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 Small Cap Equity composite is
the Russell 2000 Index. (Market Capitalization Weighted).
The composite was created July 31, 1999. 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. Trade-Date valuation
is used.
The 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 of the annual returns presented
for the time period 2000 to 2007 is 17.58% for the composite
and 18.78% for the Russell 2000 Index.
In June of 2006, Dana added a portfolio manager to
the strategy’s lead portfolio management team.
Effective July 1, 2007, three portfolio manager/analysts
transitioned from being Dana employees to being sub-advisors
assisting in the management of some composite portfolios.
In addition, a lead portfolio manager rejoined Dana
as an employee in February of 2008.
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 18.8% of composite
assets as of 12/31/07. 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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