Brompton Funds will be hosting two investor webcast updates on March 23 and March 25.

The webcasts will provide updates on four Brompton investment funds: Brompton Advantaged VIP Income Fund; Brompton VIP Income Fund; Brompton Advantaged Oil and Gas Income Fund; and Brompton Oil & Gas Income Fund

MFC Global Investment Management, the asset management division of Manulife Financial Corp. is the portfolio manager for all four funds. Each webcast will provide an update on the funds’ portfolios and investment strategies for 2010, and comment on the 2011 taxation of income trusts.

Each of the funds currently has “in-the-money” warrants which expire on April 15, Brompton notes.

Alan Wicks, senior portfolio manager, MFC Global Investment Management will discuss the VIP funds on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 11:00 ET.

Duncan Anderson, portfolio manager, MFC Global Investment Management, will discuss the oil & gas funds on Thursday, March 25 at 11:00 ET.

For each webcast, a question and answer period will follow formal comments.

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