Ascentia Capital Partners, LLC Selects DuPont Capital Management as Most Recent Fund Sub-Advisor
DuPont Capital will manage an International/Emerging Markets Strategy within the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund (Ticker AASFX)

RENO, NV, March 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ascentia Capital Partners, LLC (ACP) announces that Delaware-based DuPont Capital Management (DCM) will begin managing an International/Emerging Markets strategy in the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund.

"We are delighted to have DuPont Capital Management as a part of the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund. They bring an experienced management team and a complementary strategy to the other alternative investment strategies currently employed by the Fund. We believe the addition of DCP clearly enhances the institutional quality of the Fund, which seeks to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns and low correlation to broad domestic markets," stated Stephen D. McCarty, Managing Partner, Ascentia Capital Partners.

Brendan P. Naughton, Principal, Marketing & Client Services, DuPont Capital Management, said, "DuPont Capital Management is pleased with the opportunity to partner with Ascentia Capital Partners. We believe the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund is well positioned in this market environment and the Fund provides both advisors and investors a valuable tool to broaden portfolio diversification."

For more information about the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund (AASFX), please visit www.AscentiaFunds.com

For more information about DuPont Capital Management (DCM), please visit www.DuPontCapital.com

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Aimee McCarty
Ascentia Capital Parners, LLC
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