Desjardins Trust Inc. announced today that it has changed the name of the Maestral Growth Equity Fund to Maestral Small Cap Canadian Equity Fund.

In addition, Desjardins has made changes to certain of the portfolio sub-advisors of some of the Maestral Funds along with attendant changes in the investment strategies of the funds.

Beutel Goodman & Co. has been retained as a portfolio sub-advisor to Maestral Canadian Dividend Fund and Maestral Small Cap Canadian Equity Fund (the former Maestral Growth Equity Fund).

CDP Capital World Markets Inc. continues as a portfolio sub-advisor to Maestral Canadian Dividend Fund.

Elantis Investment Management Inc. continues as a portfolio sub-advisor to Maestral Small Cap Canadian Equity Fund (the former Maestral Growth Equity Fund).

Sectoral Asset Management Inc. has been retained as the sole portfolio sub-advisor to Maestral Health & Biotechnology Fund.

ABN AMRO Asset Management Canada Ltd. and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC continue as portfolio sub-advisors to the Maestral Global Equity Fund, the underlying fund related to Maestral Global Equity RSP Fund. There were previously three portfolio sub-advisors to this fund. Maestral Global Equity Fund.

As a consequence of the above changes in portfolio sub-advisors, Desjardins says the investment strategies of the noted funds have been revised in accordance with the practices of the new sub-advisors. Detailed descriptions of these changes are available from Desjardins Trust’s Web site at www.maestralfunds.com.