Launch Date Announcement for AdvisorShares YieldPro ETF (YPRO)

BETHESDA, Md., March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of 23 actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares YieldPro ETF (NASDAQ: YPRO) will begin trading on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. YPRO is sub-advised by The Elements Group, LLC (TEG), an Irvine, Calif.-based SEC registered investment adviser, with an established expertise in delivering innovative investment and technology solutions for advisors and their clients. TEG also sub-advises the AdvisorShares EquityPro ETF (NYSE Arca: EPRO).

YPRO is a "fund of funds" multi-asset income strategy, investing primarily in other exchange-traded products (ETPs), that seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation. The fund will aim to allocate the majority of its portfolio to long and short investments across all sectors of income producing securities. In YPRO's structured investment process, TEG will pursue attractive yield and manage volatility through a quantitative approach to risk budgeting, which also includes the use of options to hedge residual equity and interest rate risk as needed.  YPRO's combination of portfolio construction, risk budgeting, and hedging seeks to provide less volatility, low correlations to equity market risk, and the flexibility to manage interest rate risk.

"We are pleased to again partner with Josh Emanuel and TEG on a strategy which we believe provides another compelling income offering within our actively managed ETF suite," said Noah Hamman, chief executive officer of AdvisorShares. "In the current interest rate environment where many investors and advisors actively hunt for the dual goals of yield and mitigation of risk, we feel YPRO may help allow the flexibility to potentially achieve both objectives."

"We feel the desire for a robust income solution that serves as a suitable substitute to traditional bond risk is a significant need across many investor and advisor wish lists," said Joshua Emanuel, chief investment officer of TEG and portfolio manager of YPRO.  "By aiming to provide a low volatility, low correlated income strategy based on TEG's rigorous combination of quantitative research and disciplined portfolio construction, we believe that we can deliver an attractive income solution for investors, especially with the attributes of transparency, liquidity and efficiency in its actively managed ETF structure."

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Please visit www.advisorshares.com to register for free weekly economic commentary. For educational insight into the active ETF marketplace, visit www.alphabaskets.com, follow @AdvisorShares on Twitter and 'Like' us on Facebook. Every Thursday at 4:00pm Eastern time, AdvisorShares hosts an educational conference call for Financial Professionals featuring our portfolio managers and leading investment industry experts. On Thursday, 3/6/2014, the call will feature Josh Emanuel to discuss the actively managed YPRO ETF—Dial: 1-800-977-8002; Code: 777534#

About AdvisorShares

AdvisorShares is one of the leading providers of actively managed ETFs. As of 2/28/2014, AdvisorShares offers 23 active ETFs currently trading with approximately $1,420,000,000 of assets under management. AdvisorShares provides educational support to help financial advisors and investors understand the benefits of actively managed ETFs and their underlying investment strategies.

About The Elements Financial Group, LLC

The Elements Financial Group, LLC, based in Irvine, California, is an SEC registered investment adviser. As of December 31, 2013, The Elements Financial Group had approximately $450 million in assets under management. www.tegadvisor.com

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Duration is the change of a fixed income security that will result from a 1% change in interest rates, and is based on the yield to worst date.  Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.  A long position is the purchase of an investment with the expectation that it will rise in value.  A short position is the sale of a borrowed investment with the expectation that it will decline in value.  An option is a privilege, sold by one party to another that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) a security at an agreed upon price within a certain period or on a specific date. Correlation is a statistical measure of how two securities move in relation to each other.

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