| Investment Objective: |
The Fund is actively managed & the investment sub-adviser, Miller/Howard Investments, Inc., utilizes a bottom-up fundamental research process to evaluate these midstream energy infrastructure companies on a number of key metrics, including income, growth of income, distribution coverage, leverage, direct-commodity price exposure, and contract quality. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. and Canadian companies of any market capitalization deemed by the Sub-Adviser to be engaged in the midstream energy sector. The midstream energy sector primarily includes publicly-traded master limited partnerships and limited liability companies taxed as partnerships (MLPs), and companies structured or who elect to be taxed as C-corporations that derive the majority of their revenue from operating or providing midstream energy services. The Fund may directly invest up to 25% of its total assets in equity securities of certain MLPs treated as publicly-traded partnerships. The Fund will invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the energy, oil, and gas industries. |
