The Fund

Advisor:	ALPS Advisors, Inc.
Sub-advisor:	Jefferies Asset Management, LLC
Objective:	Seeks maximum real return consistent with prudent investment management.
Primary Portfolio:	This Fund seeks to capture the performance potential of commodities backed with TIPS, as well as commodity equity investments.
Fund Inception:	June 29, 2010
Dividend Frequency:	Quarterly
Portfolio Manager:	Robert B. Hyman, Jefferies Asset Management, LLC
Symbol/CUSIP:	A Shares: JCRAX | 317609675 C Shares: JCRCX | 317609659 I Shares: JCRIX | 317609667

Robert B. Hyman

Portfolio Manager, Senior Vice President

 

Robert B. Hyman is a Senior Vice President for Jefferies Asset Management, LLC and Portfolio Manager to the Fund and its Cayman Islands subsidiary.* Mr. Hyman re-joined JAM in June 2010. From January 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Hyman was a portfolio manager for Jefferies Asset Management, LLC in its Real Asset Division, where he traded commodity futures, options, indices, foreign exchange, exchange traded funds, and commodity related equities. During his 30 plus years successfully trading commodities and commodity related products, Mr. Hyman has held a number of trading and risk control positions, including proprietary trading positions at Lehman Brothers, Amerada Hess Crude & Gas Co., and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Hyman graduated from Dartmouth College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government.

 

* Generally, the Commodity Futures-Linked Investments will be made through the Fund’s Cayman Islands subsidiary. The Fund will generally invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Cayman subsidiary, consistent with the limits of the federal tax law requirements applicable to registered investment companies.