April 20, 2006, New York City, Metropolitan Club

The Awards are based on nominations by a committee of analysts who actively follow CEFs and ETFs. They are presented within the context of the Annual Forum on Closed-End Funds & Global ETFs.

Herb Blank
President
QED International

Don Cassidy
Senior Research Analyst
Lipper, Inc.

Mariana Bush
Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst
Wachovia Securities

Dennis Emanuel
Managing Director
Closed-End Fund & ETF Research
Citigroup Investment Research

Susan P. Gulshan
PIA MLAP Specialist - Vice President
Merrill Lynch

Amy Hawkins
Director Closed-End Fund Research
Raymond James & Associates

Paul Mazzilli
Executive Director ETF Research
Morgan Stanley

Jon Maier
Director, Closed-End Funds and Business, Development Companies
UBS Investment Research

Jed McKnight
Head of Research
North America, Lipper - A Reuters Company

Victor E. Quagliero
Vice President
Senior Product Strategist
RBC Dain Rauscher

Alex Reiss
Senior Closed-End Fund Analyst
Ryan Beck & Co.

Frank Sileo
Citigroup Investment Research
Closed-End Fund / ETF Research

Jeff Tjornehoj
Research Analyst
Lipper - A Reuters Company