Aegon Fund Management continues to streamline and strengthen its fund offering

TORONTO, March 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Aegon Fund Management Inc (AFM) today announced changes to its fund offering that involve winding down its imaxx TOP Portfolios on June 21, 2013, to streamline and strengthen its lineup of funds.

"AFM regularly reviews the investment offerings in our lineup. As a result of our most recent review, we will be winding down all of our imaxx TOP Portfolios due to the high cost of maintaining these portfolios given their relatively small asset size and number of unitholders," said Doug Brooks, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aegon Fund Management.

• Aegon Fund Management will cease offering units for purchase of these imaxx TOP Portfolios after the close of business today, March 21, 2013. Existing Pre-authorized Chequing (PAC) plans, Dollar-Cost-Averaging (DCA) plans and/or dividend reinvestment plans will continue until close of business on April 30, 2013.
  
  
• Investors can redeem their units or switch out of the portfolio to one of the six remaining funds on or prior to June 14, 2013.
  
  
• The imaxx TOP Portfolios will be terminated on June 21, 2013.
  
  
• Non-registered accounts will have holdings redeemed at fair market value as at June 21, 2013.
  
  
• Remaining unitholders who hold the portfolio in a registered account will have their holdings switched, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, as follows:
  
  

Terminating Portfolio	Fund switched to
imaxx TOP Conservative Portfolio	imaxx Money Market Fund - Class A
imaxx TOP Balanced Portfolio	imaxx Money Market Fund - Class A
imaxx TOP Growth Portfolio	imaxx Money Market Fund - Class A
imaxx TOP Aggressive Growth Portfolio	imaxx Money Market Fund - Class A

• Following the termination date, any pre-existing Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP) on a terminated Portfolio will be re-established on the fund switched to, unless unitholders advise otherwise.
  
  
• AFM will waive any deferred sales charge on redemptions.

About Aegon Fund Management
Established in 2002, Aegon Fund Management Inc. offers a core lineup of mutual funds, all with proven long-term track records. As at December 31, 2012, assets under management were CDN$377 million. Additional information about Aegon Fund Management can be found at www.imaxxwealth.com

Aegon Fund Management is an Aegon company. Aegon, based in The Netherlands, is an international life insurance, pension and asset management company.

 

SOURCE: AEGON Fund Management

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