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Announcement High Income Alternatives Fund Manager Change

We are removing Ares Management as a sub-advisor to the iMGP High Income Alternatives Fund effective Tuesday, January 19. We reached this decision based on Ares’ intention to narrow their investable opportunity set in this strategy to Business Development Companies (BDCs) only. We still have a great deal of respect for Ares and the portfolio managers on the strategy, and we thank them for their contributions to the fund.

There are no immediate plans to replace Ares. We remain highly confident in the remaining three sub-advisors on the fund—Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), Guggenheim, and Neuberger Berman. We are allocating Ares’ assets to BBH and Guggenheim, resulting in the following allocations:

  • 40% Brown Brothers Harriman
  • 40% Guggenheim
  • 20% Neuberger Berman

We believe the fund remains well-diversified with the ability to be opportunistic across non-traditional credit sectors, particularly within the broad mandates of the fund’s flexible credit managers, BBH and Guggenheim. Looking ahead, we may replace Ares if we find outstanding managers running strategies we believe are complementary to the existing lineup and that fit the fund’s risk-return profile.

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