In a new video, Six reasons why you should consider Turner Investments’ long/short portfolios, Matt Glaser, chief of investment strategies and executive managing director, says the investment firm systematically and intensively analyzes the portfolios’ characteristics as a prime means of managing investment risks.

The risk-management techniques that the firm uses are designed to assess “in real time [the portfolios’] exposures, concentrations, positions, and performance,” he says. Turner offers these nine long/short portfolios: Turner Global Consumer, Turner Global Financial Services, Turner Global Medical Sciences, Turner Global Resources & Infrastructure, Turner LSE, Turner Market Neutral, Turner Select Opportunities, Turner Titan, and Turner Spectrum. Turner Spectrum is the firm’s flagship long/short portfolio, composed of the eight other long/short investments.

The video cites six distinguishing traits that Turner’s long/short portfolios offer to investors:

• The portfolios seek to provide superior risk-adjusted returns, using risk-management techniques in an effort to limit volatility on the downside.
• They are managed according to “a proven growth-investment process based on the principle that earnings drive stock prices,” Mr. Glaser says.
• They are run by a team of portfolio managers who have an average of 14 years of investment experience.
• They are managed in a transparent way, with open communications about their performance.
• They have no gating restrictions that block investors’ access to their money.
• They are available in diverse capitalization segments, market sectors, and formats, including four mutual funds. The four long/short portfolios offered as mutual funds are the Turner Market Neutral Fund, the Turner Medical Sciences Long/Short Fund, the Turner Spectrum Fund, and the Turner Titan Fund.

To see this video, click on the link in this news release or this link to Turner’s Web site: http://www.turnerinvestments.com/six-reasons-longshort/.

The Turner Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Portland, Maine. The investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. This information can be found in the prospectus. A free summary or statutory prospectus, which contains detailed information, including fees and expenses, and the risks associated with investing in this fund, can be obtained by calling 800.224.6312 or by visiting www.turnerinvestments.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Mutual-fund investing involves risk, including potential loss of principal. Holdings are subject to change. Funds that take a focused or sector-specific approach are subject to greater risk from downturns affecting a specific issuer or industry.

Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses. As with all investments, there are associated inherent risks. The investment risks of the funds mentioned are increased by their ability to focus investments in one or more economic sectors, to invest in smaller and medium-capitalization companies, foreign companies, and IPOs. Also, the use of short sales, option strategies, and leverage may result in significant capital loss. There can be no assurance that the funds will be successful in limiting volatility.

Turner Investments, founded in 1990 and based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, is an investment firm with more than $13 billion in assets under management in stocks, as of December 31, 2011. Turner manages growth, global/international, and alternative separately managed accounts and mutual funds for institutions and individuals.

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