Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. (Dana)
is an independent investment management firm established
in 1980. Dana manages a variety of equity, fixed income
and balanced portfolios for primarily U.S. institutional
clients. Dana maintains a complete list and description
of composites, which is available upon request.
The blended benchmark for the Municipal Bond composite
is 33% - Merrill Lynch 1-3 year Municipal Bond Index
and 67% - Merrill Lynch 3-7 year Municipal Bond Index.
The blended benchmark is rebalanced at the beginning
of each quarter.
The composite was created December 31, 1986. Performance
is calculated in US Dollars utilizing a time-weighted
total rate of return. Total return for the composite
is represented by the asset-weighted returns of the
portfolios within the composite. Settlement-Date valuation
is used.
The Municipal Bond composite does not have a minimum
size criterion for composite membership. All fee-paying,
discretionary accounts with similar investment objectives
are included. Accounts included in this composite have
been designated as income oriented. The composite includes
the municipal bond segment of balanced accounts. Cash
is allocated to these segments based on the average
cash position of the “municipal bond only”
portfolios in the composite. Leverage is not used in
this composite as a means to generate higher returns.
There are no non-fee paying portfolios in the composite.
The dispersion of annual returns is measured by the
standard deviation of equal-weighted portfolio returns
represented within the composite for the full year.
The standard deviation of the annual returns presented
for the time period 1998 to 2007 is 2.08% for the composite
and 2.34% for the blended benchmark.
Performance results are calculated and presented before
investment management and custodial fees, but after
all applicable trading costs. Dana investment management
fees may vary based upon the differences in size, composition
and servicing needs of client accounts. Investment management
fees would reduce the returns presented, for example:
a $1,000,000 portfolio with an advisory fee of 0.75%
per annum earning a 10% annual return would have paid
a total compounded advisory fee of $50,368 over a five
year period. The resulting average annual return for
the period would be 9.17%. Past performance is not indicative
of future results. A complete description of Dana’s
investment advisory fee schedule is contained in the
Firm’s Form ADV Part II, a copy of which is available
upon request.
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