Columbia Threadneedle Investments Marks a Decade of the Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF (XCEM)
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Sep 26 2025
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Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF: The Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF (XCEM) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary as the first broad-based emerging markets ETF to exclude China, attracting over $1.1 billion in assets due to strong performance and investor demand.
Performance and Management: Managed by Christopher Lo and Henry Hom, XCEM has consistently outperformed traditional emerging market benchmarks, ranking in the top 16% of its category over the past five years, while maintaining a low expense ratio of 0.16%.
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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a diversified financial services company. The Company’s segments include Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Retirement & Protection Solutions and Corporate & Other. The Advice & Wealth Management segment provides financial planning and advice, as well as full-service brokerage services, primarily to retail clients through the Company’s advisors. The Asset Management segment provides investment management, advice and products to retail, high net worth and institutional clients on a global scale through the Columbia Threadneedle Investments brand. It provides institutional products and services through its institutional sales force. The Retirement & Protection Solutions segment includes retirement solutions (variable annuities and payout annuities) and protection solutions (life and disability income insurance). Retirement Solutions provides variable annuity products by RiverSource Life companies to individual clients.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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