About Claymore Investments
Claymore Investments, Inc. is a privately held financial services company offering unique investment solutions for financial advisors and retail investors alike. Claymore Investments is an innovator in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), institutional funds and closed-end funds, often leading its peers as the first-to-market provider of intelligent investment strategies. Claymore Investments, Inc. is the wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Claymore Group, Inc, a U.S. entity. In total, Claymore entities have provided supervision, management, and/or servicing on approximately $15.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2009. Led by a seasoned and experienced management team, Claymore brings together what it believes to be best-in-class asset managers and index providers to create innovative investment solutions that are used to establish strategic partnerships with investment professionals.
INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS: ACCESS TO INNOVATION
Unlike ETFs that track traditional market cap based indices, Claymore ETFs tracks indices that seek to best capture the investment potential of the asset class and market they are invested in and are designed by what Claymore believes to be best-in-class index providers. Each product is designed with research partners and institutional asset managers to utilize what we believe is the best investment strategies for the specific asset class. Claymore ETFs cover the Canadian, US, and Global core equity markets, sector strategies, dividend and income based strategies and fixed income based strategies.
ETFs offer a variety of benefits for investors including intraday liquidity, flexibility and transparency of holdings. ETFs are portfolios of securities that trade like individual stocks on major stock exchanges. They are constructed to, before expenses, track the holdings and performance of a defined index of securities and enable investors to purchase a cost-efficient and varied portfolio of securities. Claymore ETFs can be purchased through most brokerage accounts and can be bought and sold throughout the day on the TSX, during normal trading hours.
Claymore is a pioneer in closed-end funds, bringing to market a variety of unique strategies not previously available in a closed-end fund structure. Claymore’s closed-end funds are listed on the TSX and feature a range of investment strategies for income oriented investors.
Claymore provides both institutional funds and segregated management for qualified private individuals, charitable foundations, endowments and pension fund clients. Segregated management for institutions is available for portfolios with a market value of at least $25 million.
REGISTRATION:
Claymore Investments, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of Canada. Claymore is registered in the Canadian provinces as an investment counsel, portfolio manager and limited market dealer. In the U.S., Claymore Investments, Inc. is registered as an investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CUSTODIAN:
RBC Dexia Investor Services. All of Claymore’s fund assets are held by third party custodian RBC Dexia Investor Services.
LEGAL COUNSEL:
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
CORPORATE AUDITORS:
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
FUND AUDITORS:
Ernst & Young LLP