STAMFORD, Conn., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hedgeye Asset Management, a provider of actively managed exchange-traded funds built on Hedgeye’s proprietary research, macro process and risk management framework, today announced that the Hedgeye Capital Allocation ETF (NYSE: HECA) and the Hedgeye Quality Growth ETF (NYSE: HGRO) are available through LPL Financial, expanding accessibility for LPL’s more than 22,000 financial advisors and their clients.

LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States and a leading provider of investment and business solutions to financial advisors across the country.

HECA: Macro-Driven Capital Allocation With a Risk-Managed Approach

HECA is an actively managed ETF designed to allocate capital across asset classes using Hedgeye’s proprietary macro framework. Managed by David Salem, HECA seeks to deliver a rules-based, drawdown-aware approach to portfolio construction.

The strategy evaluates the macro environment across growth, inflation and policy conditions, with the ability to adjust exposures as market regimes evolve. By combining Hedgeye’s top-down research process with a disciplined capital allocation framework, HECA is designed to help investors navigate changing market conditions over a full market cycle.

HGRO: Quality Growth With a Long-Term Investment Horizon

HGRO is an actively managed ETF focused on large-cap quality growth companies. Managed by Sam Rahman, HGRO seeks to identify durable businesses with strong competitive positions, attractive long-term growth prospects and high-quality financial characteristics.

The strategy emphasizes business quality, management execution, balance sheet strength and long-term earnings power. HGRO is designed for investors seeking exposure to companies that can compound value over a multi-year horizon.

“The availability of HECA and HGRO through LPL Financial is an important step in broadening advisor access to Hedgeye’s actively managed ETF lineup,” said John McNamara, Chief Investment Officer at Hedgeye Asset Management. “Both strategies are built to give advisors differentiated tools for client portfolios, combining Hedgeye’s investment research, disciplined process and focus on risk management in an efficient ETF structure.”

About Hedgeye Asset Management

Hedgeye Asset Management delivers investment strategies built on Hedgeye’s proprietary research, macro process and risk management framework. The firm’s ETF lineup is designed to provide investors and advisors with transparent, actively managed strategies across equities, capital allocation and risk-managed market exposure.

Media Contact:
Dan Holland
dholland@hedgeye.com 

Important Information

Before investing in the fund, the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. The statutory prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Copies of the fund’s prospectus may be obtained by visiting www.hedgeyeam.com or calling +1 (888) 711-8292. Read it carefully before investing.

Investing involves risks including the risk of principal loss. The Adviser is newly formed and has not previously managed an ETF. Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Adviser’s inexperience may limit its effectiveness. 

Diversification neither ensures a profit nor guarantees against loss in a declining market.

The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors do not have a track record or history on which to base their investment decisions.

As an actively managed investment portfolio, the Fund is subject to the Adviser’s investment decisions about individual securities impact on the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. there is no guarantee that the Adviser’s investment strategy will meet it’s investment objective or produce the desired results. Large cap companies may be less able than mid and small capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Investments in stocks of mid-capitalization companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements

The Fund’s investment strategies may employ quantitative algorithms and models that rely heavily on the use of proprietary and non-proprietary data, Models may also have hidden biases or exposure to broad structural or sentiment shifts. There can be no assurance that use of a quantitative model will enable the Fund to achieve positive returns or outperform the market.

When the Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the value of the underlying instrument and the derivative, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or discount to its net asset value, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact an ETF’s ability to sell its shares. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than a diversified fund. Non-diversification increases the risk that the value of the Fund could go down because of the poor performance of a single investment or limited number of investments.

In addition, the fund’s principle risks include derivative risk, options risk, levering risk, counterparty risk, depositary receipts risk, securities lending risk, and short-term treasury and cash holding risk. For additional information about these and other fund risks, please refer to the “Principal Investment Risks” section of the prospectus.

The Distributor is Foreside Fund Services, LLC.

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MONTRÉAL, June 4, 2026 /CNW/ – Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute enthusiastically welcomes the government of Canada’s newly unveiled national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy: “AI for All.” Built around six comprehensive pillars including protecting Canadians, safeguarding technological sovereignty, building international alliances, and scaling Canadian champions, this roadmap establishes a decisive framework for Canada’s technological future that reflects the vision Mila has championed since its inception.

As one of the world’s largest and most renowned academic AI research centers, Mila views the new strategy as a critical, high-stakes turning point that secures Canada’s global competitive edge.

“This strategy reflects the core values Mila has always championed: driving scientific excellence, propelling impactful innovations, ensuring the safety and responsible deployment of AI, and attending to the cultural and linguistic relevance of the technology,” says Valérie Pisano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mila. “Canada has a world-class AI ecosystem and the foundations needed to lead. At this pivotal moment, we must deploy this vision with an acute sense of urgency. This new strategy allows us to anchor in our core strengths while building technology that reflects our values and serves our collective interests. By staying true to who we are, we can build a prosperous future that asserts Canada’s place as a global leader in this new era for AI.”

Canada’s new national AI strategy marks a structural evolution in the country’s innovation ecosystem, elevating frontier capabilities to critical national assets. The strategy explicitly highlights domestic champions like Cohere and LawZero, the safe-by-design AI organization founded by Yoshua Bengio and incubated at Mila. In doing so, it underscores Canada’s position as one of the few nations with the domestic capacity to build and scale world-leading commercial solutions.

The government’s strategic expansion of the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs program, alongside dedicated funding for Founders-in-Residence initiatives, public-interest open-source projects, Indigenous-led AI and large-scale AI literacy programs, provides a powerful blueprint for national success.

Via these initiatives, the strategy highlights several of Mila’s flagship projects as national models for impact, including the First Languages AI Reality program for Indigenous leadership. In alignment with the strategy’s emphasis on developing tools adapted to Canada’s diverse, multicultural society, Mila is also advancing Quebec French language AI and multilingual evaluation through its new partnership with Cohere. Furthermore, Canada’s commitment to public-interest AI and open-source technology directly aligns with Mila’s recent partnerships with Mozilla and Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST), which advance inclusive AI development and youth online safety to help ensure AI benefits for everyone. At the same time, the strategy’s focus on capital scaling mirrors initiatives like Mila’s Venture Scientist Fund, created alongside Inovia Capital to bridge research with investment, accelerate commercialization, and turn lab-born AI into global companies.

“Seeing AI research play such a central role in Canada’s renewed AI strategy is excellent news,” adds Hugo Larochelle, Scientific Director of Mila. “The expansion of the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs program strengthens the cornerstone of our scientific ecosystem. By connecting this research backbone to high-impact projects that deliver significant public good, as well as initiatives like the Canadian AI Safety Institute and our own AI Safety Studio, Canada is ensuring it can guide AI development responsibly and on our own terms.”

Looking ahead, Mila will leverage this momentum to deepen its collaboration with trusted global allies. By working hand-in-hand with international partners, governments, industry, and the other national AI institutes, Amii and the Vector Institute, Mila is prepared to implement this national vision with the urgency the moment demands, ensuring AI builds shared prosperity that works for all Canadians.

About Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio, Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute is the world’s largest academic AI research center specialized in deep learning, home to a community over 1500 strong. Based in Montreal, Mila was created out of a unique partnership between Université de Montréal and McGill University, dedicated to advancing scientific breakthroughs that drive innovation and ensure AI benefits everyone. A non-profit organization, Mila is strongly supported by the Government of Canada through the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy and by the Government of Quebec. Internationally recognized for its influential research, global innovation partnerships, and leadership in multilateral efforts on responsible AI, Mila continues to shape the future of AI worldwide. For more information, visit mila.quebec.

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The combination unites two of higher education’s most trusted and innovative partners at a pivotal moment for the sector

LENEXA, Kan. and BRIGHTON, United Kingdom, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EducationDynamics (“EDDY”), a 40-year higher education marketing, reputation, and enrollment management firm, today announced it has acquired UK-based Net Natives, a global technology-enabled enrollment marketing agency known for its fast, intelligent, and measurable approach to institutional growth.

The combined organizations serve more than 400 institutional clients across more than 50 countries, backed by almost six decades of collective higher education expertise. Together, they give institutions what the sector has lacked: a single growth partner that uses integrated strategies to move from insight to action, not a patchwork of separate solutions.

“Higher education is not dealing with incremental change. It is dealing with structural disruption,” said Brent Ramdin, CEO of EducationDynamics. “The demographic pressures are real, AI is rewiring how students find institutions, and almost every part of the higher education model is evolving. This acquisition allows us to broaden our impact to the market with a genuinely unique model—one that connects strategy, execution, and intelligence in a way that gives institutions a sustainable path forward, not just better tactics.”

A Partner for a Sector Under Structural Pressure

Higher education is not having a bad year. It is navigating a defining decade.

Demographic shifts, changing perceptions of higher education’s value, and the rapid rise of AI are reshaping how institutions attract students, build reputation, and demonstrate their worth. Prospective students, families, and policymakers increasingly form judgments about an institution before any direct contact, and that reputation is now more visible, measurable, and influential in real time.

These are no longer isolated enrollment or marketing challenges. They are institution-wide growth problems that require a more integrated approach, one built around how today’s audiences and modern learners actually form judgments, engage, and act.

What the Combination Creates

The combined organization pairs EducationDynamics’ depth in institutional strategy and reputation with Net Natives’ technology, data, and global audience reach, giving institutions a single partner equipped for the full growth equation. Net Natives, headquartered in Brighton, UK, with offices in New York, has earned a reputation for helping institutions understand, engage, and grow key student audiences across undergraduate, graduate, and international. Its proprietary Akero platform helps institutions better understand the relationship between investment, engagement, and growth outcomes, providing a level of visibility and accountability rarely available in higher education.

EducationDynamics brings four decades of experience helping US colleges and universities solve their hardest growth problems, from enrollment and reputation to institutional transformation. Its EDDY Intelligence platform brings AI and data to allow its clients to make informed decisions in a rapidly changing environment. In the months ahead, the combined organization will introduce integrated offerings that pair Net Natives’ platform and audience capabilities with EducationDynamics’ strategic and reputational expertise, giving institutions a replicable path from insight to enrollment.

“We have always believed institutions deserve greater visibility into what drives results and how investments translate into outcomes,” said Steve Evans, Founder and CEO of Net Natives. “Joining EducationDynamics allows us to extend our global reach even further, combining our technology and audience expertise with their scale and sector experience to give more institutions a path to growth.”

About EducationDynamics 

EducationDynamics is a leading growth partner to higher education institutions, helping colleges and universities drive revenue and strengthen reputation through strategic growth advisory services, technology, marketing, enrollment management, and communications solutions. Headquartered in Lenexa, KS, the company serves institutions across the United States and internationally. For more information, visit educationdynamics.com.

About Net Natives 

Net Natives is a global higher education marketing and technology company providing data-driven advertising, creative services, and enrollment strategy to institutions across the U.S., and Europe. Its proprietary Akero platform enables advanced attribution and performance optimization across the student recruitment funnel. Headquartered in Brighton, UK, with offices in New York. For more information, visit www.netnatives.com.

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