Neal A. Kerr

First Asset Energy & Resource Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund, which focuses on capital appreciation. It invests in portfolio of securities, providing service and support to businesses active in the exploration, production, transportation, and distribution of energy and natural resources. The company was founded on August 9, 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

First Asset Diversified Convertible Debenture Fund is an investment fund which has an objective of providing holders with quarterly cash distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 10, 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CI Investments, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1965 as CI Mutual Funds, Inc. and adopted the name CI Investments in June 2005 to reflect its diverse line-up of investment options, including mutual funds, segregated funds, asset allocation programs, structured products and other alternative investments. They are a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX). CI Investments manages money on behalf of Canadian investors and provide them with an increasingly comprehensive Canadian, global and industry funds.

Part of CI Financial Corp., CI Institutional Asset Management is a company that brings a bespoke approach to managing capital on behalf of institutional asset owners. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The company's institutional solutions leverage one of the most resourced investment platforms amongst the Canadian investment managers.

CI First Asset Investment Grade Bond ETF is an exchange traded mutual fund trust. It provides unit holders with monthly cash distributions. The company was founded on October 23, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Utility Split Trust is a close ended equity mutual fund, which engages in the investment in funds investing in the public equity markets. It seeks to invest in stocks of firms in the utilities sector. The company was founded on October 24, 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Triax Diversified High-Yield Trust operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide investors with consistently superior income equal to or exceeding the yield on ten year government of Canada bonds; and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 6, 1997 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

First Asset North American Convertibles Fund is a closed-end investment fund and trust. It engages in the provision of quarterly distributions, opportunity for capital appreciation, and risk adjusted way to invest. It also invests in a diversified portfolio comprised primarily of convertible debentures of Canadian, U.S, and global issuers. The company was founded on April 19, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

JFT Strategies Fund is a closed-end investment fund and investment trust. Its investment objective is to maximize return on investment to holders while seeking to mitigate market risk and volatility by investing in an actively managed portfolio of long and short positions in any one or a combination of equities, debt securities or other securities. The company was founded on April 23, 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

First Asset Canadian Convertibles Fund is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide holders of units, which include quarterly tax-advantaged distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded on December 10, 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

First Asset Morningstar U.S. Consumer Defensive Index is a closed-ended investment trust. Its objective is to provide holders of unit the opportunity for capital appreciation and monthly cash distributions. Its portfolio is based on the composition of an index which consists of companies that are involved in the manufacturing of food, beverages, household and personal products, packaging, or tobacco and also includes companies that provide services such as education and training services.The company was founded on February 27, 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Investment Funds Institute of Canada operates as the voice of Canada''s investment funds industry. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.