Baron Risk Optimized Large Cap ETF

Baron Risk Optimized Large Cap ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that focuses on U.S. large-cap growth equities. The fund is designed to provide capital appreciation by investing in high-quality businesses that exhibit sustainable competitive advantages, strong management teams, and attractive valuations, consistent with Baron Capital’s research-driven growth approach. Its portfolio emphasizes companies with significant long-term growth opportunities while employing a risk-optimization framework to improve diversification and seek more stable relative performance versus traditional large-cap growth benchmarks. The strategy integrates fundamental equity research with quantitative tools to manage factor exposures and reduce tracking error, aiming to balance growth potential with disciplined risk control. Managed by Baron Capital, headquartered in New York, the ETF is positioned as a core large-cap growth holding for professional allocators, including institutional investors and model portfolio platforms, who require a transparent, liquid vehicle that reflects an active, high-conviction view of the U.S. large-cap growth universe.