core holdings
- Innovator’s Defined
Outcome ETF™ lineup has amassed 187 outcome period completions with
the ETFs successfully resetting for the coming outcome period3
- Monthly issuance on
SPY with three buffer levels (9,15, or 30%)
Innovator's Defined Outcome ETFs™ are the
subject of a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
The Funds have characteristics unlike
many other traditional investment products and may not be suitable
for all investors. For more information regarding whether an
investment in the Fund is right for you, please see “Investor
Suitability” in the prospectus.
About Innovator Defined Outcome
ETFs™ Defined Outcome ETFs™ are the world’s first ETFs
that seek to provide investors with known ranges of future
investment outcomes prior to investing. These outcome ranges
include multiple and single upside exposure, to a cap, with defined
levels of downside risk with buffers and floors over a set amount
of time. The Innovator Defined Outcome ETFs™ cover a large spectrum
of domestic and international equities and bonds. Innovator’s
category-creating Defined Outcome ETF™ family includes Buffer
ETFs™, Stacker ETFs™ and Floor ETFs™.
The Buffer ETFs™ seek to provide the upside
performance of broadly recognized benchmarks (e.g., SPY, QQQ, IWM,
EFA, and EEM, as well as TLT) to a cap, with built-in buffers, over
an outcome period of one year. The ETFs reset annually and can be
held indefinitely.
Each Buffer ETF™ in Innovator’s Defined Outcome
ETF™ suite seeks to provide a defined exposure to a broad market
benchmark where the downside buffer level, upside growth potential
to a cap, and Outcome Period are all known, prior to investing. In
2019, Innovator began expanding its suite of U.S. Equity Buffer
ETFs™ into a monthly series to provide investors more opportunities
to purchase shares as close to the beginning of their respective
Outcome Periods as possible.
Investors can purchase shares of a previously
listed Defined Outcome ETF™ throughout the entire Outcome Period,
obtaining a current set of defined outcome parameters, which are
disclosed daily through a web tool available at:
http://innovatoretfs.com/define.
Innovator is focused on delivering defined
outcome-based solutions inside the benefit-rich ETF wrapper,
retaining many of the features that have contributed to the success
of structured products4 (e.g., downside buffer levels, upside
participation, defined outcome parameters), but with the added
benefits of transparency, liquidity, the elimination of credit
risk5 and lower costs afforded by the ETF structure.
About Innovator Capital Management,
LLCAwarded ETF.com's "ETF Issuer of the Year - 2019"*,
Innovator Capital Management LLC (Innovator) is an SEC-registered
investment advisor (RIA) based in Wheaton, IL. Formed in 2017,
the firm is headed by ETF visionaries Bruce Bond and John Southard,
founders of one of the largest ETF providers in the world. Bond and
Southard reentered the asset management industry to bring to market
the Defined Outcome ETFs™, first-of-their-kind investment
products that they felt would change the investing
landscape and bring more certainty to the financial planning
process. Innovator’s category-creating Defined Outcome ETF™ family
includes Buffer ETFs™, Floor ETFs, Accelerated ETFs™ and Managed
Outcome ETFs™. Since the 2018 launch of their flagship Innovator
U.S. Equity Buffer ETF™ suite, Innovator’s solutions have helped
advisors construct portfolios and manage risk to fit their client’s
unique financial needs. Built on a foundation of innovation and
driven by a commitment to help investors better control their
financial outcomes, Innovator is leading the Defined Outcome ETF
Revolution™. For additional information, visit
www.innovatoretfs.com.
About Milliman Financial Risk Management
LLCMilliman Financial Risk Management LLC (Milliman FRM)
is a global leader in financial risk management to the retirement
industry, providing investment advisory, hedging, and consulting
services on approximately $185 billion in global assets as of March
31, 2022. Milliman FRM is one of the largest and fastest-growing
subadvisors of ETFs. For more information about Milliman FRM, visit
https://frm.milliman.com/en/.
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Interim Period Shareholders
Unlike structured notes, which offer limited
liquidity, Innovator Defined Outcome ETFs™ trade throughout the day
on an exchange, like a stock. As a result, investors purchasing
shares of a Fund after its launch date may achieve a different
payoff profile than those who entered the Fund on day one.
Innovator recognizes this as a benefit of the Funds and provides a
web-based tool that allows investors to know, in real-time
throughout the trading day, their potential defined outcome return
profile before they invest, based on the current ETF price and the
Outcome Period remaining. Innovator’s web tool can be accessed at
http://www.innovatoretfs.com/define.
Although each Fund seeks to achieve the
defined outcomes stated in its investment objective, there is no
guarantee that it will do so. The returns that the Funds seek to
provide do not include the costs associated with purchasing shares
of the Fund and certain expenses incurred by the Fund.
Investing involves risks. Loss of
principal is possible. The Funds face numerous market
trading risks, including active markets risk, authorized
participation concentration risk, buffered loss risk, cap change
risk, capped upside return risk, correlation risk, liquidity risk,
management risk, market maker risk, market risk,
non-diversification risk, operation risk, options risk, trading
issues risk, upside participation risk and valuation risk. For a
detail list of fund risks see the prospectus.
Foreign and Emerging Markets
Risk. Non-U.S. securities and Emerging Markets are subject
to higher volatility than securities of domestic issuers due to
possible adverse political, social or economic developments,
restrictions on foreign investment or exchange of securities, lack
of liquidity, currency exchange rates, excessive taxation,
government seizure of assets, different legal or accounting
standards, and less government supervision and regulation of
securities exchanges in foreign countries.
Technology Sector Risk.
Companies in the technology sector are often smaller and can be
characterized by relatively higher volatility in price performance
when compared to other economic sectors. They can face intense
competition, which may have an adverse effect on profit
margins.
Small-Cap Risk. Small-cap
companies may be more volatile and susceptible to adverse
developments than their mid- and large-cap counterpart. In
addition, the small-cap companies may be less liquid than larger
companies.
FLEX Options Risk. The Fund
will utilize FLEX Options issued and guaranteed for settlement by
the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). In the unlikely event that
the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its
settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.
Additionally, FLEX Options may be less liquid than standard
options. In a less liquid market for the FLEX Options, the Fund may
have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at
desired times and prices. The values of FLEX Options do not
increase or decrease at the same rate as the reference asset and
may vary due to factors other than the price of reference
asset.
These Funds are designed to provide
point-to-point exposure to the price return of the Reference Asset
via a basket of Flex Options. As a result, the ETFs are not
expected to move directly in line with the Reference Asset during
the interim period.
Investors purchasing shares after an outcome
period has begun may experience very different results than funds'
investment objective. Initial outcome periods are approximately
1-year beginning on the funds' inception date. Following the
initial outcome period, each subsequent outcome period will begin
on the first day of the month the fund was incepted. After the
conclusion of an outcome period, another will begin.
Fund shareholders are subject to an
upside return cap (the "Cap") that represents the maximum
percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in the
funds' for the Outcome Period, before fees and expenses. If the
Outcome Period has begun and the Fund has increased in value to a
level near to the Cap, an investor purchasing at that price has
little or no ability to achieve gains but remains vulnerable to
downside risks. Additionally, the Cap may rise or fall from one
Outcome Period to the next. The Cap, and the Fund's position
relative to it, should be considered before investing in the Fund.
The Funds' website, www.innovatoretfs.com, provides important Fund
information as well information relating to the potential outcomes
of an investment in a Fund on a daily basis.
The Funds with buffer mechanisms only
seek to provide shareholders that hold shares for the entire
Outcome Period with their respective buffer level against Reference
Asset losses during the Outcome Period. You will bear all Reference
Asset losses exceeding 9, 15 or 30%. Depending upon market
conditions at the time of purchase, a shareholder that purchases
shares after the Outcome Period has begun may also lose their
entire investment. For instance, if the Outcome Period has begun
and the Fund has decreased in value beyond the pre-determined
buffer, an investor purchasing shares at that price may not benefit
from the buffer. Similarly, if the Outcome Period has begun and the
Fund has increased in value, an investor purchasing shares at that
price may not benefit from the buffer until the Fund's value has
decreased to its value at the commencement of the Outcome
Period.
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Committee, an independent panel comprised of fifteen of the ETF
industry’s leading analysts, consultants and investors, decided the
winners.
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and expenses should be considered before investing. The prospectus
contains this and other important information, and it may be
obtained at innovatoretfs.com. Read it carefully before
investing.
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1 ETF count and AUM in all Innovator Defined Outcome ETFs™ as of
11.21.2022, excluding Managed Outcome ETFs™ BUFF, BUFB, BSTP, PSTP,
XUSP, SFLR2 ETFs use creation units, which allow for the purchase
and sale of assets in the fund collectively. Consequently, ETFs
usually generate fewer capital gain distributions overall, which
can make them somewhat more tax-efficient than mutual funds. 3 As
of 12.01.2022
4 Structured notes and structured annuities are
financial instruments designed and created to afford investors
exposure to an underlying asset through a derivative contract. It
is important to note that these ETFs are not structured notes or
structured annuities.
5 Defined Outcome ETFs are not backed by the faith and credit of
an Issuing institution, so they are not exposed to credit risk.
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