Northwest Global Growth and Income Fund

Investment Objectives: To increase its value through capital appreciation and reinvestment of revenues, with due regard to security of capital, by investing (i) primarily in equity securities of global companies (including Canadian companies) and (ii) to a lesser extent in bonds, debentures and other securities issued by governments, financial institutions and companies in Canada and foreign countries. The fixed income component will range from AAA sovereign debt to non-investment grade corporate debt

Inception Date: July 2007

Investment Style:
Bernstein: deep value based on normalized earnings over a projected 5 year period
Aviva: “Bottom up” securities selection process concentrating first on individual company fundamentals before industry considerations and economic trends.

Portfolio Advisors:
Bernstein Global Value Equities
Aviva Capital Management Group

Advisor Inception Date: July 2007

About the Advisors: Sharon E. Fay joined Bernstein in 1990 and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Global Value Equities of AllianceBernstein since 2003. Fay oversees all portfolio management and research activities relating to cross-border and non-US value investment portfolios and chairs the Global Value Investment Policy Group.

Darrin Smith, CFA is Vice President of High Yield at Aviva Capital Management.  He joined the Aviva organization in 1991.  Darrin has been a High Yield Bond Portfolio Manager for the past 7 years, and for the 7 years prior was a Credit Research Analyst