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                                                       Exhibit p under Form N-1A
                                              Exhibit 99 under Item 601/Reg. S-K

                             4 WINDS FAMILY OF FUNDS

                        CODE OF ETHICS FOR ACCESS PERSONS

                             4 WINDS FAMILY OF FUNDS

                 CODE OF ETHICS REGARDING PERSONAL SECURITIES TRADING

Pursuant to rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Code of
Ethics has been adopted on behalf of 4 Winds Family of Funds.*

1.    GENERAL FIDUCIARY PRINCIPLES

a)    Each Access Person:

i)    must place the Funds' interests ahead of the Access Person's personal
                  interests;
ii) must avoid conflicts or apparent conflicts of interest with the Funds; and
iii) must conduct his or her personal transactions in a manner which neither

                  interferes with Fund portfolio transactions nor otherwise
                  takes unfair or inappropriate advantage of the Access Person's
                  relationship to the Fund.

            The   failure to recommend or purchase a Covered Security for the
                  Fund may be considered a violation of this Code.

b)          Every Access Person must adhere to these general fiduciary
            principles, as well as comply with the specific provisions and
            Associated Procedures of this Code. TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
            TERMS OF THIS CODE AND THE ASSOCIATED PROCEDURES MAY NOT BE
            SUFFICIENT WHERE THE TRANSACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY AN ACCESS PERSON
            SHOW A PATTERN OF ABUSE OF THE ACCESS PERSON'S FIDUCIARY DUTY.

2.    DEFINITIONS

a)    The "1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

b)          "Access Person" means any director, trustee, officer, managing
            general partner, or general partner.

c)          "Associated Procedures" means those policies, procedures and/or
            statements that have been adopted by the Fund, and which are
            designed to supplement this Code and its provisions.

d)   "Beneficial  ownership"  will be  attributed  to an  Access  Person  in all
     instances  where the Access Person (i) possesses the ability to purchase or
     sell the Covered  Securities  (or the ability to direct the  disposition of
     the Covered  Securities);  (ii) possesses voting power (including the power
     to vote or to direct the voting)  over such  Covered  Securities;  or (iii)
     receives  any  benefits  substantially  equivalent  to those of  ownership.
     Beneficial ownership shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be
     in  determining  whether a person is subject to the  provisions  of Section
     16a-1(a)(2)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  and the  rules and
     regulations thereunder, except that the determination of direct or indirect
     beneficial  ownership shall apply to all Covered Securities which an Access
     Person has or acquires.

e)          "Control" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section
            2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.

f)   Except as provided in this definition, "Covered Security" shall include any
     Security,  including  without  limitation:   equity  and  debt  securities;
     derivative securities, including options on and warrants to purchase equity
     or debt securities; shares of closed-end investment companies;  investments
     in unit investment trusts; and Related Securities. "Related Securities" are
     instruments  and  securities  that are  related  to, but not the same as, a
     Covered Security. For example, a Related Security may be convertible into a
     Covered  Security,  or give its holder the right to  purchase  the  Covered
     Security.  For purposes of  reporting,  "Covered  Security"  shall  include
     futures, swaps and other derivative contracts.

            "Covered Security" shall not include: direct obligations of the
            Government of the United States (regardless of their maturities);
            bankers' acceptances; bank certificates of deposit; commercial
            paper; high quality short-term debt instruments, including
            repurchase agreements; and shares of registered open-end investment
            companies.

g)          "Disinterested director" means a director, trustee, or managing
            general partner of the Fund who is not an "interested person" of the
            Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

h)          "Fund" means 4 Winds Family of Funds, an investment company
            registered under the 1940 Act (and any series or portfolios of such
            company).

i)          "Initial Public Offering" means an offering of securities registered
            under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately
            before the registration, was not subject to the reporting
            requirements of sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
            of 1934.

j)          "Private Placement" or "limited offering" means an offering that is
            exempt from registration under Section 4(2) or Section 4(6) of the
            Securities Act of 1933 or pursuant to rule 504, rule 505 or rule 506
            under the Securities Act of 1933.

k)          "Purchase or sale of a Covered Security" includes, INTER ALIA, the
            writing of an option, future or other derivative contract to
            purchase or sell a Covered Security.

l)   "Security" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the 1940
     Act.



3.    EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS

      The prohibitions or requirements of Section 4 and Section 5 of this Code
      shall not apply to:

a)    Purchases or sale of the following Securities:
i)                direct obligations of the Government of the United States
                  (regardless of their maturities). This exemption does not
                  apply to indirect obligations of the U.S. Government,
                  including FNMAs, GNMAs or FHLMCs.

ii)   bankers' acceptances;
iii)  bank certificates of deposit;
iv)   commercial paper;
v) high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements;
and vi) shares of registered open-end investment companies.

b)          Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Access
            Person has no direct or indirect influence or control.

4.    PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

a)          Every Access Person is prohibited from acquiring any Security
            distributed in an initial public offering; however, subject to
            provisions of this Code and its Associated Procedures, an Access
            Person may acquire the security in the secondary market.

b)          Every Access Person is prohibited from acquiring any Security in a
            private placement or other limited offering, without the express
            prior approval of the Fund's President or his designee.

c)          Every Access Person is prohibited from executing a personal
            transaction in any Covered Security on a day during which the Fund
            has a pending "buy" or "sell" order for that Covered Security, until
            the Fund's orders are either executed or withdrawn.

d)   Every Access Person is prohibited  from profiting in the purchase and sale,
     or sale and purchase,  of the same (or equivalent)  Covered Security within
     60  calendar  days.  For  purposes  of  this  prohibition,   each  personal
     transaction  in the  Covered  Security  will  begin a new 60  calendar  day
     period.  As an  illustration,  if an Access Person purchases 1000 shares of
     Omega  Corporation  on June 1st,  500 shares on July 1st, and 250 shares on
     August 1st,  the profit from the sale of the 1000 shares  purchased on June
     1st is  prohibited  for any  transaction  prior to October  1st  (i.e.,  60
     calendar  days  following  August 1st). In  circumstances  where a personal
     transaction  in  a  Covered  Security  within  the  proscribed   period  is
     involuntary (for example, due to unforeseen  corporate activity,  such as a
     merger),  the  Access  Person  must  notify  the  Fund's  President  or his
     designee.

            In circumstances where an Access Person can document personal
            exigencies, [Name of Person or Department] may grant an exemption
            from the prohibition of profiting in the purchase and sale, or sale
            and purchase, of the same (or equivalent) Covered Security within 60
            calendar days. Such an exemption is wholly within the discretion of
            the Fund's President or his designee, and any request for such an
            exemption will be evaluated on the basis of the facts of the
            particular situation.

e)          Every Access Person is prohibited from purchasing or selling,
            directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has,
            or by reason of such transaction acquires, a direct or indirect
            beneficial ownership interest and which he or she knows, or should
            have known, at the time of such purchase or sale:

i)    is being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund; or

ii)   is being purchased or sold by the Fund.

f)          Every Access Person is prohibited, in connection with the purchase
            or sale, directly or indirectly, by the Access Person of a Security
            Held or to be Acquired by the Fund:

i)    from employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Fund;

ii)               from making any untrue statement of a material fact to the
                  Fund or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
                  make the statements made to the Fund, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

iii)              from engaging in any act, practice or course of business that
                  operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on the Fund; or

iv)   from engaging in any manipulative practice with respect to the Fund.

            Examples of this would include causing the Fund to purchase a
            Covered Security owned by the Access Person for the purpose of
            supporting or driving up the price of the Covered Security, and
            causing the Fund to refrain from selling a Covered Security in an
            attempt to protect the value of the Access Person's investment, such
            as an outstanding option. One test which will be applied in
            determining whether this prohibition has been violated will be to
            review the Covered Securities transactions of Access Persons for
            patterns. However, it is important to note that a violation could
            result from a single transaction if the circumstances warranted a
            finding that the provisions of Section 1 of this Code have been
            violated.

g)          Notwithstanding the other restrictions of this Code to which
            Disinterested directors are subject, subparagraphs (a) through (d)
            of this Section 4 shall not apply to Disinterested directors.

5.    PRE-CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT AND EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS

a)   Every Access Person is prohibited from executing a personal  transaction in
     any Covered Security  (including  transactions in pension or profit-sharing
     plans in which  the  Access  Person  has a  beneficial  interest),  without
     express  prior  approval  of  the  Fund's  President  or his  designee,  in
     accordance  with  the  Associated  Procedures  governing  pre-clearance.  A
     purchase or sale of Covered  Securities not otherwise  approved pursuant to
     the  Associated  Procedures  may,  upon  request made prior to the personal
     transaction,  nevertheless  receive the approval of the Fund's President or
     his designee if such purchase or sale would be: only  remotely  potentially
     harmful to the Fund; very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market;
     or clearly not related economically to the securities to be purchased, sold
     or held by the Fund. Notwithstanding the receipt of express prior approval,
     any purchases or sales by any Access Person  undertaken in reliance on this
     provision  remain  subject to the  prohibitions  enumerated in Section 4 of
     this Code.

b)    The pre-clearance requirement in Section 5(a) SHALL NOT apply to:

i)                Purchases or sales which are non-volitional on the part of
                  either the Access Person or the Fund, subject to the
                  provisions of Section 4 (g) of this Code.

ii)               Purchases which are either made solely with the dividend
                  proceeds received in a dividend reinvestment plan; or part of
                  an automatic payroll deduction plan, whereby an employee
                  purchases securities issued by an employer.

iii)              Purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an
                  issuer PRO RATA to all holders of a class of its Covered
                  Securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such
                  issuer, and any sales of such rights so acquired.

iv)               Purchases and sales of a Security that represents an interest
                  in certain indices as determined by the Fund's President or
                  his designee.

v)    Transactions in a Covered Security which involve the giving of gifts or
                  charitable donations.

vi)               Purchases and sales of Covered Securities executed by a person
                  deemed to be an Access Person SOLELY by reason of his position
                  as an Officer and/or Director or Trustee of the Fund.

c)          Notwithstanding the other restrictions of this Code to which
            Disinterested directors are subject, Section 5 shall not apply to
            Disinterested directors.

6.    PROHIBITION ON THE RECEIPT OF GIFTS

      Every Access Person is prohibited from receiving any gift, favor,
      preferential treatment, valuable consideration, or other thing of more
      than a DE MINIMIS value in any year from any person or entity from, to or
      through whom the Fund purchases or sells Securities, or an issuer of
      Securities. For purposes of this Code, "DE MINIMIS value" is equal to $100
      or less. This prohibition shall not apply to:

i)                salaries, wages, fees or other compensation paid, or expenses
                  paid or reimbursed, in the usual scope of an Access Person's
                  employment responsibilities for the Access Person's employer;

ii)               the acceptance of meals, refreshments or entertainment of
                  reasonable value in the course of a meeting or other occasion,
                  the purpose of which is to hold bona fide business
                  discussions;

iii)              the acceptance of advertising or promotional material of
                  nominal value, such as pens, pencils, note pads, key chains,
                  calendars and similar items;

iv)               the acceptance of gifts, meals, refreshments, or entertainment
                  of reasonable value that are related to commonly recognized
                  events or occasions, such as a promotion, new job, Christmas,
                  or other recognized holiday; or

v)   the acceptance of awards, from an employer to an employee,  for recognition
     of service and accomplishment.

7.

REPORTING

      Every Access Person is required to submit reports of transactions in
      Covered Securities to the Fund's President or his designee as indicated
      below. Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not
      be construed as an admission by the person making such report that he or
      she has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Covered
      Security to which the report relates.

INITIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

a)          Within 10 calendar days of commencement of employment as an Access
            Person, the Access Person will provide a list including:

i)                the title, number of shares and principal amount of each
                  Covered Security in which the Access Person had any direct or
                  indirect beneficial ownership when the person became an Access
                  Person;

ii)               the name of any broker, dealer or bank maintaining an account
                  in which any Security was held for the direct or indirect
                  benefit of the Access Person as of the date of employment as
                  an Access Person; and

iii)  the date the report is submitted to the Fund's President or his designee.

b)          Every Access Person is required to direct his broker to forward to
            the Fund's President or his designee, on a timely basis, duplicate
            copies of both confirmations of all personal transactions in Covered
            Securities effected for any account in which such Access Person has
            any direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest and periodic
            statements relating to any such account.

QUARTERLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

c)          Every Access Person shall report the information described in
            Section 7(d) of this Code with respect to transactions in any
            Covered Security (other than those personal transactions in
            Securities exempted under Section 3 of this Code) in which such
            Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any
            direct or indirect beneficial ownership.

d)          Every report shall be made not later than 10 calendar days after the
            end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the
            report relates was effected, shall be dated and signed by the Access
            Person submitting the report, and shall contain the following
            information:

i)                the date of the transaction, the title and the number of
                  shares, the principal amount, the interest rate and maturity
                  date, if applicable of each Covered Security involved;

ii)   the nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of
                  acquisition or disposition);

iii)  the price at which the transaction was effected;

iv)   the name of the broker, dealer or bank through whom the transaction was
                  effected; and

v)                if there were no personal transactions in any Covered Security
                  during the period, either a statement to that effect or the
                  word "None" (or some similar designation).

e)          Every Access Person shall report any new account established with a
            broker, dealer or bank in which any Security was transacted or held
            for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person during the
            quarter. The report shall include the name of the entity with whom
            the account was established and the date on which it was
            established.

ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

f)          Every Access Person, on an annual basis or upon request of the
            Fund's President or his designee, will be required to furnish a list
            including the following information (which information must be
            current as of a date no more than 30 days before the report is
            submitted) within 10 calendar days of the request:

i)                the title, number of shares and principal amount of each
                  Covered Security in which the Access Person had any direct or
                  indirect beneficial ownership;

ii)               the name of any broker, dealer or bank maintaining an account
                  in which any Covered Security was held for the direct or
                  indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

iii)  the date the report is submitted to the Fund's President or his designee.

g)   In  addition,  every  Access  Person is required,  on an annual  basis,  to
     certify that they have  received,  read,  and  understand the provisions of
     this Code and its Associated Procedures,  and that they recognize that they
     are subject to its  provisions.  Such  certification  shall also  include a
     statement that the Access Person has complied with the requirements of this
     Code and its Associated Procedures and that the Access Person has disclosed
     or reported all personal transactions in Securities that are required to be
     disclosed or reported pursuant to the requirements of this Code.

Exemption for Disinterested Directors

h)          A Disinterested director is exempt from the "initial reporting
            requirements" and "annual reporting requirements" contained in
            Section 7.

i)   A  Disinterested  director  shall be exempt from the  "quarterly  reporting
     requirements"  contained  in  Section  7,  so  long  as at the  time of the
     personal  transaction in the Covered Security,  the Disinterested  director
     neither knew, nor, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his official duties
     as a director of the Fund,  should have known that during the 15-day period
     immediately  preceding or after the date of the  transaction in the Covered
     Security by the  Disinterested  director the Covered Security was purchased
     or sold by the Fund, or considered for purchase or sale.


8.    SANCTIONS

a)          Upon discovering a violation of this Code or its Associated
            Procedures, the Fund's President or his designee may take such
            actions or impose such sanctions, if any, as it deems appropriate,
            including, but not limited to:,

i)    a letter of censure;
ii)   suspension;
iii)  a fine;
iv)   the unwinding of trades;
v)    the disgorging of profits; or
vi)   the termination of the employment of the violator.

b)          The filing of any false, incomplete or untimely reports, as required
            by Section 7 of this Code, may be considered a violation of this
            Code.

c)          All material violations of this Code and any sanctions imposed with
            respect thereto shall be reported to the Board of Directors of the
            Fund at least annually.

9.    APPLICABILITY

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Code of
      Ethics and the Associated Procedures shall not apply to any Access Person
      who is also subject to a code of ethics applicable to the Fund's
      investment advisers or principal underwriter. All such persons shall be
      subject only to such other code of ethics.

                      PROCEDURES FOR PRIOR APPROVAL OF PERSONAL

                    SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS BY ACCESS PERSONS

PROCESS

PRECLEARANCE APPROVAL

a)          An Access Person who wishes to effect a personal securities
            transaction, whether a purchase, sale, or other disposition, must
            preclear the Covered Security prior to engaging in the transaction.

a)          When trading options, the Access Person must preclear the underlying
            security before entering into the option contract.

b)          Based on established criteria, the Fund's President or his designee
            determines whether the contemplated transaction should be permitted.

c)    Approval is either granted or denied immediately.

d)          If approval is denied, the Access Person is given a specific reason
            for the denial. The contemplated personal transaction in that
            Covered Security is prohibited until prior approval is subsequently
            granted.

e)   If approval is granted,  the Access  Person is free to effect the  personal
     transaction in that Covered  Security DURING THAT TRADING DAY ONLY. In this
     regard,  open orders for more than one trading day (good till  cancel) must
     be  approved  daily to comply with the Code.  If  approval is granted,  the
     Fund's  President or his designee  must record the reasons  supporting  the
     approval on the following  Personal  Transaction  Notification form so that
     the Fund's  President or his designee can maintain a record of all approved
     preclearance requests.

f)          All trade requests and their dispositions are maintained and
            reviewed by the Fund's President or his designee in conjunction with
            other information provided by Access Persons in accordance with the
            Code.

g)          The Fund's President or his designee reviews all exceptions
            generated due to a fund trade occurring after preclearance approval
            has been granted. The Fund's President or his designee determines
            the appropriate action to be taken to resolve each exception.

      If extraordinary circumstances exist, an appeal may be directed to the
      Fund's President or his designee at (604) 925-8029. Appeals are solely
      within the discretion of the Fund's President or his designee.

TRANSACTIONS COVERED AND EXEMPTIONS

      These procedures apply to Access Persons' personal transactions in
      "Covered Security" as defined in Section 2 of the Code. A Covered Security
      includes: equity and debt securities; options and warrants to purchase
      equity or debt securities; shares of closed-end investment companies; and
      investments in unit investment trusts.

      These procedures do NOT apply to contemplated transactions in the
      following instruments:

a)          direct obligations of the Government of the United States
            (regardless of their maturities). This exemption does not apply to
            indirect obligations of the U.S. Government, including FNMAs, GNMAs
            or FHLMCs.);

b)    bankers' acceptances;
c)    bank certificates of deposit;
d)    commercial paper;
e)    high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase
          agreements; and
f)    shares of registered open-end investment companies;

      In addition, these procedures do NOT apply to the following transactions:

g)   Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Access Person has
     no direct or indirect influence or control;

h)   Purchases  or sales  which are  non-volitional  on the part of  either  the
     Access Person or the Fund, subject to the provisions of the Code;

i)          Purchases which are either (i) made solely with the dividend
            proceeds received in a dividend reinvestment plan; or (ii) part of
            an automatic payroll deduction plan, whereby an employee purchases
            securities issued by an employer;

j)          Purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer
            PRO RATA to all holders of a class of its Securities, to the extent
            such rights were acquired from such issuer, and any sales of such
            rights so acquired;

k)    Purchases and sales of a Security that represents an interest in certain
            indices as determined by the Fund's President or his designee;

l)    Transactions in a Covered Security which involve the giving of gifts or
            charitable donations; and

m)          Purchases and sales of Covered Securities executed by a person
            deemed to be an Access Person SOLELY by reason of his position as an
            Officer and/or Director or Trustee of the Fund.

SANCTIONS

      Failure to comply with the preclearance process may result in any of the
      following sanctions being imposed as deemed appropriate by the Fund's
      President or his designee:

i)    a letter of censure;
ii)   suspension;
iii)  a fine;
iv)   the unwinding of trades;
v)    the disgorging of profits; or
vi)   the termination of the employment of the violator.



                        PERSONAL TRANSACTION NOTIFICATION

I, [Name] intend to buy/sell shares of [Name of security] for my personal
account or an account over which I have discretion. I am aware of no conflict
this transaction may pose with 4 Winds Family of Funds.

                                Signed by:
                                          ------------------------------

                                Date:
                                          ------------------------------





________  Approval granted for trading on ______________ because ______________.

________  Approval denied.




                                Acknowledged by:
                                                                        ------
                                                    [person/title]

                                      Date

Broker-Dealer Name
Address

      RE:   Your Name

            Brokerage Account Number:     1234-5678

Dear Sir/Madam:

            As an employee of 4 Winds Family of Funds, I am subject to certain
            requirements applicable to my personal securities transactions, in
            accordance with the Codes of Ethics adopted by the 4 Winds Family of
            Funds. Among these requirements is my obligation to provide to 4
            Winds Family of Funds duplicate brokerage confirmations and account
            statements.

            Therefore, I hereby request that you provide duplicate confirmations
            and account statements with respect to securities in which I have
            any beneficial ownership or interest, including securities held in
            street name or in house, family, joint or partnership accounts.
            These duplicate account memoranda should occur with respect to all
            transactions including, but not limited to, those involving options,
            warrants, shares of closed end investment companies and futures
            contracts. Please forward this information to:

      4 Winds Family of Funds
      [Address]

            Any questions concerning these matters can be directed to [name] at
            [phone number]. Your serious attention to this matter is greatly
            appreciated.

                                          Sincerely,



                     PROCEDURES FOR THE REPORTING AND REVIEW

                        OF PERSONAL TRANSACTION ACTIVITY

INITIAL REPORTING PROCESS

1. The Fund's President or his designee meets with each new Access Person and
   reviews the Code of Ethics and the procedures for preclearing personal
   securities transactions.

2. The Access Person is required to complete the "Certification and
   Acknowledgment Form" to acknowledge his/her understanding of the Code of
   Ethics and return it to the Fund's President or his designee within 10
   calendar days.

3.   In  addition,  the Access  Person is  required to  complete  the  "Personal
     Security Portfolio Form" which includes the following information:

a.   the title,  number of shares and principal  amount of each Covered Security
     in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial  ownership
     when the person became an Access Person;

b.          the name and address of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the
            Access Person maintained an account in which any Covered Security
            was held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person as
            of the date of employment as an Access Person; and

c.    the date the report is submitted to the Fund's President or his designee.

1. A separate form must be completed for the Access Person and all household
   members as defined in Section 2(c) of the Code. The signed form(s) must be
   returned to the Fund's President or his designee within 10 calendar days.

2.    The Fund's President or his designee maintains current portfolio holdings
   information as "initial" holdings.

3. The Fund's President or his designee notifies each broker, dealer or bank
   that duplicate confirmations and statements for the Access Person, if
   applicable, must be sent to the Fund's President or his designee, effective
   immediately.

QUARTERLY REPORTING PROCESS

1. On the first business day after each calendar quarter end, the Fund's
   President or his designee sends an e-mail to each Access Person giving
   step-by-step instructions on how to complete the quarterly reporting
   requirements.

2.   Within 10 calendar  days of the quarter end, the Access  Person is required
     to:

a.   review for accuracy all Covered Security  transactions  recorded during the
     previous calendar quarter in all personal and household member accounts;

b.   review all open account information,  including names of brokers, banks and
     dealers, addresses and account numbers;

c.   notify the Fund's President or his designee of any new accounts established
     with brokers,  banks or dealers during the quarter and the date the account
     was established; and

d.    resolve any discrepancies with the Fund's President or his designee.

1. Covered Security transactions executed by any Access Person during the
   calendar quarter are reviewed by the Fund's President or his designee
   periodically throughout the quarter.

2. The Fund's President or his designee issues memos to each Access Person if
   any transactions he or she has executed during the quarter have been deemed
   to be either exceptions to or violations of the Code's requirements.

3.   Based on the activity and the responses to the memos,  the Fund's President
     or his designee may impose any of the sanctions identified in Section 8.


ANNUAL REPORTING PROCESS

1. At least annually, the Fund's President or his designee requires that each
   Access Person read the Code and certify and acknowledge his/her understanding
   of the Code and its requirements.

2. This re-certification is required to be completed within 10 calendar days of
   the request. The Fund's President or his designee monitors compliance with
   this requirement.

3. At the same time, the Fund's President or his designee provides each Access
   Person with a current list of securities held in the Access Person's
   account(s).

4.    Within 10 calendar days of the request, the Access Person is required to:

a.   review for accuracy all securities held in all personal accounts, including
     the title,  number of shares and principal  amount of each Covered Security
     in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

b.    review all open account information, including names of brokers, banks and
            dealers, addresses and account numbers;

c.   notify the Fund's President or his designee of any new accounts established
     with brokers, banks or dealers; and

d.    resolve any discrepancies with the Fund's President or his designee.

REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1.   Each quarter,  the Fund's  President or his designee reports any violations
     of the Code to the Board of Trustees. Violations of the Code include:

a)    failure to preclear a transaction;

b)          failure to complete the initial, quarterly or annual reporting
            requirements timely, regardless of whether the Access Person
            executed any transactions;

c)    recognition of a profit on the sale of a security held less than 60 days;

d)    failure to comply with the receipt of gifts requirements; and

e)          any trends or patterns of personal securities trading which are
            deemed by the Fund's President or his designee to be violations of
            the Code.

2.    The Fund's President or his designee provides the Board with the name of
      the Access Person; the type of violation; the details of the
      transaction(s); and the types of sanctions imposed, if any.

RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

The Fund's President or his designee maintains the following books and records
for a period no less than 6 calendar years:

a)    a copy of the Code of Ethics;
b)    a record of any violation of the Code of Ethics and any action taken as a
            result of the violation;
c)   a copy  of  each  report  made  by an  Access  Person,  including  initial,
     quarterly and annual reporting;
d)    a record of all Access Persons (current and for the past five years);
e)    a record of persons responsible for reviewing reports; and
      f)    a copy of any supporting documentation used in making decisions
            regarding action taken by the Fund's President or his designee with
            respect to personal securities trading.



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