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Rayliant and ChinaAMC Introduce the Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF on NASDAQ

Los Angeles, 09/26/2025 — Rayliant Investment Research (“Rayliant”), a SEC registered investment advisor specializing in systematic, research-driven strategies across international markets, today announced the launch of the Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF (NASDAQ: CNQQ). The fund has been developed in partnership with China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“ChinaAMC”), one of China’s largest asset managers and the country’s largest ETF provider.

The Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF offers investors a holistic, forward-looking, and long-term solution to access China’s rapidly evolving technology sector—an area that continues to capture global attention. Trading volumes in China’s technology benchmarks, such as the Hang Seng TECH Index,¹ have continued to surge in 2025, reflecting rising investor interest, while Rayliant believes valuations remain attractive for long-term allocations.

CNQQ seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the Solactive ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech Index,² composed of about 100 Chinese and Hong Kong-listed firms at the forefront of transformative industries, including:

• Automotive and Transportation
• Commercial and Consumer Service Technology
• Electronics and Electrical Products
• Health Technology
• Industrial and Manufacturing Technology
• Digital Technology and Software

Leveraging ChinaAMC’s deep understanding of China’s market, the index integrates fundamental investment research and proprietary R&D and innovation metrics into its screening process. Unlike conventional market-cap-weighted approaches, CNQQ helps investors identify transformative Chinese technology companies with strong long-term growth potential.

CNQQ seeks to provide a differentiated way to capture China’s most dynamic opportunities through two key investment themes:

• Technology Innovation – spanning digital platforms, advanced electronics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and health technology.
• Manufacturing Upgrade – which includes industrial automation and advanced hardware.

Through this dual framework, CNQQ aims to provide comprehensive coverage across China’s technology ecosystem, spanning both mainland and Hong Kong-listed companies.

CNQQ joins Rayliant’s expanding ETF lineup that aims to empower investors to build customized global equity portfolios that blend systematic methods with deep local market insights.

“We believe China’s technological strength—and especially its capacity for transformative innovation across future-focused industries—remains significantly underestimated by global investors,” said Li Yimei, CEO of ChinaAMC. “With CNQQ, we’re excited to offer a one-click way to access China’s most transformative technologies. This includes not only leading internet and e-commerce platforms, but also pioneering companies in automotive, robotics, pharmaceuticals, and new energy across A-share and Hong Kong markets. By pairing ChinaAMC’s deep local expertise with Rayliant’s global ETF platform, we are delivering differentiated tools to capture the opportunities driving China’s future economy.”

“CNQQ is the first U.S.-listed fund born out of a long-standing partnership between ChinaAMC—China’s largest ETF provider—and Rayliant,” said Jason Hsu, Rayliant founder and CIO. “CNQQ is China’s Nasdaq 100, capturing tech companies that are transforming China’s economy. Through CNQQ, investors will gain access to listed companies in both Hong Kong and Mainland China, which are China’s versions of stocks like Google, Meta, Tesla, Apple, and OpenAI. This factor-based stock picking and weighting methodology results in a higher quality portfolio of growth stocks.”

¹ Hang Seng TECH Index
The Hang Seng TECH Index tracks 30 of the largest and most innovative technology companies listed in Hong Kong. The index includes firms leading in areas such as e-commerce, digital finance, cloud, and internet services, providing a snapshot of China’s fast-growing tech sector.

² Solactive ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech Index
The Solactive ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech Index is designed to track the performance of innovative Chinese companies in technology-related industries driving structural transformation in the economy. The index includes firms engaged in areas such as next-generation information technology, new energy, advanced manufacturing, and other high-growth sectors shaping China’s long-term development.

About Rayliant
Rayliant Investment Research (“Rayliant”) delivers innovative investment strategies to financial advisors and their clients. The firm specializes in dynamic asset allocation, systematic ETFs, and alternative investments, offering globally diversified portfolios that combine behavioral finance, data science, and fundamental insights.

Grounded in rigorous academic research, Rayliant applies quantitative methods to uncover unique signals and construct high-conviction models and portfolios.

Founded in 2016 by Jason Hsu, PhD—co-founder of Research Affiliates and co-author of the pioneering Fundamental Indexation research published in 2005, which helped launch the smart beta revolution—Rayliant continues to push the frontier of evidence-based investing. Dr. Hsu is a finance professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management.

For more information about Rayliant, please visit https://rayliant.com

To access Rayliant’s articles and research, please visit https://rayliant.com/insights

About ChinaAMC
China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC) is a leading asset manager in China with USD 423.5 billion (3 trillion yuan) in Assets Under Management as of June 30, 2025. As China’s largest equity ETF manager for 20 consecutive years, ChinaAMC has built a strong track record of innovation and investment leadership. Headquartered in Beijing, with a subsidiary in Hong Kong, the firm serves over 240 million individual investors and more than 320,000 institutional clients.

For more information about ChinaAMC, please visit https://en.chinaamc.com/

Disclosure: Investing involves risk, including risk of loss.  Investing in emerging and foreign markets bears additional risks. Risks and additional information about fees can be found in the Fund’s prospectus linked here. The securities identified and described do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold or recommended for client accounts.  The reader should not assume that an investment in the securities identified was or will be profitable. Information contained herein includes opinions of employees of Rayliant, does not reflect the opinion of all employees of Rayliant and may be subject to change without notice.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the Fund(s) before investing. The prospectus {and, if available, the summary prospectus,} contains this and other information about the Fund(s) and should be read carefully before investing. The prospectus may be obtained at www.funds.rayliant.com. The Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF is distributed by Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. The Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF is not affiliated with Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC.

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