Horizons AlphaPro Income Plus Fund Files Final Prospectus
The anticipated closing date of the offering is
The Fund has been created to provide investors with both semi-annual distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation in periods of inflation and deflation by tactically allocating its exposure amongst U.S. Treasury bonds and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ("TIPs"), commodities and money market securities. The Fund will seek to hedge its foreign currency exposure at all times. Barclays Capital Inc., through its investment advisory unit, Barclays Capital Fund Solutions - Americas ("Barclays"), has been retained by JovInvestment Management Inc. ("JovInvestment"), the portfolio manager of the Fund, to act as the investment sub-advisor of the Fund. Barclays will advise JovInvestment on the tactical allocation of the exposure of the Fund among three asset classes: (i) U.S. Treasury bonds and TIPs; (ii) commodities; and (iii) money market securities.
"We are very pleased to be working with Barclays Capital in this latest offering from Horizons AlphaPro," said Ken McCord, President of AlphaPro. "Canadian investors will now have access to a product benefitting from one of the leading providers of fixed income, inflation-linked and swap indices in the world."
Barclays will seek to optimize the Fund's exposure by means of its proprietary multi-stage allocation methodology, which assesses fundamental and technical factors (including, but not limited to, aggregate supply and demand, global economic growth, price momentum and general market trends).
AlphaPro is the manager and trustee of the Fund and its affiliate JovInvestment is the portfolio manager of the Fund, responsible for implementing the Fund's investment strategies and engaging the services of Barclays to act as sub-advisor to the Fund.
The syndicate of agents for the offerings is being co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., and includes National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (
The Fund and AlphaPro were represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. The syndicate of agents was represented by
A copy of the Fund's final prospectus is available from the agents or other investment dealers and is also available on AlphaPro's website www.HAPETFs.com.
About AlphaPro Management Inc. (www.hapetfs.com)
AlphaPro is an innovative financial services company specializing in actively managed ETFs with approximately
About Jovian Capital Corporation (www.joviancapital.com)
Jovian acquires, creates and grows financial services companies specializing in wealth and asset management. The Jovian group of companies (AlphaPro Management Inc., BetaPro Management Inc., Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc., Horizons Funds Inc., JovFunds Management Inc., JovInvestment Management Inc.,
About Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays Bank") is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in
For further information: Ken McCord, President, AlphaPro Management Inc., (416) 933-5746 or 1-866-641-5739; or Philip Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer, Jovian Capital Corporation, (416) 933-5752
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