How do clients use CBLS in their allocation models?
CBLS can be an excellent solution for investors looking for equity exposure while enjoying the diversification benefits of an alternative strategy.
This ETF aims to outperform long-only benchmarks over investment cycles with reduced volatility through a carefully crafted portfolio of long and short equity positions.
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Objective
The Clough Hedged Equity ETF (the “ETF”) seeks long-term capital appreciation while minimizing volatility. Clough Capital strives to generate positive alpha by picking both long and short portfolios throughout different market conditions. This approach has the potential to enhance investor’s returns while reducing investment risk.
Investment Strategy
The Clough Hedged Equity ETF is actively managed by Clough Capital Partners L.P. (“Clough Capital” or the “Adviser”). We seek to achieve the investment objective by purchasing securities we believe to have above-average financial characteristics, be undervalued and/or have growth potential. The ETF will also take short positions in securities we believe will decline in price. The ETF will generally have net exposure of between 30-70% of net assets. We may employ other investment techniques, including purchases of put and call options on securities or stock indices, to hedge against fluctuations in the price of portfolio securities, to enhance total return or to provide a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities.
Research Process
We believe that attractive investment returns can be achieved when key, proprietary insights into industry or economic trends are discovered, and their significance understood, before they become obvious to other investors. Within this context, the investment process will focus on investing in a number of major global investment themes. Once attractive themes are identified, the Adviser generally utilizes a “bottom-up” research process to identify companies it believes are best positioned to benefit from those specific themes, as well as companies that the Adviser believes may be vulnerable considering these themes.
The ETF was rated 2 stars against 139 funds in the Equity Hedged Category based on the overall and three-year risk-adjusted returns ending 9/30/25. Ratings are determined monthly and subject to change. The Overall Morningstar RatingTM for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar RatingTM metrics. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Portfolio Manager
Vincent M. Lorusso, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Partner & Portfolio Manager
Vince Lorusso has been in the investment industry for over 25 years, including a prior tenure with Clough Capital from 2004 to 2020 when he served as a Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager & Partner. Prior to rejoining Clough Capital in 2023, Vince had been the President, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Changebridge Capital, LLC. Changebridge was co-founded by Vince in 2020 to provide actively managed strategies to investors in the ETF structure. Those ETFs are now advised by Clough Capital, with Vince remaining as Portfolio Manager of the ETFs, a role he has served since the inception of the two strategies.
Fund Details
Portfolio
Holdings and allocations are subject to change. There is no guarantee the ETF continues to invest in the securities referenced.















