Beacon Launches Tactical Alternatives ETF, Extending Its Risk-Responsive Approach to Alternatives

New fund brings Beacon's philosophy of purpose-built risk signals to a fully liquid, five-asset alternatives structure

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Beacon Capital Management (Beacon), a risk-response investment manager serving portfolio managers and financial advisors nationwide, today announced the launch of the Beacon Tactical Alternatives Risk ETF (BTA), a fully liquid alternatives fund built around five historically low-correlation asset classes: gold, broad commodities, managed futures, the U.S. dollar, and digital assets.

The launch extends Beacon's offering of risk-responsive products designed to help investors manage risk across market environments. Different types of risk call for different types of signals, and no single, blanket approach can address every potential portfolio risk across all asset classes or environments.

"Alternatives can be a powerful way to offer differentiated sources of risk and return and diversification, but only if you're managing each risk exposure on its own terms," said Emily Damman, President of Beacon. "That's the thinking behind BTA. We built it with five distinct alternative sleeves, each with its own risk management overlay, so a downturn in one exposure doesn't force a defensive call across the whole portfolio. Independent risk control matters when volatility can come from multiple directions."

That philosophy underpins Beacon's full lineup, including its risk-managed model portfolios, its adaptive fixed-income strategy, and now its expanding suite of exchange-traded funds. BTA is the latest addition, following the July 1 conversion of the Beacon Unified Catalyst ETF (BSR) to mirror Beacon's risk-managed equity model, and the EA Astoria Beacon Dynamic Core US Fixed Income ETF (AGGA), managed in partnership with Astoria Investment Management.

A Different Kind of Alternatives Fund

BTA is designed to solve a problem many advisors face: finding alternative exposures that are unique to a client's existing equity and bond holdings, while being straightforward to implement and easy to explain.

The fund allocates across its five asset classes based on risk contribution rather than equal dollar weighting. Each sleeve is monitored independently by Beacon's proprietary Trading Gauge - if momentum deteriorates in any single position, that sleeve alone can shift toward a more defensive posture without disrupting the fund's other exposures. The result is a fund with five asset classes that have historically demonstrated low correlation to equities and each another, thereby creating diversification within the alternatives sleeve itself and not away from stocks and bonds.

BTA is available through a single, highly liquid ETF structure, without the K-1 tax filings, lockup periods, or accreditation requirements that have traditionally made alternative investments difficult for advisors to access.

"Many advisors look beyond traditional stocks and bonds when seeking additional sources of diversification," said John Osier, Head of Investments at Beacon. "We built BTA to help solve the diversification by giving advisors access to alternative return drivers that may behave differently from traditional equity and fixed-income exposures. For advisors looking to incorporate alternatives into client portfolios, BTA offers the specialized exposure and risk management to put them there, without needing to become an alternatives specialist."

Part of a Broader Strategy

BTA joins a growing lineup of Beacon strategies available in model and fund form, reflecting the firm's continued growth as both a model manager and a provider of fund-based solutions for advisors who build portfolios themselves.

Each strategy solves a different portfolio problem and the philosophy behind them is the same: identify the risk to be managed, then apply the right signal rather than forcing a single approach to do everything. BSR, Beacon's Unified Catalyst ETF, combines three proprietary signals, the Trading Gauge, the Economic Index, and individual-holdings monitoring, to give investors a more complete read on risk than any single signal could provide on its own. AGGA, Beacon's Outlook Enhanced Income fund, actively manages duration and credit risk, shortening duration when rate risk rises, then selectively leaning back into income-oriented risk as conditions improve, and shifting toward higher-quality holdings when credit conditions weaken.

To learn more about Beacon's full suite of ETFs, visit www.beaconinvestingfunds.com.

About Beacon Capital Management
Beacon Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor based in Dayton, Ohio, providing disciplined investment strategies that dynamically respond to market conditions through model portfolios for financial advisors and their clients. With over $4 billion in assets under management across 25,000+ client accounts, Beacon's data-driven, systematic approach delivers diverse risk response methodologies alongside comprehensive advisor support, including practice management, investment operations, market insights, and turnkey investor resources. A member company of Sammons Financial Group^®, Beacon functions as an extension of the advisor's team, empowering them to grow their business strategically and build lasting client relationships while delivering meaningful outcomes for investors. Learn more at www.beaconinvesting.com. 

About Sammons Financial Group
The companies of Sammons Financial Group^® help families and businesses by empowering futures and changing lives. Sammons Financial Group is employee owned with member companies that are among the most enduring and stable in the financial services industry. Sammons Financial Group is Midwest-based, with offices in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia.

Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Funds. This and other important information can be found in each of the Beacon fund prospectuses, which should be read carefully before investing and can be obtained from beaconinvestingfunds.com or by calling 866.439.9093. 

The Beacon Unified Catalyst ETF and Beacon Tactial Risk Alternatives ETF are distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, which is independent of and not affiliated with Beacon Capital Management.

All investing involves risk, and asset allocation and diversification do not guarantee a profit or protection against a loss. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, might be worth more or less than their original cost.

Sammons Financial® is the marketing name for Sammons® Financial Group, Inc.'s member companies, including Beacon Capital Management^SM.

The EA Astoria Beacon Dynamic Core US Fixed Income ETF™ is distributed by PINE Distributors LLC. Beacon Capital Management, Astoria Investment Management, and Sammons® Financial Group, Inc. are independent of and not affiliated with PINE Distributors LLC.

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