AGF Management Limited

Founded in 1957, AGF Management Limited is a premier Canadian-based investment solutions firm with industry-leading financial performance, talent and client relationships. To serve the needs of a broad range of diversified clients worldwide, the firm consists of two distinct businesses: AGF Investments and AGF Trust.

By offering a complete suite of investment and lending products, AGF Management Limited is achieving its mission of helping investors succeed.

The firm serves more than one million investors and manages approximately $43.8 billion in assets under management (AUM).

AGF Management Limited is an independently controlled firm, with publicly traded non-voting shares (AGF.B trades on the TSX).

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AGF Investments

As the core focus of the firm, AGF Investments offers industry-leading investment management services to Canadian and international investors through our advisor, institutional and private counsel businesses.

AGF's expert investment management teams around the world provide excellence in money management. Each team manages a diverse range of investment strategies with proven investment philosophies and unique, research-driven investment processes. With offices in Canada, Europe and Asia, we bring a global perspective to our clients' portfolios.

AGF has deep Canadian roots, providing investment advisors and their clients with a wide range of award-winning mutual funds and managed assets programs. Our diversified family of mutual funds features AGF's seasoned investment professionals and includes investment strategies that span the globe within balanced, fixed income, equity and speciality asset categories. Elements provides investors with the essentials of successful investing in one simple solution, through five strategic portfolios. Harmony offers investors independently managed bundled portfolios and pools.

AGF's institutional offering includes an extensive investment platform tailored to pension and other institutional investors across Canada, the United States and around the world. Institutional clients benefit from the depth and breadth of an experienced team of multi-disciplined investment managers. Through sales and services offices in Toronto, Boston and Dublin, AGF is able to provide investment and service excellence to a broad range of clients.

AGF Investments also includes three independent investment counsel firms, Cypress Capital Management Ltd., Highstreet Asset Management Inc. and Doherty & Associates Ltd. These firms provide service to private clients in their local regions and specialized investment management services. As well, AGF Management Limited has a 30% interest in Smith and Williamson Holdings Limited in the United Kingdom.

AGF is a well-established and trusted brand. Our clients do business with us because of:

• Our high calibre investment management capabilities; and
• Our unwavering commitment to client service.

AGF Trust

AGF Trust Company is a subsidiary of AGF Management Limited and provides our clients with complementary services to our firm's core investment management offerings. AGF Trust offers GICs, term deposits, real estate secured loans and investment loans through financial advisors and mortgage brokers. Advisors can meet more of their clients' needs through a single, non-bank source for both investment and lending products.

2010 Canadian Lipper Awards:

• AGF Emerging Markets Fund: best 3- and 5-year returns in the Emerging Markets Equity category

Click here for more information on AGF's success and award-winning history.

2009 Canadian Investment Awards:

2009 Canadian Lipper Awards:

• Best Overall Fund Family
• Best Mixed Asset Fund Family
• AGF Canadian Balanced Fund: best 1-, 3- and 5-year returns in the Canadian Equity Balanced category
• AGF Elements Yield Portfolio: best 1-year returns in the Global Fixed Income Balanced category
• AGF Global Real Estate Equity Class: best 1-year returns in the Real Estate Equity category
• AGF Global Health Sciences Class*: best 3-year returns in the Health Equity category
• AGF Emerging Markets: best 5-year returns in the Emerging Markets Equity category

Innovation and Historical Firsts

• 1957 - American Growth Fund launches the first U.S. equity fund for Canadians.
• 1964 - Launch of AGF Canadian Growth Equity Fund.
• 1976 - AGF launches first Canadian money market fund.
• 1986 - AGF brings first global government bond fund to Canadians.
• 1990 - AGF creates first asset allocation service in Canada.
• 1994 - AGF opens first Chinese equity fund in Canada.
• 1997 - AGF launches first fee-based wrap program for Canadians.
• 2005 - AGF launches Elements an evolutionary fund-of-fund product.
• 2007 - AGF celebrates the 50^th anniversary of American Growth Fund.

* AGF Global Health Sciences Class and AGF Global Technology Class each merged into AGF Global Equity Class, effective May 22, 2009.