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February 27, 2018

Guggenheim Investments’ Macro Opportunities Fund Earns Fourth Consecutive U.S. Lipper Fund Award for Consistent Risk-Adjusted Performance


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NEW YORK, NY – Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, tonight announced that Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund (GIOIX) has received a prestigious U.S. Lipper Fund Award.

The Fund received a 5-year award in the Alternative Credit Focus classification. The Fund, launched on November 30, 2011, has received three 3-year Lipper Awards and now two 5-year Lipper Awards.

Lipper Awards recognize individual mutual funds that have outperformed peers in terms of risk-adjusted, consistent return based on investment results as of November 30, 2017.

“Receiving a Lipper Award for the fourth year in a row acknowledges the ongoing hard work of our investment and research teams and underscores our commitment to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for fund shareholders,” said Scott Minerd, Chairman of Investments and Global CIO.

Minerd leads more than 175 fixed-income investment professionals whose responsibilities are segregated into specialized teams based on expertise. Sector Teams across the U.S. fixed-income universe, including sectors not included in benchmark bond indices, make specific security selections based on robust, bottom-up, fundamental analysis; Macroeconomic Research and Portfolio Construction Groups set house views and independently opine on which sectors have the best relative value; and Portfolio Managers decide which securities best fit a given portfolio in light of its mandate and the top-down sector allocations determined by Portfolio Construction.

“Our fixed-income portfolios are managed by a systematic, disciplined investment process designed to mitigate behavioral bias and lead to better decision-making,” Minerd said. “Our investment process is structured to allow the best research and ideas across specialized teams to be brought together and expressed in actively managed portfolios.”

“This award reflects both the significance of our unique investment process, as well as Guggenheim Investments unwavering dedication to driving value for clients,” said Jerry Miller, President of Guggenheim Investments. Congratulations to Scott Minerd, and his Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund team, Anne Walsh, Steve Brown, Adam Bloch and Kevin Gundersen.”

The Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund ranked as the third-largest fund in Morningstar’s nontraditional bond category with $6.6 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2017.

Overall, Guggenheim manages more than $189 billion in fixed-income assets.

About Guggenheim Investments

Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners, and manages more than $250 billion¹ in assets across fixed income, equity, and alternative strategies. We focus on the return and risk needs of insurance companies, corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, consultants, wealth managers, and high-net-worth investors. Our 300+ investment professionals perform rigorous research to understand market trends and identify undervalued opportunities in areas that are often complex and underfollowed. This approach to investment management has enabled us to deliver innovative strategies that provide opportunities for diversification and attractive long-term results.

About Lipper

Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, is a global leader with a 40-year history of delivering mutual fund information, tools and insights. Their benchmarking and classifications are recognized as the industry standard and are supported by Thomson Reuters – the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

About Lipper Fund Awards

Every year, the U.S. Lipper Fund Awards program honors funds and fund management firms that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers, based on Lipper’s proprietary Consistent Return methodology. Lipper scores for Consistent Return reflect funds' historical risk-adjusted returns relative to funds in the same Lipper classification and include each fund's expenses and reinvested distributions, and exclude sales charges Consistent Return values are calculated with all eligible share classes for each eligible classification. The highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return value within each eligible classification determines the fund classification winner over 3, 5, or 10 years.

The Best Alternative Credit Focus Fund 3 and 5 year awards are granted to the fund in the Alternative Credit Focus category with the highest Lipper Leader score for Consistent Return as of 11.30 of the prior year, among 111 funds for the 5-year period in 2018, among 155 funds for the 3-year period and 114 funds for the 5-year period in 2017, among 129 funds for the 3-year period in 2016, and among 114 funds for the 3-year period in 2015.


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Guggenheim Partners
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Source: Lipper, Inc. The Best Alternative Credit Focus Fund award is granted to the fund in the Alternative Credit Focus category with the highest Lipper Leader score for Consistent Return over the 5-year period as of 11.30 of the prior year. Lipper awards are granted annually to the funds in each Lipper classification that achieve the highest score for Consistent Return, a measure of funds’ historical risk-adjusted returns, relative to peers. Lipper, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomson Reuters, is a leading global provider of mutual fund information and analysis to fund companies, financial intermediaries and media organizations. From Thomson Reuters Lipper Awards, ©2018 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited.

1 Guggenheim Investments total asset figure is as of 12.31.2017. The assets include leverage of $12.1bn for assets under management and $0.4bn for assets for which we provide administrative services. Guggenheim Investments represents the following affiliated investment management businesses: Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, Security Investors, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC, Transparent Value Advisors, LLC, GS GAMMA Advisors, LLC, Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited and Guggenheim Partners India Management.

The referenced funds are distributed by Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC.Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management business of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), which includes Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors (“GFIA”), Security Investors, LLC (“SI”), the investment advisors to the referenced fund. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim, SI, and GFIA.



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