Goodman & Company Announces Name Changes to Four Dynamic Funds

TORONTO , Dec. 23 /CNW/ - Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. ("Goodman & Company" or the "Manager"), the manager of Dynamic Funds ("Dynamic"), announced that effective today the following mutual funds (the "Funds"), which are managed by Dynamic's award-winning Equity Income team, have been renamed. The Manager believes the new fund names more clearly reflect the mandate under which each of the Funds operate.

    
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    Old Fund Name                              New Fund Name
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    Dynamic Focus+ Diversified Income Fund     Dynamic Equity Income Fund
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    Dynamic Focus+ Energy Income Trust Fund    Dynamic Energy Income Fund
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    Dynamic Focus+ Small Business Fund         Dynamic Small Business Fund
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    Dynamic Focus+ Real Estate Fund            Dynamic Global Real Estate
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The Equity Income team is led by Oscar Belaiche, Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Goodman & Company, and includes Portfolio Managers Jason Gibbs and Andrew Taylor , as well as John Harris , Senior Portfolio Strategist. The Equity Income team invests in quality businesses, with a focus on securities that pay a dividend or distribution.

The mandates of each of Dynamic Equity Income Fund, Dynamic Energy Income Fund and Dynamic Small Business Fund permit the Manager to invest in a range of income-generating securities that pay a dividend or a distribution. Dynamic Global Real Estate Fund has been renamed to better reflect its global mandate.

About Goodman & Company

Goodman & Company is a Canadian asset management company tracing its roots back more than 50 years. Goodman & Company offers a wide range of wealth management solutions through financial advisors. These include the mutual funds, hedge funds and closed-end investment trusts of Dynamic Funds(TM), the portfolio solutions of the Marquis Investment Program, the flow-through limited partnerships of CMP(TM) and Canada Dominion and the high net worth investment counsel of Goodman Private Wealth Management. Goodman & Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of DundeeWealth Inc. (TSX: DW).

For further information: Customer Relations Centre, Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd., 1-800-268-8186 or www.dynamic.ca; Myra Reisler, Media Relations, [phone]