Real Assets Investment Management launches its new Social Leaders Fund.

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002

February 12, 2002: Real Assets Investment Management Inc. launches its Social Leaders Fund. Real Assets describes social leaders as companies committed to environmental and social sustainability. The Social Leaders Fund has so far invested in 25 companies from Canada, the U.S. and abroad. It will eventually hold up to 50 companies. It includes financial firms Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss RE and UBS. The Social Leaders Fund is available to sophisticated investors across Canada with minimum purchases of between $97,000 and $150,000. In B.C., investors can buy the fund with a minimum purchase of $25,000.