RECS

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF

Columbia Threadneedle · $6.07bn in assets, October 8, 2026

RECS, the Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF ($6.1 billion), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: it tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one. Over the past year it returned +13.4%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

RECS · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+16.6% a yearTotal return since launch, September 2019
+13.4%Last 12 months
+11.3%Year to date
19.2%Volatility since launch

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It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

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We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
RECS+0.2%+4.6%+11.3%+13.4%+23.2%+14.3%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on September 25, 2019: +16.6% a year.

$10,000 invested September 30, 2019

RECS $29,575The market $28,486
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Sep 2019Sep 2021Sep 2023Sep 2025$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Sep 2019Sep 2023

Year by year

RECSThe market
-20%0%20%40%RECS 2020: +15.4%The market 2020: +21.4%2020RECS 2021: +33.2%The market 2021: +27.1%2021RECS 2022: -14.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022RECS 2023: +23.2%The market 2023: +27.9%2023RECS 2024: +26.3%The market 2024: +23.1%2024RECS 2025: +19.3%The market 2025: +16.8%2025RECS YTD: +11.3%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-20%0%20%40%RECS 2020: +15.4%The market 2020: +21.4%2020RECS 2021: +33.2%The market 2021: +27.1%2021RECS 2022: -14.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022RECS 2023: +23.2%The market 2023: +27.9%2023RECS 2024: +26.3%The market 2024: +23.1%2024RECS 2025: +19.3%The market 2025: +16.8%2025RECS YTD: +11.3%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if RECS traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

Why does RECS have no story?

It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

How has RECS performed?

RECS returned +13.4% over the past year, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs, to October 2, 2026. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →