Columbus Macro

Craig Columbus serves as CEO and Chief Investment Officer and is the portfolio manager for the firm's strategies. He previously held roles as chief market strategist at BNY Mellon's Pershing clearing unit and has testified before Congress on market structure. Investment decisions follow the firm's top-down macroeconomic model, with Columbus as the primary decision-maker on tactical allocation shifts.

The firm primarily uses ETFs to express its macro views. Its flagship product, the Columbus Macro Tactical Rotation ETF, shifts allocations among US equities, international equities, fixed income, and cash based on a proprietary model that evaluates monetary conditions, fiscal policy, and intermarket signals. Separate accounts follow a similar process. The firm publishes the ETF's full holdings daily on its website.

The firm is explicitly tactical. Its process evaluates macro conditions to determine the current investing regime, then shifts portfolio weightings accordingly. When the macro model signals heightened risk, the strategy can move to a fully defensive posture in cash or short-duration bonds. This contrasts with strategic allocation shops that maintain static long-term target weightings and rebalance mechanically.

Most actively managed ETFs disclose their full holdings on a quarterly or monthly basis with a lag. Columbus Macro publishes the daily holdings of its Tactical Rotation ETF on the firm's website, giving investors full visibility into what the fund owns at any point. This level of daily transparency is unusual and has served as a defining operational feature of the firm.

Yes. Alongside the publicly traded ETF, the firm manages separate accounts for individuals and institutions. These accounts follow the same tactical macro framework but can accommodate client-specific tax management and customization. The separate-account business predates the ETF launch and remains part of the firm's offering.