Dana E. Erikson

PSG is a global alternative investment manager that focuses on specialized equity and fixed income real assets securities investments and energy-related master limited partnerships or MLPs and infrastructure investments. The firm's fixed-income strategies include investments below investment grade and investment grade publicly traded debt securities of global real estate, infrastructure and natural resources companies. For their equity strategies, PSG incorporates a value-based approach and a long-term investment horizon. They utilize proprietary valuation tools, as well as fundamental, bottom-up research, to identify mispriced securities.

The cornerstone of Hyperion's investment philosophy is relative value. They endeavor to identify relative value anomalies that exist both between sectors and among individual securities through analysis of information from global macroeconomic rends to security specific data. Their process encompasses in depth credit evaluation and quantitative analysis. The firm's core fixed-income strategy focuses on relative value opportunities among the major fixed income sectors. Value is derived primarily from sector rotation and security selection decisions, based on relative value analysis. Additionally, yield curve, duration management and credit quality decisions enhance the relative value process. This strategy focuses exclusively on investment-grade securities. The objective of their MBS strategy is to deliver enhanced risk and return exposure versus the fixed-rate MBS portion of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate index. The strategy's primary focus is on relative value opportunities among MBSs, varying holdings by agency loan program, coupon and seasoning. In addition, they utilize non-MBSs to take advantage of enhanced relative value or temporary dislocations in basis relationships. Occasionally, limited short-term duration management is also utilized. Hyperion's credit MBS strategy is dedicated to higher yielding non-Agency MBS, commercial MBSs and ABSs. This strategy is centered on security selection and the allocation among credit rating classes.

Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

Evergreen Investment Management offers a variety of equity investment products including domestic, international, global and emerging markets portfolios which are available using both fundamental and quantitative investment processes. The firm's domestic and international fixed-income strategies include short-term, money market, municipal, investment grade, high yield and structured solutions. Though not limited by sector or market-cap, the firm tends to invest in the stocks of companies in the finance, electronic technology and health technology sectors. Evergreen invests globally across all market-caps. The firm maintains a medium turnover rate. Evergreen's domestic, international and global strategies are managed by Metropolitan West Capital Management (MWCM). These strategies invest in high-conviction ideas with a long-term focus on value. MWCM employs rigorous research and an objective sell discipline to construct and actively monitor portfolios of high quality companies around the world. Evergreen's enhanced equity strategies are managed by Global Strategic Products. The strategies seek to achieve repeatable, competitive results through a disciplined quantitative approach. Portfolios are designed to seek consistent outperformance of their benchmarks with lower risk. The strategies employ disciplined proprietary analytical tools and systems to identify repeatable sources of value in the equity markets. Strategies include index and enhanced index equity products. The firm's core equity strategies are managed by Golden Capital Management. These strategies use a consistent, risk-controlled approach to core investing through all market cycles with a focus on capital growth and preservation. Portfolios consist of companies with attractive valuations and strong earnings that produce competitive long-term returns with relatively low volatility. The core-style investment process blends quantitative and fundamental analyses. Evergreen's domestic and international equity strategies are managed by Berkeley Street Equity. The strategies use fundamental analysis to identify companies with superior growth and value potential. Berkeley Street Equity constructs and monitors portfolios across the full range of core equity, sector-specific and international mandates. They employ fundamental, bottom-up research to identify quality investments for their growth and value portfolios. In addition to their US market portfolios, Berkeley Street Equity also offers global and international portfolios designed to provide investors with broad global diversification through core, fundamentally-oriented portfolios that are responsive to changing global equity markets. The firm's global fixed-income strategies are managed by First International Advisors. The strategies invest in investment grade, non-US debt securities while also seeking capital appreciation opportunities in emerging markets and below investment grade bonds. The firm pursues a variety of sectors and regions for diversification and offers currency overlay capabilities.

Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust