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Samson STRONG Nations Currency Instl  SCAFX
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Overall Morningstar
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As of
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Currency Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2013-03-31
Day Change
$ -0.10
  
NAV (2013-06-19)
$ 19.34
  
YTD Return % (2013-06-19)
-4.54%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
54
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Samson STRONG Nations Currency Instl
(from 2012-08-31 to 2013-05-31) Category: Currency
Index: BofAML USD LIBOR 3 Mon CM
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2013-06-19
Inception date: 2012-08-31 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2013-05-31
YTD Returns as of 2013-06-19
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
(2012-08-31)
Fund -4.54 --- --- --- --- -2.33
+/- Category -2.53 --- --- --- --- ---
+/- BofAML USD LIBOR 3 Mon CM -4.68 --- --- --- --- ---
  Standardized Return %   After Tax Returns % as of
  as of as of 2013-05-31   On Distribution 2013-05-31
On Distr &
Sales of Shrs
1 Yr Annualized --- ---   --- ---
5 Yr Annualized --- ---   --- ---
10 Yr Annualized --- ---   --- ---
Inception(2012-08-31) --- -0.37   -2.33 ---
Max Front Load % Max Back Load % Net Exp Ratio % Gross Expense Ratio %
--- --- 1.00 1.41
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, please call 855-722-3637 or visit www.samsonfunds.com.
  Portfolio Profile    
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 44.2
Stocks 0.0
Bonds 47.1
Other 8.7
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2013-03-31
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings Turnover % 21
Total Number of Bond Holdings 35 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 27.80 ending as of 2013-03-31
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Data through 2013-03-31
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 2012-08-31
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Jonathan E. Lewis   (2012-08-31)
Founding Principal of Samson Capital Advisors LLC.Jonathan is a Portfolio Manager and serves as a member of the Executive Committee and as the Chairman of the Investment Committee. He was most recently the Chief Fixed Income Strategist at OFFIT Investment Group (formerly OFFITBANK), where he joined in 1999. Jonathan was responsible for taxable and tax–exempt fixed income investment strategy for OFFITBANK’s $8 billion in assets for private and institutional clients, and chaired its Portfolio Strategy Committee. In addition to his role at OFFIT, Jonathan served as Managing Director of Fixed Income for Evergreen Private Asset Management, which managed $18 billion in private client assets. He also served as a member of Evergreen’s Customized Fixed Income Management Team, overseeing more than $100 billion in fixed income assets. From 1988 through 1999, Jonathan was a Vice President with Skandia Asset Management, where he served as Head of Fixed Income, and a member of the firm’s Global Fixed Income Investment Policy Committee for the firm’s insurance related portfolios. From 1986 to 1988, Jonathan was a money market trader at Dean Witter Reynolds. Jonathan’s articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Worth Magazine. He is the author of Spy Capitalism: Itek and the CIA (Yale University Press, 2002) and the co-author of CIA Deputy Director Richard Bissell’s memoirs - Reflections of a Cold Warrior (Yale University Press, 1996). Jonathan was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade Advisory Committee on Insurance Futures. He is a member of the Investment Committees of The Fellows of Phi Beta Kappa Foundation and the American Jewish Historical Society where he also serves as a Trustee. He is also a director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Westchester County. He has been a guest speaker at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government as well as at Yale University. He has appeared on Bloomberg TV and PBS’ Nightly Business Report. Jonathan holds an MA from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Iraj Kani   (2012-08-31)
Iraj Kani is Principal, Quantitative Strategist and Portfolio Manager of Samson Capital Advisors LLC, and is a member of Samson Capital Advisors LLC Investment Committee. Iraj Kanii has provided quantitative modeling and analysis in support of the Samson Multicurrency Plus Strategy since 2004. His proprietary models and research have played a key role in establishing Samson’s currency outlooks. Previously, Iraj Kanii was the Vice President of Quantitative Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs from 1991 to 1998, where he was the senior modeler for the equity derivatives division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he was the member of quantitative modeling in the Fixed Income Derivatives Trading group at Bankers Trust. Iraj Kanii is the co-author of fundamental work in Implied Volatility Trees, Static Options Replication and Stochastic Local Volatility, has participated in numerous lectures and conferences, and is the co-recipient of the 1995 and 1996 Graham & Dodd Awards. Iraj Kani received his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from the University of Oxford, his MS in particle physics from the University of Michigan, his MS degree in mathematics and his B.S. degrees in both mathematics and physics from the University of Minnesota. He currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Financial Engineering in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University, and as fellow of Financial Mathematics at the Courant Institute of New York University.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2013-03-04)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.00
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2013-02-28)
Correspondence Information
Trust for Professional Managers (Samson)
615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin  53202
Telephone:
855-722-3637
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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