Calamos International Growth Fund Receives Lipper Fund Award
NAPERVILLE, Ill., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Calamos International Growth Fund (CIGRX) has received a Lipper Fund Award in the United States. The Calamos International Growth Fund was recognized for its performance in the 3-year and 5-year time periods in the International Multi-Cap Growth Funds category. The award was received in a ceremony March 8, 2012 in New York City.
The Calamos International Growth Fund invests primarily in equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies that offer the best opportunities for growth, including some investment in emerging markets securities. Since its inception in March 2005, the fund has been managed by the Calamos Investment Team led by Co-Chief Investment Officers John Calamos, Sr. and Nick Calamos. For more information on the fund, please visit http://www.calamos.com/en/FundInvestor/MutualFunds/Fund.aspx?name=InternationalGrowth.
The Calamos International Growth Fund is part of a suite of growth equity products managed by Calamos Investments, which also includes the Calamos Global Equity Fund (CAGEX), the Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund (CNWGX) and the Calamos Growth Fund (CVGRX).
Calamos Investments has earned more than forty Lipper Awards for its family of mutual funds.
The Lipper Fund Awards program honors funds that deliver consistently strong risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers. The Lipper Fund Awards take place in 23 countries in Asia, Europe, MENA, and the Americas. Lipper designates award-winning funds in most individual classifications for the three-, five-, and ten-year periods and fund families with high average scores for the three-year time period. Lipper Fund Awards are part of the broader Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence program.
About Calamos
Calamos Investments is a globally diversified investment firm serving the needs of institutional and individual investors for over 30 years. The company's clients include public and private pensions, foundations, endowments, corporations, financial advisors, families and individuals from around the world who have entrusted the firm with $34.7 billion in assets under management as of 1/31/2012.
Calamos offers a range of global investment solutions - equity, fixed-income, convertible and alternatives - to work with clients' multi-asset allocation frameworks and achieve the goals of their investment programs.
Calamos serves professional/sophisticated investors around the world through Calamos Global Funds PLC (UCITS), distributed by Calamos International LLP, London, United Kingdom.
For more information, please visit Calamos.com.
Important Risk Information
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.
An investment in the Fund(s) is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund(s). There can be no assurance that the Fund(s) will achieve its investment objective. Your investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. The risks associated with an investment in the Fund(s) can increase during times of significant market volatility. The Fund(s) also has specific principal risks, which are described below. More detailed information regarding these risks can be found in the Fund's prospectus.
The principal risks of investing in the Calamos International Growth Fund include: equity securities risk, growth stock risk, foreign securities risk, emerging markets risk, small and mid-sized company risk and portfolio selection risk.
The principal risks of investing in the Calamos Global Equity Fund include: equity securities risk, growth stock risk, value stock risk, foreign securities risk, emerging markets risk, small and mid-sized company risk and portfolio selection risk.
The principal risks of investing in the Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund include: equity securities risk, growth stock risk, foreign securities risk, emerging markets risk, convertible securities risk and portfolio selection risk.
The principal risks of investing in the Calamos Growth Fund include: equity securities risk, growth stock risk, mid-sized company risk, foreign securities risk and portfolio selection risk.
As a result of political or economic instability in foreign countries, there can be special risks associated with investing in foreign securities, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, increased price volatility and difficulty obtaining information. In addition, emerging markets may present additional risk due to potential for greater economic and political instability in less developed countries.
Before investing, carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Contact 800.582.6959 for a prospectus containing this and other information. Read it carefully.
SOURCE Calamos Advisors LLC
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