AdvisorShares to create actively managed bond ETF

Peritus, a value-based, active credit investment manager, has also agreed to develop all future ETFs with AdvisorShares. AdvisorShares CEO Noah Hamman says Peritus has an "outstanding" track record managing high yield investments and believes one important advantage of actively managed ETFs is to allow more investors to benefit from skilful advisers. Peritus Asset Management chief investment officer Tim Gramatovich says: "At Peritus, we take a value-based contrarian approach to the credit markets, foregoing relative value and new issue participation in favour of absolute returns." ...