Marketed and supported in partnership with CAIS, the new fund combines Schroders’ proprietary investment framework with the accessibility and scalability of the ETF structure.
NEW YORK, September 15, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global asset manager Schroders today announced the launch of the Schroders U.S. Autocallable Ladder Income ETF (TICKER: SALI), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to deliver monthly income through exposure to a broad-based, laddered portfolio of autocallable structures – with risk management embedded into the strategy design. The ETF will be marketed and supported in partnership with CAIS, a leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors. Schroders partnered with SEI’s Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund® (AIC) platform to launch the U.S. Autocallable Ladder Income ETF.
SALI is designed for advisors seeking a differentiated source of portfolio income linked to equity market dynamics, with an approach intended to reduce common implementation challenges historically associated with individual structured notes – such as sourcing and monitoring multiple positions, managing reinvestment timing and scaling across client portfolios. The strategy’s design seeks to balance income generation with disciplined risk management, reflecting Schroders’ view that long-term portfolio outcomes depend on both objectives. By providing access through a single, standardized ETF vehicle with daily liquidity and transparency, Schroders aims to make autocallable strategies more accessible, transparent, and scalable for financial advisors to incorporate into client portfolios.
“Autocallable strategies can offer meaningful income potential, but outcomes are heavily influenced by the rules beneath the surface – especially when volatility rises,” said Max Guimond, Head of North American Solutions at Schroders. “SALI was built around a proprietary, purpose-built index framework that puts a premium on disciplined risk management alongside income generation, with systematic laddering and reinvestment designed to support a more resilient portfolio implementation.”
SALI uses the proprietary Bloomberg Schroders US Large Cap Autocallable Index, developed to reflect the performance of a laddered portfolio of synthetic autocallable structures linked to an underlying U.S. large cap equity index. The index is designed to support the full lifecycle of an autocallable portfolio, integrating income generation, risk management, systematic laddering and defined reinvestment rules into a cohesive portfolio approach rather than a collection of individual autocallable positions.
