CCSO vs PCLN

CCSOBCarbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF

PCLNDPictet Cleaner Planet ETF

In short

CCSO The name is the mandate: US-listed companies working on climate-change solutions, in a plain 1940 Act wrapper priced well under the typical US thematic fund.

PCLN An actively managed global stock fund hunting companies that drive the shift to a cleaner economy, measured against MSCI ACWI. In a corner of the market run by cheap rules-based screens, this one pays humans to pick.

Stated mandate

CCSO The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in U.S.-listed equity securities of companies focused on climate-change solutions.

PCLN The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio focused on companies contributing to the transition toward a more sustainable economy.

Why people hold it

• CCSO Costs 0.35% a year, versus a 0.57% median across its US thematic peer group. Cheap is rare in theme funds.
• The prospectus keeps it tight: long-term capital appreciation from US-listed equities of companies focused on climate-change solutions. No commodity sleeves, no offshore detours.
• Ordinary open-end fund structure under the 1940 Act. No leverage, no derivatives contract to decode, no K-1 at tax time.
• Lands in the upper half of its US thematic cohort on our review, which is a crowded field of pricier, narrower ideas.

• PCLN A real active mandate, not a screen: managers pick global companies tied to the sustainable-economy transition and are measured against the MSCI ACWI net total return index.
• The portfolio itself is the sturdiest part of the package, with holdings quality rating above the middle of its global thematic peer group.
• Simple plumbing underneath: a standard 1940 Act equity ETF with no structural quirks flagged in its filings.

Worth knowing

• CCSO Small asset base and thin trading. Spreads can widen and large orders move the price, so execution matters more here than in a household-name fund.
• One theme, one country. A climate-solutions basket can drift a long way from the broad US market in either direction.
• Cheaper thematic options exist: LRND runs at 0.14% and TECB at 0.30%, though they chase different ideas entirely.

• PCLN At 0.70% a year it prices above the typical global thematic fund, and well above index rivals like KLMT at 0.10% and IQSZ at 0.19%. Stock picking is what the extra buys.
• Small and thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and less predictably than in the category's heavyweights.
• Launched in 2025, so there is little track record to judge the manager on, and its risk profile rests on a short window of data.

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