CCSO vs RCGE

CCSOBCarbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF

RCGEDRockCreek Global Equality 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.

RCGE Gender-lens investing, taken global and active: RockCreek scores developed and emerging market companies on Equileap's gender-equality data, adds ethical screens, and holds the names that clear the bar.

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.

RCGE The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio of companies selected for demonstrated gender-balance practices and strong gender-equality scores, subject to additional ethical, gender-related, and financial screens.

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.

• RCGE The theme is measured, not asserted: companies are ranked on Equileap's Gender Equality Scorecard, covering gender balance, pay gap and related policies.rockcreeketfs.com
• Wide net, diversified result: roughly 3,000 developed and 1,000 emerging market stocks get screened down to a 150-250 name portfolio spread across regions.rockcreeketfs.com
• Actively managed, so the portfolio can respond to fresh gender data and financial screens instead of waiting on an index reconstitution calendar.rockcreeketfs.com

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.

• RCGE Fee is 0.95% a year against a 0.56% median for global thematic peers. That gap buys active management and licensed gender data, and it compounds.
• Launched in 2025, so the live record is short and the stock picking has not yet been tested across a full market cycle.
• Thinly traded next to the index heavyweights in its category, so spreads can widen. Limit orders are the standard tool with funds like this.

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