Calamos ETF Trust (CVRT) is an open-end management investment trust that offers exchange-traded funds focused on alternative investment strategies, including the actively managed Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF (ticker: CVRT), which invests primarily in a portfolio of U.S. convertible securities exhibiting high equity sensitivity to deliver total returns through capital appreciation and current income; the trust also encompasses a broad suite of other ETFs such as Calamos Structured Protection ETFs providing defined downside risk on assets like Bitcoin, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 2000; Calamos Alternative ETFs including CEF Income & Arbitrage, Autocallable Income (CAIE), and Nasdaq Autocallable Income (CAIQ); Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF (SROI); and laddered variants like CPSL for systematic S&P 500 exposure.
The trust operates within the asset management industry, targeting individual investors, financial advisors, and institutions seeking alternatives, structured protection, convertible securities, and sustainable equities exposure, with geographic focus on U.S. and global markets through its underlying securities and benchmarks.
Headquartered at 2020 Calamos Court, Naperville, Illinois 60563, the trust was established prior to 2014 under Investment Company Act File No. 811-22887, with CVRT specifically launched on October 4, 2023; it is advised by Calamos Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of Calamos Investments, and distributed through Calamos Financial Services LLC.
Recent developments include the October 2025 launch of the Calamos Aksia Hedged Strategies Fund (HEDGX), the third interval fund in partnership with Aksia expanding private markets access; the July 2025 introduction of CAPVX, the Calamos Aksia Private Equity & Alternatives Fund; plans announced in October 2025 for CAIQ, the second autocallable income ETF following CAIE; the September 2024 debut of CPSL, the first laddered S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF; and multiple amendments to advisory agreements in 2025 for new Bitcoin-related ETFs and name changes such as Calamos Alternative Nasdaq & Bond ETF to Nasdaq Equity & Income ETF.