WBI #1 in Active ETF Sales

With less than a year in the ETF business, WBI Shares is making a splash. Through the first four months of 2015, WBI is #1 in Active ETF sales with an asset raise of well over $200 million. In addition, the firm passed iShares to move into the Top 5 in total Active ETF assets under management. WBI’s Tactical High Income ETF (WBIH) made the biggest jump last month moving up 6 spots into the Top 20 (#17) Largest Active ETFs by AUM.

Matt Schreiber, President of WBI (Photo: Business Wire)

“We are thrilled to have had such a strong start to the year,” said Matt Schreiber, President of WBI. “With the markets at all-time highs, investors are excited about our offering. Our ETFs give them the ability to participate in the upside, but WBI’s time-tested downside risk management is extremely attractive to folks worried about the next correction.”

WBI Shares ended April with $1.45 billion in assets under management, a 45% increase in assets since the firm’s late-August 2015 launch of 10 Active ETFs.

About WBI

For over two decades, WBI has helped investors stay comfortably invested by aiming to reduce risk to capital. Our tactical, low volatility, alternative strategies can provide investors with a smoother ride than traditional buy-and-hold approaches. The firm’s unconstrained process invests globally to take advantage of a wide range of opportunities or raises cash in an effort to protect capital. WBI targets an optimal blend of bear market capital preservation and bull market return.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risk, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. For a current prospectus with this and other information about the Funds, please visit our website at www.wbishares.com or call 1-800-772-5810. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. The Fund may invest in foreign and emerging market securities which carry additional risks than investing in the United States such as currency fluctuation, economic or financial instability, lack of timely or reliable financial information, or unfavorable political or legal developments. The Fund is subject to model risk, the investment process includes the use of proprietary models and analysis which rely on third party data and if inaccurate could adversely affect the Fund performance. The Fund may invest in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), mutual funds, and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), which will subject the Fund to additional expenses of each ETF, mutual fund, or ETN and risk of owning the underlying securities held by each. Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Master Limited Partnership risk entails risks such as fluctuations in energy prices, decrease in supply of or demand for energy commodities. In addition, the Fund is subject to market risk, management risk, dividend risk, growth risk, value risk, debt security risk, high-yield security risk, small and medium company risk, portfolio turnover risk, securities business risk, mortgage-backed securities risk, new fund risk, and trading price risk.

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