FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Copeland Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund Crosses
$100 Million in AUM
Conshohocken, PA November 17, 2011 - Copeland
Capital Management is pleased to announce that the Copeland
Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund (CDGRX) has passed
the $100 Million mark in assets under management. This is Copeland’s
first mutual fund offering. Prior to the launch of the Fund, Copeland
exclusively managed institutional and retail separate accounts.
“We launched the Fund eleven months ago
with $100,000 in assets and no selling agreements”, said
Chuck Barrett, Director of Sales & Marketing for Copeland.
“Today our Fund is available on many major platforms and
has over $100 Million in assets. While we are pleased with these
results, we continue to see significant demand for our product
in the marketplace, and expect that this is just the first of
many milestones we will achieve as the Fund grows.”
The Copeland Risk Managed Dividend Growth
Fund (CDGRX) invests in companies across all capitalization
ranges that have consistently increased their dividend payments
for at least five consecutive years. The Fund combines Copeland’s
expertise in Dividend Growth Investing with quantitative sector
signals provided by a partner firm. The quantitative signals determine
the sector allocations for the Fund with the goal of avoiding
sectors that are forecast to decline. The Fund then reallocates
assets only to sectors that the signals forecast to appreciate.
In market environments that cause many sectors to become negatively
ranked, the Fund has the ability to raise cash. The Fund tracks
the strategy and performance of the Copeland Risk Managed Dividend
Growth Index, published as CDGR on NASDAQ. The CDGR Index went
to 100% cash in such difficult periods as 2008 and 2002. While
past performance is no guarantee of future results, from April
2000 to September 2011 the CDGR Index generated double digit annualized
returns while the S&P 500 had a negative return for that same
time period.
“Investors can’t afford to suffer
the pain of environments like 2008 again,” said Copeland’s
CEO Eric Brown. “We manage a series of more traditional
Dividend Growth Strategies that outperformed their respective
benchmarks in 2008 but still had negative returns. The message
we heard loud and clear from clients as a result of that experience
is that they want relative returns in up markets but demand capital
preservation and absolute returns in down markets. For this reason,
we launched our Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund.”
“We have been pleased with how well the
Fund has been received in both the retail and institutional channels,”
added Barrett. “We believe, and it appears the marketplace
agrees, that we offer solutions for clients who are challenged
with today’s highly volatile, low return, and high risk
market environment.”
The Copeland Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund’s goals
are to:
1. Deliver
upside participation in equity markets in order to grow principal
2. Provide
a growing income stream
3. Offer a
level of downside protection by having the ability to exit weak
sector and to go to cash
Copeland plans to partner with a select number
of additional firms in 2012 in order to make the Fund available
on more platforms.
This is an actively managed dynamic portfolio.
There is no guarantee that any investment willachieve its objectives,
generate positive returns, or avoid losses. Past performance is
not a guarantee of future results.
About Copeland Capital Management
Copeland Capital Management specializes in Dividend
Growth Investing. We offer Dividend focused strategies across
all capitalization ranges in both traditional and tactical strategies.
Copeland Capital Management is a 100% employee owned investment
management firm with offices in Conshohocken, PA and Wellesley,
MA. Please contact Chuck Barrett, Director of Sales &
Marketing for more information at (484) 351-3665 or cbarrett@copelandcapital.com.
Websites: www.copelandcapital.com;
www.copelandfund.com
Review Code 2478-NLD-11/17/2011
Prospectus Disclosure -
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objectives,
generate positive returns, or avoid losses. Investors should carefully
consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses
of the Copeland Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund. This and other
important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus,
which can be obtained by calling 1-888-9-COPELAND or visiting
www.COPELANDFUND.com. The prospectus should be read carefully
before investing. The Copeland Risk Managed Dividend Growth Fund
is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC member FINRA.
Copeland Capital Management, LLC is not affiliated with Northern
Lights Distributors, LLC.
Risk Disclosures - Mutual
funds involve risk including possible loss of principal. There
is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.
The Fund may invest in publicly traded Master
Limited Partnerships (MLP). Holders of MLP units have limited
control and voting rights on matters affecting the partnership.
In addition, there are certain tax risks associated with an investment
in MLP units and conflicts of interest exist between common unit
holders and the general partner, including those arising from
incentive distribution payments. The Fund may invest in Real Estate
Investment Trusts (REIT). A REIT's performance depends on the
types and locations of the rental properties it owns and on how
well it manages those properties. Real estate values rise and
fall in response to a variety of factors, including local, regional
and national economic conditions, interest rates and tax considerations.
The adviser's judgments about the return tracking characteristics
of securities may prove incorrect and may not produce the desired
results.
The Fund may invest in small and medium capitalization
companies and the value of these company securities may be subject
to more abrupt or erratic market movements than those of larger,
more established companies or the market averages in general.
A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional
and brokerage costs. The Fund's performance may be more sensitive
to any single economic, business, political or regulatory occurrence
than the value of shares of a diversified investment company because
as a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest more than 5% of
its total assets in the securities of one or more issuers.
The Fund will not be able to replicate exactly
the performance of the CDGR Index because the returns generated
by the Fund's securities will be reduced by transaction costs.
In addition, the Fund will incur expenses, such as management
fees, not incurred by the CDGR Index.
The CDGR Index performance is the result
of the back tested methodology to be employed in the Risk Managed
Dividend Growth Strategy, and is not based on the performance
of live managed accounts. The Index inception date is April 1,
2000 and commenced daily calculation and dissemination by NASDAQ
OMX with a base value of 1,000.00 on October 21, 2010. Investments
are restricted to those sectors ranked positively by our quantitative
model and to dividend growers who have raised their dividend for
at least five consecutive years. Managed account performance would
be reduced by transaction costs and expenses such as management
fees which are not incurred by CDGR. The Index is sponsored by
the strategy’s investment adviser and is controlled by the
strategy’s portfolio manager and its affiliates. You cannot
invest directly in an Index. Unmanaged index returns do not reflect
any fees, expenses or sales charges.
NASDAQ OMX Disclosure -
The Risk Managed Dividend Growth Index is the exclusive property
of Copeland Capital Management, LLC (“Copeland”).
Copeland has contracted with The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (collectively,
with its subsidiaries and affiliates, “NASDAQ OMX”)
to calculate and maintain the Risk Managed Dividend Growth Index.
NASDAQ OMX shall have no liability for any errors or omissions
in calculating the Risk Managed Dividend Growth Index.
S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks
chosen for market size, liquidity & industry group representation.
It is a market value weighted Index with each stock's weight in
the Index proportionate to its market value. Standard and Poor's
is the owner of the trademark service marks and copyrights of
the S&P 500 Index. You cannot invest directly in an Index.
Unmanaged index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales
charges.
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