Columbia Threadneedle Investments Launches Two New Laddered Buffer ETFs

RECM and RECD expand the firm’s ETF lineup and extend Columbia Threadneedle’s Research Enhanced investment capabilities into a new category of in-demand ETF solutions

BOSTON, November 10, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Columbia Threadneedle Investments today announced the launch of the Columbia RECS Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (NYSE Arca: RECM) and the Columbia RECS Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (NYSE Arca: RECD), two actively managed ETFs designed to help investors participate in equity market growth while managing downside risk.

The launch of these strategies marks Columbia Threadneedle’s entry into the laddered buffer ETF category and further expands the firm’s growing ETF line-up, offering investors additional ways to access Columbia Threadneedle’s investment capabilities through innovative portfolio solutions. With this launch, Columbia Threadneedle now has 25 ETFs across equities and fixed income with assets under management growing to $13.4 billion1.

RECM and RECD are built upon Columbia Threadneedle’s Research Enhanced Core (RECS) Strategy, which guides the underlying equity portfolios of the new ETFs and serves as the primary source of return potential. Each equity portfolio is paired with put option contracts, time-laddered (or staggered) quarterly in a downside protection strategy designed to reduce the impact of targeted market declines while maintaining meaningful participation in rising markets. Together, the strategies are built for investors seeking equity market upside with less volatility and drawdown potential, helping them remain invested through changing market environments and focused on their long-term financial goals.

“RECM and RECD are designed for investors who want the potential for some equity market upside with less volatility and drawdown,” said Brian Virginia, Head of Insurance Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. “We think of the strategies as combining a strong engine with carefully designed brakes. The underlying equity portfolio seeks to drive long-term growth, while the hedging strategy is designed to reduce the impact of targeted potential market declines. Together, they aim to help investors stay invested and focused on pursuing their long-term goals.”

“RECS is a franchise strategy for Columbia Threadneedle, and we wanted to give clients more ways to put it to work,” said Carlo Forcione, Head of Product Development and Strategy. “With the launch of RECM and RECD, there are now multiple ways to include the exposure in client portfolios, across long-only equity exposure (the RECS ETF), income generation (the RECI ETF3) and now downside protection with moderate buffer (the RECM ETF) and deep buffer (the RECD ETF) approaches. That flexibility allows advisors to align a research-driven core equity portfolio with each client’s goals in mind.”

RECM and RECD reflect the firm’s commitment to offering investors a broad range of investment choices across asset classes, investment styles and risk-management approaches. As investors increasingly seek solutions designed to lower portfolio volatility while maintaining exposure to long-term growth opportunities, the firm believes RECM and RECD represent a valuable addition to the growing buffer ETF category.

Product Overview

For further information on Columbia Threadneedle’s ETF range, please visit https://www.columbiathreadneedleus.com/investment-products/exchange-traded-funds.

About Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a leading global asset manager that provides a broad range of investment strategies and solutions for individual, institutional and corporate clients around the world. With more than 2,200 people, including over 550 investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia, we manage and advise $743 billion of assets across developed and emerging market equities, fixed income, asset allocation solutions and alternatives.2

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global asset management group of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). For more information, please visit columbiathreadneedleus.com.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.

1 As of September 30, 2026
2 As of September 30, 2026
3 RECI is the NYSE Arca ticker for the Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. For a free prospectus or a summary prospectus, which contains this and other important information about the funds, visit www.columbiathreadneedleus.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC serves as the investment manager to the ETFs. ALPS Distributors, Inc. (Member FINRA) is the distributor for Columbia Threadneedle Investments ETFs. Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., (Member FINRA) is a marketing agent for the ETFs. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is not affiliated with Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Market risk may affect a single issuer, sector of the economy, industry or the market as a whole. Due to its active management, the Fund could underperform its benchmark index and/or other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies. Investing in derivatives is a specialized activity that involves special risks that subject the fund to significant loss potential, including when used as leverage, and may result in greater fluctuation in fund value. The Fund hedges using options linked to the Options Portfolio Index, not the Equity Portfolio itself. To the extent the Equity Portfolio and the Index do not perform similarly, the Fund may not achieve its intended level of downside protection. The Fund uses options to help reduce losses in down markets, but the strategy may not work as intended. The cost of this protection may limit gains when markets rise, and differences between the Fund’s investments and the Options Portfolio Index may reduce its effectiveness. Investors may lose money, including their entire investment. The Fund uses options to help reduce losses in down markets, but the strategy may not work as intended. The cost of this protection may limit gains when markets rise, and differences between the Fund’s investments and the Options Portfolio Index may reduce its effectiveness. The Fund is subject to timing risk meaning that the time at which an investor purchases or sells Fund shares could impact the extent, if any, to which such investor benefits from each Fund’s put option contracts and/or the extent, if any, to which such investor benefits from any appreciation in the Fund’s Equity Portfolio. An investor who purchases Fund shares after the Fund has established option contracts, which the Fund expects to do on a quarterly basis, may have a materially different return profile than an investor who purchased at the time the Fund established its option contracts. If the Fund’s NAV has increased since the applicable option contracts were established, the investor’s ability to participate in upside returns may be reduced or eliminated, and capital protection provided by the Fund’s put options may not begin to benefit that investor until the Fund’s NAV declines substantially further than contemplated at the time the Fund’s options portfolio was established. Conversely, if the Fund’s NAV has declined since the applicable option contracts were established, the investor’s ability to benefit from the capital protection provided by the Fund’s put options may be reduced or eliminated. This product is new with a limited operating history.

Additional Information about Risks of the Fund’s Hedging Strategy. The effectiveness of the Fund’s downside protection strategy depends in large part on the degree to which the performance of the Fund’s Equity Portfolio corresponds with the performance of the Options Portfolio Index. The Equity Portfolio does not seek to track the Options Portfolio Index, but rather the Equity Portfolio Index. Although both the Options Portfolio Index and the Equity Portfolio Index are comprised of U.S. large-cap stocks, the Equity Portfolio Index also includes mid-cap stocks, thus they do not have the same investment exposures and could have different performance results. To the extent the performance of the Equity Portfolio diverges from that of the Options Portfolio Index, the Fund may not achieve the intended level of downside protection, and the downside protection strategy may fail entirely. The sought-after downside protection provided by any single put option contract will not be in effect until the expiration date of the put option contract. Because the Fund ladders its put option contracts, the aggregate level of downside protection at any point in time will reflect the combined effect of multiple put option contracts staggered with different inception dates, strike prices and expiration dates. There can be no guarantee that the Fund will produce upside returns that correlate to increases of the Equity Portfolio Index over time. Additionally, in return for a premium received, the Fund’s sold call option contracts limit the Fund’s participation in gains above the strike price of each sold call option contract, which could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance relative to the Options Portfolio Index in a market environment where the Options Portfolio Index appreciates beyond the strike price of the sold call option contracts. Over time, the cumulative effect of the Fund’s put/call options strategy (and the downside protection strategy, in general) may cause the Fund to significantly underperform the Equity Portfolio Index, the Options Portfolio Index and similarly situated funds that do not employ a downside protection/hedging overlay, particularly in sustained rising market environments.

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