case study
Atlas Capital’s Climate-Resilient ETF, Powered by AlphaGeo
Overview
Atlas Capital, a global investment management firm, collaborated with AlphaGeo to enhance its flagship Atlas America Fund ETF (USAF). As part of this strategy, Atlas incorporates climate-aware investment approaches that leverage AlphaGeo’s analytics to strengthen resilience considerations, particularly within its real estate exposure.
Challenge
Atlas Capital set out to design a multi-asset ETF that could provide investors with a forward-looking hedge against global uncertainties, including climate-related risks. A portion of this strategy involves identifying real estate investment opportunities that demonstrate stronger resilience to environmental challenges.
Why AlphaGeo
Atlas Capital selected AlphaGeo its:
Resilience-adjusted methodology: AlphaGeo’s resilience-adjusted risk scores incorporate the impact of on-the-ground adaptations on real-world risk, unlike most market vendors who only consider physical climate risk. This provides a more accurate assessment and limits capital misallocation.
Seamless integration: AlphaGeo’s services can be easily integrated as data-only feeds into Atlas’s existing models and dashboards.
Solution
Atlas draws on AlphaGeo’s climate analytics to help inform its broader investment framework. The partnership supports Atlas’s ability to highlight real estate exposures that are better positioned to withstand climate-related stresses. These insights supplement Atlas’s own proprietary models and research, ensuring that resilience considerations are systematically integrated into decision-making.
Results
By integrating AlphaGeo’s analytics as one of several inputs into its investment process, Atlas Capital strengthened its ability to differentiate its ETF offering. The result is a forward-looking product that underscores Atlas’s commitment to innovative, resilience-aware investing.
The Atlas America Fund is distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC.
