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 benchmark for the Dana Small Cap Equity composite
is the Russell 2000 Index. (Market Capitalization Weighted).
The Russell 2000® Index is a egistered trademark
of the Frank Russell Company. Dana is not affiliated
with the Frank Russell Company or the Russell indexes.
Reported benchmarks are not intended as direct comparisons
to the performance of the portfolio. Instead, they are
intended to represent the performance of certain sectors
of the overall securities market. The indices reflect
the reinvestment of dividends and income and do not
reflect deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. The
indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct
investment.
The composite was created July 31, 1999. Performance
is calculated in US Dollars utilizing a time-weighted
total rate of return which includes the reinvestment
of dividends and income. Total return for the composite
is represented by the asset-weighted returns of the
portfolios within the composite. Trade-Date valuation
is used.
The Dana Small Cap Equity composite does not have
a minimum size criterion for composite membership. All
fee-paying, discretionary accounts with similar investment
objectives are included. The composite includes the
equity segment of balanced accounts. Cash is allocated
to these segments based on the average cash position
of the "equity only" portfolios in the composite.
Leverage is not used in this composite as a means to
generate higher returns. The composite does not contain
any non-fee paying portfolios.
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 presented is based upon annualized
quarterly standard deviation of returns. The standard
deviation of the annual returns presented for the time period 2000 to 2009 is 21.90% for the composite
and 22.12% for the Russell 2000 Index.
Performance results are calculated and presented before
investment management and custodial fees, but after
all applicable trading costs. The composite contains
both traditional commission paying and bundled-fee portfolios.
Transaction costs are allocated to bundled-fee portfolios
at the current prevailing per share commission rate
charged by our preferred list of non-directed institutional
brokers. Bundled fee portfolios comprise 14.4% of composite
assets as of 12/31/09. 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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