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JULWAllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer20 Jul ETF

Take a bet5y track recordRanked #124 of 775 in this goal

Seeks to match the share price returns of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust with a 20% downside buffer.

By AllianzIM · Launched 2020

Annual Cost

0.74%

#3,625 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$233M

#2,196 of 5,562 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+12.8%

Track Record

5 years

#2,149 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,281+12.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Structured outcome

Index tracked

S&P 500 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 4 holdings = 100.1% of fundconcentrated

SPY 06/30/2026 4.63 C4SPY 260630C00004630
104.9%
SPY 06/30/2026 617.91 P4SPY 260630P00617910
1.6%
SPY 06/30/2026 494.28 P4SPY 260630P00494280
-0.4%
SPY 06/30/2026 683.22 C4SPY 260630C00683220
-6.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.1%
Cash
0.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
4.3%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-9.5%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.09Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.63Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca, Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to match the share price returns of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust with a 20% downside buffer.
Strategy
Invests primarily in instruments with economic characteristics similar to U.S. equity securities. Aims to provide returns up to a specified upside cap while protecting against the first 20% of losses in the Underlying ETF.
Inception date
June 30, 2020
Fund family
AllianzIM

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Buffer
Warning

Buffer ETF — downside protection at a cost

Defined-outcome funds cap upside (typically 8–20%) in exchange for partial downside protection (9–30%), priced via options. Fees are materially higher than the underlying index (often 0.70%+ vs 0.03–0.10%). For most pre-retirees, a simple stock/bond mix achieves similar downside behaviour at a fraction of the cost.

Source: Morningstar, 'Defined-Outcome ETFs: Useful or Uneconomic?' (2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=structured_outcome + structured_outcome_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-19