SteelPath was an investment advisory firm based in

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that specialized exclusively in

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s ("MLPs"). The company was registered with the

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as an investment advisor."SteelPath Launches MLP Income Mutual Fund"

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from May 12, 2010 In 2010, the company received press attention by becoming the first investment advisor to offer open-ended MLP

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s. In July 2012, OppenheimerFunds, now

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, acquired SteelPath for its MLP business.

History

SteelPath was founded in 2004 as

Alerian Alerian, based in Dallas, TX, is an independent company that provides transparent master limited partnerships (MLP) and energy infrastructure benchmarks and analytics. The flagship Alerian MLP Index (AMZ) is used by industry professionals to analy ...

, by Gabriel Hammond. The company created the Alerian MLP Index (NYSE: AMZ), which was the first of its kind and is now broadly considered to be the benchmark for the Master Limited Partnership asset class. In March 2010, the active management side of the business was re-branded as SteelPath and spun off from Alerian and shortly thereafter created a family of open-ended mutual funds focused on Master Limited Partnerships."Alerian Announces Corporate Rebranding"
"RedOrbit.com" from March 31, 2010 Gabriel Hammond, who previously handled MLPs for Goldman Sachs & Co."SteelPath Fund Taps Master Limited Partnerships"
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'' Financial Adviser Blog from May 14, 2010 and Stuart Cartner, also previously with Goldman Sachs, managed all SteelPath funds. In July 2012, OppenheimerFunds announced they were acquiring SteelPath Capital Management and SteelPath Fund Advisors (“SteelPath”).

Investment Focus

SteelPath was focused exclusively on investing in energy infrastructure through the emerging midstream energy Master Limited Partnerships asset class. These companies are the energy infrastructure analogue to

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s (“REITS”), and similarly do not have entity level taxation, while trading on public stock exchanges. MLPs typically distribute a majority of the cash flow generated as distributions to investors and continue to be one of the highest yielding equity asset classes in the US.

Investment Products

Historically, MLPs were difficult for many investors to hold directly, due to the multiple state partnership tax returns (K-1s) that needed to be filed for each MLP. SteelPath was the first investment advisor to launch an open-ended mutual fund focused on MLPs, offering investors access to the space with one 1099 tax return, investment transparency, and no leverage. SteelPath also managed other MLP investment vehicles, including private investment partnerships and separately managed accounts."New MLP Options"
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External links

Invesco Steelpath fund page
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