CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Highly regarded Turner Investment Partners (Turner) joined the Chicago-based AHA Diversified Equity Fund (AHADX) as a fourth sub-advisor on February 29, 2008. The fund, a tobacco-free investment opportunity, began in 1988 sponsored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and was initially available only to hospitals and other AHA- related institutions. Since 2004, a no-load class of the fund has been available to individuals.
"We added Turner to broaden our focus on growth stocks," said Timothy Solberg, Chief Investment Officer of CCM Advisors, LLC, the fund's investment manager. "We believe market conditions favor growth now, and will continue to do so over the next several years. Turner is an excellent complement to our current money managers, who are focused on value and large-cap opportunities. In effect, adding Turner at this time is like adding a sprinter to a long- distance running team. It positions us to compete with what we believe are the best team members for all market conditions."
The Fund invests in good health, by avoiding stocks of companies involved in smoking. Research by each of the sub-advisors, Freeman Associates Investment Management, AMBS Investment Counsel, SKBA Capital Management LLC and Turner, excludes companies that process or manufacture tobacco-related products, with data provided by the Risk Metrics/Investor Responsibility Research Center. This socially conscious approach is in cooperation with the American Hospital Association, which encourages healthy, tobacco-free investment guidelines.
Within these parameters the fund is well-diversified and seeks to
provide long-term capital growth. It looks for opportunities for superior
total return through combining a broadly diversified core equity portfolio
(managed by Freeman Associates), a large-mid cap value alpha equity
portfolio (managed by SKBA Capital Management), a fundamental large cap
value style portfolio (managed by
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