EX-99.B(P)(26) 24 a14-18322_1ex99dbp26.htm EX-99.B(P)(26)

Exhibit 99.B(p)(26)

 

 

Ethics

 

MCM/PSA/MF

Code of Ethics

 

 

Ethics

Code of Ethics

 

CODE OF ETHICS

 

For Employees and Access Persons of

 

The Munder Funds,
Munder Capital Management
and
Its Designated Affiliates

 

May 13, 2014

 

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Attachment G

 

ETFS ELIGIBLE FOR DE MINIMIS TRANSACTION EXEMPTION

 

NAME

 

SYMBOL

 

CUSIP

 

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

 

IVV

 

464287200

 

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF

 

EFA

 

464287465

 

iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund ETF

 

EEM

 

464287234

 

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund ETF

 

EWJ

 

464286848

 

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

 

IWM

 

464287655

 

PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF

 

QQQ

 

73935A104

 

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

 

DIA

 

78467X109

 

SPDR Financial Select Sector Fund ETF

 

XLF

 

81369Y605

 

SPDR Gold Shares ETF

 

GLD

 

78463V107

 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF

 

SPY

 

78462F103

 

Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF

 

VWO

 

922042858

 

 

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CODE OF ETHICS
Table of Contents

 

I.

INTRODUCTION

4

 

A.

Standards of Business Conduct

4

 

B.

General Principles of this Code of Ethics

4

 

C.

Applicability

5

 

 

1.

General Applicability of the Code

5

 

 

2.

Application of the Code to Non-Interested Trustees

5

 

 

3.

Application of the Code to Interested Trustees

5

 

 

4.

Application of the Code to Certain Directors of Munder Capital Holdings, LLC

6

 

 

5.

Application of the Code to Personnel of Funds Sub-advised by the Advisers

7

 

 

6.

Conflicts with Other Codes

7

II.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES

7

 

A.

Blackout Periods for Personal Trades

7

 

 

1.

Pending Trades

7

 

 

2.

Seven-Day Blackout

8

 

 

3.

Exempt Transactions

8

 

B.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest & Review of Transactions of Certain Employees

9

 

 

1.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

9

 

 

2.

Review of Certain Transactions

10

 

C.

Initial Public Offering and Limited Offering

10

 

D.

Short-Term Trading

11

 

 

1.

Covered Securities

11

 

 

2.

Munder Funds Shares

11

 

 

3.

Exempt Transactions

12

 

 

4.

Return of Profits

13

 

E.

Gifts

13

 

 

1.

Accepting Gifts

13

 

 

2.

Solicitation of Gifts

13

 

 

3.

Giving Gifts

14

 

F.

Service as a Director

14

 

G.

Amendments and Waivers

14

III.

COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES

15

 

A.

Pre-Clearance Requirements

15

 

 

1.

General Requirement

15

 

 

2.

Exempt Transactions

15

 

 

3.

Trade Authorization Requests

16

 

 

4.

Representations and Warranties

17

 

 

5.

Duration of Pre-Clearance Approval

17

 

 

6.

Execution of Trades and Commissions

18

 

B.

Reporting Requirements

18

 

 

1.

Brokerage Statements and Confirmations

18

 

 

2.

Quarterly Transaction Reports

18

 

 

3.

Initial and Annual Disclosure of Personal Holdings

20

 

 

4.

Certification of Compliance

21

 

 

5.

Permitted Disclaimer

21

 

C.

Distribution of the Code to Persons Subject to the Code

21

 

D.

Quarterly Review

21

 

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E.

Reviews Involving An Employee’s Own Personal Trades

22

 

F.

Reports to the Boards of Trustees/Directors

22

 

 

1.

Annual Reports

22

 

 

2.

Quarterly Reports

22

IV.

GENERAL POLICIES

23

 

A.

Anti-Fraud

23

 

B.

Involvement in Criminal Matters or Investment-Related Civil Proceedings

23

V.

REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE

23

VI.

SANCTIONS

23

VII.

INVESTMENT ADVISER AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER CODES

24

VIII.

RECORDKEEPING

24

IX.

CONFIDENTIALITY

24

X.

OTHER LAWS, RULES AND STATEMENTS OF POLICY

25

XI.

FURTHER INFORMATION

25

 

Attachment A – Definitions

Attachment B – Contact Persons

Attachment C – List of Broad-Based Indices

Attachment D – Reportable Funds

Attachment E – Certification by Directors of Munder Capital Holdings, LLC

Attachment F – Designated Affiliates of Munder Capital Management

Attachment G – ETFs Eligible for De Minimis Transaction Exemption

 

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CODE OF ETHICS

 

I. INTRODUCTION

 

A.                                    Standards of Business Conduct

 

Munder Capital Management (“MCM”) and its designated affiliates as set forth on Attachment F (each, an “Adviser” and collectively, the “Advisers”) seek to foster a reputation for integrity and professionalism. That reputation is a vital business asset. As registered investment advisers, the Advisers have a duty to deal fairly with and act in the best interests of their clients and the personnel of the Advisers have a duty to place the interests of the Advisers’ clients ahead of their own. The confidence and trust placed in the Advisers by their clients is something the personnel of the Advisers should value and endeavor to protect.

 

To further these goals, the Advisers adopted policies and procedures that pertain to the Advisers’ employees, officers, general partners and other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, as well as any other persons who provide investment advice on behalf of the Advisers and are subject to the Advisers’ supervision and control. The Advisers’ policies and procedures, including this Code of Ethics, require the personnel of the Advisers to adhere to certain standards of conduct and to comply with federal securities laws. Personnel of the Advisers should strive not only to comply with the Advisers’ policies and procedures, but to conduct themselves in such a manner as to instill confidence and trust in the Advisers’ clients.

 

B.                                    General Principles of this Code of Ethics

 

This Code of Ethics (“Code”) establishes rules of conduct for “Employees” and “Access Persons” (each as defined in Attachment A) of each of the entities comprising MCM, its designated affiliates as set forth on Attachment F and the Munder Family of Funds(1) (“Munder Funds”). The Code is designed to (i) govern the personal securities activities of Employees and Access Persons; (ii) prevent Employees and Access Persons from engaging in fraud; and (iii) require the Advisers to use reasonable diligence and institute procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of the Code.

 

As a general matter, in connection with personal securities transactions, (1) Employees and Access Persons of the Advisers should always place the interests of Advisory Clients (as defined in Attachment A) first; (2) Employees and Access Persons should ensure that all personal securities transactions are conducted consistent with this Code and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of such person’s position of trust and responsibility; and (3) Employees and Access Persons should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions.

 


(1) The Munder Family of Funds currently consists of Munder Series Trust.

 

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C. Applicability

 

1.                                      General Applicability of the Code

 

This Code applies to all Employees and all Access Persons (each as defined in Attachment A) of the Munder Funds, MCM and its designated affiliates as set forth on Attachment F.

 

2.                                      Application of the Code to Non-Interested Trustees

 

This Code applies to Non-Interested Trustees (as defined in Attachment A). However, a Non-Interested Trustee shall not be required to comply with Sections III.A., III.B.1. and III.B.2. of this Code(2) with respect to a personal securities transaction involving a Covered Security (as defined in Attachment A) unless such Non-Interested Trustee, at the time of the personal transaction, knew, or in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a Trustee of a Munder Fund should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately preceding the date of the Trustee’s personal transaction in the Covered Security, a Munder Fund purchased or sold the same Covered Security or such Covered Security was being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund or its investment adviser.

 

Certain provisions of the Code do not apply to Non-Interested Trustees who are Access Persons solely because they are Trustees of the Munder Funds. Specifically, the following provisions of the Code do not apply to the Non-Interested Trustees who are Access Persons solely by reason of their being Trustees of the Munder Funds: (i) the reporting of initial, quarterly and annual disclosure of personal securities holdings; (ii) restrictions relating to black-out periods, short-term trading, investments in limited offerings and initial public offerings; and (iii) restrictions regarding service as a director of a publicly-traded or privately held company.

 

Please note that the restrictions in the Code on short-term trading in shares of the Munder Funds by Access Persons also shall not apply to the Non-Interested Trustees who are Access Persons solely as a result of their being Trustees of the Munder Funds.

 

3.                                      Application of the Code to Interested Trustees

 

This Code also applies to Interested Trustees. An Interested Trustee, unlike a Non-Interested Trustee as described above in Section I.C.2., shall be required to comply with Sections III.A. and III.B. of this Code with respect to a personal securities transaction involving a Covered Security. However, if the trustee is designated as an Interested Trustee solely because of his or her prior business relationship with the Munder Funds or MCM (i.e., is not “Investment Personnel”, as defined in Attachment A), or due to a direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership interest (as defined in Attachment A)

 


(2) Sections III.A., III.B.1. and III.B.2. generally relate to the requirement to pre-clear personal trades, provide duplicate brokerage confirmations and statements and provide quarterly transaction reports.

 

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in any security issued by MCM or its parent company, the Interested Trustee shall only be required to comply with the provisions of this Code relating to (a) Quarterly Transaction Reports; and (b) Initial and Annual Holdings Reports (as described in Section III.B.). Moreover, the provisions of this Code regarding (i) restrictions on blackout periods and short-term trading; (ii) restrictions on investments in limited offerings and initial public offerings; and (iii) restrictions regarding services as a director of a publicly-traded or privately held company, shall not apply.

 

Please note that the restrictions in the Code on short-term trading in shares of the Munder Funds by Access Persons shall not apply to an Interested Trustee solely because of such Trustee’s prior business relationship with the Munder Funds or MCM (i.e., is not “Investment Personnel”, as defined in Attachment A), or due to a direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership interest (as defined in Attachment A) in any security issued by MCM or its parent company.

 

4.                                      Application of the Code to Certain Directors of Munder Capital Holdings, LLC

 

Directors of Munder Capital Holdings, LLC (“Munder Holdings”) who have timely completed and returned to the Designated Supervisory Person, at the time of receiving this Code and at least annually thereafter, a certification in the form attached as Attachment E shall not be subject to the provisions of the Code. However, a director of Munder Holdings shall be required to comply with Sections III.A., III.B.1. and III.B.2. of this Code(3) with respect to a personal securities transaction involving a Covered Security if such director, at the time of the personal transaction, knew, or in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a director of Munder Holdings should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately preceding the date of the personal transaction in the Covered Security, an Advisory Client purchased or sold the same Covered Security or such Covered Security was being considered for purchase or sale by an Advisory Client or an Adviser.

 

If a director of Munder Holdings obtains information or takes any action that would cause such director to be unable to make the required certification, suggesting that circumstances may have changed and the individual should be subject to all of the provisions of the Code applicable to Access Persons, the director must promptly inform the Designated Supervisory Person, and unless notified to the contrary by the Designated Supervisory Person, must thereafter comply with all relevant Code requirements applicable to Access Persons.

 


(3) Sections III.A., III.B.1. and III.B.2. generally relate to the requirement to pre-clear personal trades, provide duplicate brokerage confirmations and statements and provide quarterly transaction reports.

 

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5.                                      Application of the Code to Personnel of Funds Sub-advised by the Advisers

 

This Code does not apply to the directors, officers and general partners of funds for which the Advisers serve as a sub-adviser.

 

6.                                      Conflicts with Other Codes

 

To the extent this Code conflicts with any code of ethics or other code or policy to which an Employee or Access Person is also subject, this Code shall control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the other code of ethics is more restrictive than this Code, such other code of ethics shall be controlling, provided that (i) the Designated Supervisory Person (as defined in Attachment A) determines that the other code should be controlling and (ii) notifies the Employee or Access Person in writing of that determination.

 

II. RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES

 

A.                                    Blackout Periods for Personal Trades

 

1.                                 Pending Trades

 

No Employee or Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership (as defined in Attachment A) on a day during which an Advisory Client has a pending “buy” or “sell” order in that same Covered Security until that order is executed or withdrawn, unless the pending trade is an Index Trade or the pending trade is for a wrap fee account(4). Program Trades (as defined in Attachment A) that are pending when an Employee or Access Person requests preclearance for a personal trade will block the personal trade.

 

If the pending trade is a Limit Order, upon request of the Employee or Access Person, the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) will determine the likelihood of the Limit Order being “in the money” within the seven day blackout period. This determination will be made by a review of the historical trading activity, as well as information provided by the Trading Department. If it is anticipated that the Limit Order is not likely to be “in-the-money” within the seven-day blackout period, authorization may be granted at the discretion of the Designated Supervisory Person.

 


(4) All wrap fee accounts are in investment styles that also have non-wrap fee client accounts. Transactions related to model changes for the applicable account style in the non-wrap fee accounts will prohibit personal trades during the pending trade and seven-day blackout periods.

 

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2.                                      Seven-Day Blackout

 

Pre-Execution Trades. No portfolio manager of an Advisory Client, or Employee or Access Person linked to that portfolio manager by the Designated Supervisory Person, shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership within seven (7) calendar days before the Advisory Client’s trade in that Covered Security is executed, unless the Advisory Client’s trade is an Index Trade or is in a wrap fee account(4).

 

Post-Execution Trades. No Employee or Access Person shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership within seven (7) calendar days after an Advisory Client’s trade in that Covered Security is executed, unless the Advisory Client’s trade is an Index Trade or is in a wrap fee account(4).

 

General. For purposes of this Seven-Day Blackout restriction, the term “Advisory Client” shall not include any client for which an Adviser places orders through its trading department but does not otherwise serve as an investment adviser or sub-adviser, render investment advice or make investment decisions.

 

Program Trades (as defined in Attachment A) placed in the seven days before an Employee or Access Person makes a personal trade will block the personal trade at the pre-clearance stage. However, Program Trades placed in the seven days after an Employee or Access Person makes a personal trade will not cause the Employee or Access Person trade to be in violation of the Seven-Day Blackout Period.

 

3.                                      Exempt Transactions

 

The following transactions are exempt from the blackout periods described above in Sections II.A.1. and II.A.2.:

 

a.                                      Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the applicable Employee or Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control (for example, blind trusts or discretionary accounts where the Employee or Access Person and the investment advisor agree in writing to abide by these restrictions in a manner approved by the Designated Supervisory Person);

 

b.                                      Purchases that are effected as part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan, an automatic investment plan, a payroll deduction plan or program (including, but not limited to, automatic payroll deduction plans or programs and 401(k) plans or programs (both employee initiated and/or employer matching)), an employee stock purchase plan or program or other automatic stock purchase plans or programs;

 

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c.                                       Purchases or sales that are considered by the Designated Supervisory Person to have a remote potential to harm an Advisory Client because, for example, such purchases or sales would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market or because such purchases or sales are clearly not related economically to the securities held, purchased or sold by the Advisory Client;

 

d.                                      Purchases or sales that are non-volitional on the part of the applicable Employee or Access Person or a Fund;

 

e.                                       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 the issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

 

f.                                        Transactions in options on securities excluded from the definition of Covered Security;

 

g.                                       Transactions in commodities, futures (including currency futures and futures on securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly-traded market-based index of stocks), options on futures, options on currencies and options on certain indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based. The indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based may be changed from time to time and are listed in Attachment C. Options on indices that are not designated as broad-based are subject to the blackout periods; and

 

h.                                      De Minimis Trades.

 

B.                                                                                    Disclosure of Conflict of Interest & Review of Transactions of Certain Employees

 

1.                                 Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

 

The Advisers acknowledge that a conflict of interest may exist if an Adviser uses the services of a broker-dealer when a personal relationship between an Employee of the Adviser and that of a broker-dealer exists (e.g., a member of the Adviser’s trading desk or one of its portfolio managers has a relative or a close personal friend employed by the broker-dealer selected to execute client transactions).

 

The Advisers have determined that it is in the best interest of their respective clients, Employees and business relationships, including the selection of approved broker-dealers, to maintain a list of broker-dealer conflicts of interests relating to personal relationships between the Advisers’ Employees and approved broker-dealers.

 

a.                                      Each portfolio manager of an Advisory Client, or Employee linked to that portfolio manager by the Designated Supervisory Person, and each member of the trading desk must disclose to the Designated Supervisory Person

 

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(or his or her designee) any broker-dealer relationship or any potential conflict of interest prior to initiating any research or transaction activity with that broker-dealer.

 

b.                                      If a personal relationship or potential conflict of interest exists, a portfolio manager or trader must obtain prior approval from the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) before using the services of that broker-dealer.

 

c.                                       The Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) will maintain a list of the personal relationships and potential conflicts of interests relating to broker-dealer and will periodically inquire with the trading desk personnel and investment teams of any additions and or deletions to the list.

 

d.                                      The Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) will investigate any additions to the list to determine if there were any violations to the “prior notification/approval requirement” as discussed in item 1(a) and 1(b) above.

 

2.                                 Review of Certain Transactions

 

At the request of a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of an Adviser or of the Munder Funds, the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) will review the transactions of portfolio managers, Employees linked to portfolio managers by the Designated Supervisory Person, and their Immediate Family members. Such reviews shall be conducted in a manner deemed appropriate by the Designated Supervisory Person.

 

If it is determined that a portfolio manager, Employee linked to that portfolio manager, or their Immediate Family members engaged in inappropriate activity, the Designated Supervisory Person shall submit such findings to the Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee may impose whatever sanctions the Compliance Committee deems appropriate.

 

C.                                    Initial Public Offering and Limited Offering

 

No Employee or Access Person shall acquire directly or indirectly any securities in an “initial public offering” for his or her personal account except “initial public offerings” of registered investment companies. For this purpose, an “initial public offering” means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (As noted above, this provision does not apply to Non-Interested Trustees or Interested Trustees who are not also Investment Personnel.)

 

No Employee or Access Person shall acquire directly or indirectly securities in a “limited offering” (which are sometimes also referred to as “private placements”) except after receiving

 

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pre-clearance, as specified in Section III.A. hereof. In all such instances, the Employee or Access Person shall provide the Designated Supervisory Person with full details of the proposed transaction (including written certification that the investment opportunity did not arise by virtue of such Employee or Access Person’s activities on behalf of Advisory Clients). The Designated Supervisory Person may not approve any such transaction unless he or she determines, after consultation with other investment advisory personnel of the applicable Adviser, such as its Chief Investment Officer or Co-Chief Investment Officer, that Advisory Clients have no reasonably foreseeable interest in purchasing such securities.

 

For this purpose, a “limited offering” means an offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) or 4(6) thereof, or pursuant to Regulation D thereunder. (As noted above, this provision does not apply to Non-Interested Trustees or to Interested Trustees who are not also Investment Personnel.) An Employee or Access Person who has been authorized to acquire and has acquired securities in a “limited offering” must disclose that investment to the Designated Supervisory Person and either the Chief Investment Officer or Co-Chief Investment Officer prior to, and explain that the disclosure is being made is in connection with, such Employee or Access Person’s subsequent consideration of an investment in the issuer by an Advisory Client.

 

D.                                    Short-Term Trading

 

1.                                      Covered Securities

 

No Employee or Access Person shall purchase and sell, or sell and purchase, the same Covered Security in which such Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest within 30 calendar days. The 30 calendar days will be calculated from the date of the most recent transaction. Subject to Section V. below, any profit realized from a trade in violation of this provision shall be paid to the applicable Adviser, which shall, in turn, donate that amount to a charitable organization.

 

2.                                      Munder Funds Shares

 

No Employee or Access Person (or member of his or her Immediate Family) shall purchase and sell or sell and purchase shares of the same Munder Fund or fund sub-advised by an Adviser (see Attachment D for a list of mutual funds sub-advised by the Advisers) in which such Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest within a 30 day calendar period. The 30 calendar days will be calculated from the date of the most recent transaction.

 

Further, no Employee or Access Person (or member of his or her Immediate Family) shall exchange shares of one Munder Fund or fund sub-advised by an Adviser (with respect to which such Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest) for shares of another Munder Fund or fund sub-advised by an Adviser (with respect to which such Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest) within a 30 day calendar period. The 30 calendar days will be calculated from the date of the most recent transaction.

 

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Further, it is the goal of the Munder Funds to limit the number of “roundtrip” exchanges into and out of a Fund that an Employee or Access Person can make in any one year for any account in which the Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest to no more than six per year.

 

3.                                 Exempt Transactions

 

None of the above-specified restrictions on short-term trading shall apply to the following transactions:

 

a.                                      Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Employee or Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control (for example, blind trusts or discretionary accounts where the Employee or Access Person and the investment advisor agree in writing to abide by these restrictions in a manner approved by the Designated Supervisory Person);

 

b.                                      Purchases or sales that are non-volitional on the part of the Employee or Access Person;

 

c.                                       Purchases that are effected as part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan, an automatic investment plan, a payroll deduction plan or program (including, but not limited to, automatic payroll deduction plans or programs and 401(k) plans or programs (both employee initiated and/or employer matching)), an employee stock purchase plan or program, or other automatic stock purchase plans or programs;

 

d.                                      Sales that are part of an automatic withdrawal plan or program, including loans, withdrawals and distributions from 401(k) plans or programs;

 

e.                                       Purchases or sales with respect to shares of any of the taxable or tax-exempt money market funds sponsored by MCM (“Munder Money Market Funds”) or sub-advised by an Adviser;

 

f.                                        Except for short-term trading in shares of the Munder Funds, purchases or sales that are considered by the Designated Supervisory Person to have a remote potential to harm an Advisory Client because, for example, such purchases or sales would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market or because such purchases or sales are clearly not related economically to the securities held, purchased or sold by the Advisory Client;

 

g.                                       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 the issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

 

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h.                                      Transactions in options on securities excluded from the definition of Covered Security; and

 

i.                                          Transactions in commodities, futures (including currency futures and futures on securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly-traded market-based index of stocks), options on futures, options on currencies and options on certain indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based. The indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based may be changed from time to time and are listed in Attachment C. Options on indices that are not designated as broad-based are subject to the restrictions on short-term trading.

 

4.                                 Return of Profits

 

Subject to Section V. below, any profit realized by an Employee or Access Person from prohibited short-term trading in shares of the Munder Funds or funds sub-advised by an Adviser shall be returned to the relevant Munder Fund or sub-advised fund and shall be viewed for tax purposes as a payment made to correct an error.

 

E.                                    Gifts

 

The gift provisions below apply to officers and employees of the Advisers. Please see the Gift Policy in the Employee Handbook for further information.

 

1.                                      Accepting Gifts

 

On occasion, because of their positions with the Advisers or the Munder Funds, employees may be offered, or may receive without notice, gifts from clients, brokers, vendors or other persons affiliated with such entities. Acceptance of extraordinary or extravagant gifts is not permissible. Any such gifts must be declined, returned or given to the applicable Adviser to donate to charity in order to protect the reputation and integrity of the Advisers and the Munder Funds. Gifts of a nominal value (i.e., gifts whose reasonable aggregate value is no more than $100 a year), customary business meals, entertainment (e.g., reasonable sporting events) and promotional items (e.g., pens, mugs, T-shirts) may be accepted. Employees may not accept a gift of cash or a cash equivalent (e.g., gift certificates) in any amount. Employees must report the receipt of a gift to the Legal Department in accordance with the requirements of the Advisers’ Gift Policy.

 

2.                                      Solicitation of Gifts

 

Employees and officers of the Advisers may not solicit gifts or gratuities.

 

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3.                                      Giving Gifts

 

Employees and officers of the Advisers may not give any gift(s) with an aggregate value in excess of $100 per year to any person associated with any securities or financial organization, including exchanges, other FINRA member organizations, commodity firms, news media, or clients of the firm.

 

F.                                     Service as a Director

 

No Employee or Access Person shall serve on the board of directors of any publicly-traded company or privately-held company without prior authorization from the Compliance Committee, based upon a determination that such board service would not be inconsistent with the interests of the Advisory Clients. In instances in which such service is authorized, the Employee or Access Person will be isolated from making investment decisions relating to such company through the implementation of appropriate “Chinese Wall” procedures established by the CCO. This restriction does not apply to non-profit, charitable, civic, religious, public, political, educational or social organizations.

 

G.                                   Amendments and Waivers

 

The limitations and restrictions specified in subsections C through F of this Section II. may be modified only by the CCO on a case-by-case basis. Each such modification shall be documented in writing by the Designated Supervisory Person, including in particular the basis for the modification. If material, such modification must be approved by the Board of Trustees of the Munder Funds no later than six months after adoption of the change.

 

Although exceptions to the Code will rarely, if ever, be granted, the CCO may grant exceptions to the requirements of the Code on a case-by-case basis if he or she finds that the proposed conduct involves negligible opportunity for abuse. All material exceptions must be in writing and must be reported to the Board of Trustees of the Munder Funds at its next regularly scheduled meeting after the exception is granted. For purposes of this Section, an exception will be deemed to be material if the transaction involves more than 1,000 shares or has a dollar value in excess of $25,000.

 

When requesting an exception to the restrictions on short-term trading in Section II.D., an Employee or Access Person must demonstrate that (1) the short-term trading would not have a material impact on the relevant Munder Fund and its shareholders or the relevant fund sub-advised by an Adviser and its shareholders; (2) the transaction involves less than 1,000 shares of any Munder Fund or fund sub-advised by an Adviser; and (3) the aggregate dollar value of the shares that would be purchased or sold on a short-term basis is not in excess of $25,000. The CCO will grant exceptions only in limited circumstances. No waivers will be granted to portfolio managers with respect to short-term trading in shares of any Munder Fund or sub-advised fund for which they provide advisory services.

 

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III. COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES

 

A.                                    Pre-Clearance Requirements

 

1.                                      General Requirement

 

All purchases or sales (including the writing of an option to purchase or sell and the giving of a gift (but not the receipt of a gift)) of a Covered Security in which an Employee or Access Person (or a member of his or her Immediate Family) has or will have a Beneficial Ownership interest must be pre-cleared with the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee). In addition, all trades in shares of the Munder Funds and funds sub-advised by an Adviser, except money market funds, in which any Employee or Access Person (or member of his or her Immediate Family) has or will have a Beneficial Ownership interest (including shares owned through any 401(k) or other retirement plan) must be pre-cleared with the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee).

 

2.                                      Exempt Transactions

 

The following transactions are exempt from the pre-clearance requirements described in this Section III.A.:

 

a.                                      Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Employee or Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control (for example, blind trusts or discretionary accounts where the Employee or Access Person and the investment advisor agree in writing to abide by these restrictions in a manner approved by the Designated Supervisory Person);

 

b.                                      Purchases that are effected as part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan, an automatic investment plan, a payroll deduction plan or program (including, but not limited to, automatic payroll deduction plans or programs and 401(k) plans or programs (both employee initiated and/or employer matching)), automatic stock purchase plans or programs, or an employee stock purchase plan or program;

 

c.                                       Sales that are part of an automatic withdrawal plan or program, including loans, withdrawals and distributions from 401(k) plans or programs;

 

d.                                      Purchases or sales that are non-volitional on the part of the Employee or Access Person or a Fund;

 

e.                                       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 the issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

 

f.                                        Transactions in collective funds or common trust funds;

 

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g.                                       Transactions in options on securities excluded from the definition of Covered Security; and

 

h.                                      Transactions in commodities, futures (including currency futures and futures on securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly-traded market-based index of stocks), options on futures, options on currencies and options on certain indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based. The indices designated by the Compliance Department as broad-based may be changed from time to time and are listed in Attachment C. Options on indices that are not designated as broad-based are subject to the preclearance requirements

 

3.                                      Trade Authorization Requests

 

Prior to entering an order for a personal trade that requires pre-clearance, an Employee or Access Person must complete a written or electronic request for preclearance providing the following information:

 

a.                                      Name and symbol of security;

 

b.                                      Maximum quantity to be purchased or sold;

 

c.                                       Name of broker effecting the transaction; and

 

d.                                      Type of transaction (e.g. buy, sell, exchange, etc).

 

The request must be submitted to the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee). After receiving the written or electronic request, the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) will, as appropriate (a) review the information, (b) except for De Minimis Trades(5), independently confirm whether there are any pending or unexecuted orders to purchase or sell the Covered Securities by an Advisory Client, and (c) as soon as reasonably practicable, determine whether to authorize the proposed securities transaction. De Minimis Trades will be authorized without regard to the existence of any pending or unexecuted orders to purchase or sell that same Covered Security by an Advisory Client or the execution of any Advisory Client’s trade in that same Covered Security within seven (7) calendar days before or after the requested De Minimis trade.

 

No order for a securities transaction for which pre-clearance authorization is sought may be placed prior to the receipt of written or electronic authorization of the transaction by the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee). Verbal approvals are not permitted and may not be relied upon. Employees and Access Persons

 


(5) Whether a transaction qualifies as a De Minimis Trade is determined at the time that pre-clearance is granted or denied.

 

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are solely responsible for their compliance with the Code. Pre-clearance should not be construed as an assurance that a personal securities transaction complies with all provisions of this Code.

 

4.                                 Representations and Warranties

 

Each time an Employee or Access Person makes a pre-clearance request, other than a pre-clearance request with respect to a transaction in shares of the Munder Funds by portfolio managers, the Employee or Access Person shall be deemed to be making the following representations and warranties:

 

a.                                      He/she does not possess any material non-public information regarding the issuer of the security;

 

b.                                      To his/her knowledge, there are no pending trades in the security (or any derivative of it) by an Advisory Client (other than an Index Trade or a wrap fee account);

 

c.                                       To his/her knowledge, the security (or any derivative of it) is not being considered for purchase or sale by any Advisory Client (other than an Index Trade or a wrap fee account);

 

d.                                      If he/she is a portfolio manager or a person linked to a portfolio manager, none of the accounts managed by him/her (or such portfolio manager) has purchased or sold this security (or any derivatives of it) within the past 7 calendar days (other than an Index Trade or a wrap fee account); and

 

e.                                       He/she has read the Code of Ethics within the prior 12 months and believes that the proposed trade fully complies with the requirements of the Code.

 

5.                                 Duration of Pre-Clearance Approval

 

Personal trades should be placed with a broker promptly after receipt of the preclearance approval so as to minimize the risk of potential conflict arising from a client trade in the same security being placed after the pre-clearance is given.

 

The pre-clearance approval will expire at the open of business (generally 9:00 a.m., Detroit time) on the next trading day after authorization is received. The Employee or Access Person is required to renew such pre-clearance if the pre-cleared trade (including any buys or sells made pursuant to a Limit Order) is not completed before the authority expires.

 

For Stop-Loss Orders, the pre-clearance approval to place the Stop-Loss Order with the broker expires at the open of business on the next trading day after authorization is received, but the pre-clearance approval for the actual sale of the security does not expire and remains effective until the security subject to the order is sold. The Employee

 

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or Access Person must obtain separate pre-clearance approval to terminate the Stop Loss Order prior to the time that the security subject to the order is sold.

 

With respect to trades in the Munder Funds, the trade date may be the next trading day after pre-clearance is granted, due to the timing of processing transactions. In addition, the trade date on transactions processed through the mail may be different from the pre-clearance date.

 

6.                                 Execution of Trades and Commissions

 

No personal trades may be placed or executed directly through the institutional trading desk of a broker-dealer that also handles any of the Advisers’ or their respective clients’ trading activity. Only normal, retail brokerage relationships generally available to other similar members of the general public are permitted. Commissions on personal transactions may be negotiated, but payment of a commission rate that is lower than the rate available to retail customers through similar negotiations is prohibited.

 

B.                                    Reporting Requirements

 

1.                                      Brokerage Statements and Confirmations

 

Each Employee and Access Person and members of his or her Immediate Family (excluding Non-Interested Trustees and their Immediate Family members) must arrange for the Legal Department to receive directly from any broker, dealer or bank that effects any securities transaction, duplicate copies of each confirmation for each such transaction and periodic statements for all accounts that hold any securities in which such Employee or Access Person has a Beneficial Ownership interest. This requirement applies even if the transaction involves or the account holds a non-Reportable Security and specifically includes brokerage statements and confirmations with respect to transactions involving shares of the Munder Funds and funds sub-advised by an Adviser. To assist in making these arrangements, the Legal Department will send a letter to each broker, dealer or bank based on the information provided by the Employee or Access Person. Exceptions to this policy must be pre-approved by the Compliance Department.

 

2.                                      Quarterly Transaction Reports

 

a.                                      General Requirement

 

In addition to providing the duplicate confirmations and periodic statements required by the preceding paragraph on a timely basis, each Employee and Access Person shall, on a quarterly basis, confirm the accuracy of the information previously provided to the Legal Department. Each Employee and Access Person shall also list any previously unreported transaction that occurred prior to the end of the quarter to which the report relates involving a Reportable Security (as defined in Attachment A) in which the Employee or Access Person had, or as a result of the transaction acquired, any direct or indirect Beneficial

 

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Ownership. Previously unreported transactions might include, for example, a private placement or limited offering that is not purchased through an Employee or Access Person’s brokerage account, securities acquired through a gift or inheritance, or De Minimis Trades.

 

b.                                 Exempt Transactions

 

The following transactions are not required to be reported on a quarterly basis as described in this Section III.B.2.:

 

i.                                          Purchases or sales effected in any account over which the Employee or Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control (for example, blind trusts or discretionary accounts where the Employee or Access Person and the investment advisor agree in writing to abide by these restrictions in a manner approved by the Designated Supervisory Person); and

 

ii.                                       Purchases or sales that are effected as part of an automatic investment plan, including an automatic dividend reinvestment plan. An automatic investment plan means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation. However, any transaction that overrides the preset schedule or allocation of the automatic investment plan is not exempt.

 

c.                                  Reporting Deadline

 

Each Employee and each Access Person must submit any report required by this Section III.B.2. to the Designated Supervisory Person no later than 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction occurred.

 

d.                                 Report Content

 

The report must contain the following information with respect to each previously undisclosed securities transaction:

 

i.                                          The date of the transaction, the title, the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, the interest rate and the maturity date (if applicable), the number of shares, and the principal amount of each security;

 

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

 

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iii.                                    The price of the security at which the transaction was effected;

 

iv.                                   The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through which the transaction was effected; and

 

v.                                      The date that the report is submitted by the Employee or Access Person.

 

To the extent such information is not included in the duplicate confirmations, statements, periodic reports or other written information previously provided to the Designated Supervisory Person, the following information must also be provided in the report submitted by the Employee or Access Person with respect to any account established in which any securities were held during the prior calendar quarter for the direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership interest of the Employee or Access Person:

 

i.                                          The name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Employee or Access Person established the account;

 

ii.                                       The date the account was established.

 

3.                                 Initial and Annual Disclosure of Personal Holdings

 

No later than 10 days after becoming an Employee or Access Person and thereafter on an annual calendar year basis, each Employee and each Access Person must submit a Personal Holdings of Securities report.

 

The Initial and Annual Reports of Personal Holdings of Securities must contain:

 

a.                                      The title and type of security, and as applicable the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, the number of shares, and principal amount of each Reportable Security in which the Employee or Access Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership interest;

 

b.                                      The name of any broker, dealer or bank with which the Employee or Access Person maintains an account in which any securities are held for the Employee or Access Person’s direct or indirect benefit; and

 

c.                                       The date the Employee or Access Person submits the report.

 

The information in the report must be current as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date the report is submitted.

 

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If not previously provided, the Employee or Access Person must provide or ensure that reports or duplicate copies of supporting documentation (e.g., brokerage statements or similar documents) of securities holdings required to be reported herein are provided to the Designated Supervisory Person.

 

4.                                      Certification of Compliance

 

Each Employee and each Access Person is required to certify annually that he or she has received a copy of the Code, has read and understood the Code and acknowledges that he or she is subject to it. Further, each Employee and each Access Person is required to certify annually that he or she has complied with all the requirements of the Code and that he or she has disclosed or reported all personal securities transactions, holdings and accounts required to be disclosed or reported pursuant to the requirements of the Code.

 

5.                                      Permitted Disclaimer

 

Any report submitted to comply with the requirements of this Section III.B., may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that such person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the securities to which the report relates.

 

C.                                    Distribution of the Code to Persons Subject to the Code

 

The Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) shall provide a copy of this Code to each Employee and each Access Person within 10 days of such person becoming subject to the Code. Thereafter, the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) shall provide each Employee and each Access Person with a copy of the Code on an annual basis and promptly after any amendment to the Code. Each Employee and each Access Person, unless specifically exempted herein, shall acknowledge receipt of the Code and any amendments thereto.

 

D.                                    Quarterly Review

 

At least quarterly, the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee) shall review and compare the confirmations and quarterly reports received with the written preclearance authorization provided. Such review shall include, as appropriate:

 

1.                                      Whether the securities transaction complied with this Code;

 

2.                                      Whether the securities transaction was authorized in advance of its placement;

 

3.                                      Whether the securities transaction was executed before the expiration of any approval under the provisions of this Code;

 

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4.                                      Whether any Advisory Client accounts owned the securities at the time of the securities transaction; and

 

5.                                      Whether any Advisory Client accounts purchased or sold the securities in the securities transaction within seven (7) days of the securities transaction.

 

E.                                    Reviews Involving An Employee’s Own Personal Trades

 

No employee, including the Designated Supervisory Person (or his or her designee), may authorize or review their own personal trades. Any authorization or review required under this Code shall be performed by someone other than the person who’s trades are at issue.

 

F.                                     Reports to the Boards of Trustees/Directors

 

1.                                      Annual Reports

 

The Designated Supervisory Person shall prepare an annual report for the Board of each Munder Fund on behalf of MCM and any sub-adviser. At a minimum, the report shall: (a) summarize the existing Code procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the Code and its procedures made during the year; (b) describe any issues arising under the Code since the last report to the Board, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the Code or the procedures, and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; (c) certify to the Board that the Munder Funds and MCM have adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating the Code; and (d) identify any recommended material changes in existing restrictions or procedures.

 

2.                                      Quarterly Reports

 

At each quarterly meeting of the Munder Funds’ Boards, MCM, and any sub-adviser of a Munder Fund shall report to the Boards concerning:

 

a.                                      Any transaction that appears to evidence a possible violation of this Code;

 

b.                                      Apparent violations of the reporting requirements of this Code;

 

c.                                       Any securities transactions that occurred during the prior quarter that may have been inconsistent with the provisions of the codes of ethics adopted by a Fund’s sub-adviser or principal underwriter; and

 

d.                                      Any significant remedial action taken in response to such violations described in paragraph c. above.

 

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IV. GENERAL POLICIES

 

A. Anti-Fraud

 

It shall be a violation of this Code for any Employee or Access Person or principal underwriter for any Advisory Client, or any affiliated person of the Advisers, any sub-adviser to, or the principal underwriter of, any Advisory Client in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such person of any security which, within the most recent 15 days was held by an Advisory Client, or was considered by the Adviser for purchase by the Advisory Client, to:

 

1.                                      employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud an Advisory Client;

 

2.                                      make to an Advisory Client any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to an Advisory Client a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

 

3.                                      engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon an Advisory Client; or

 

4.                                      engage in any manipulative practice with respect to an Advisory Client.

 

B.                                    Involvement in Criminal Matters or Investment-Related Civil Proceedings

 

Each Employee and each Access Person must notify the Legal Department, as soon as reasonably practical, if he or she is arrested, arraigned, indicted or pleads no contest to any criminal offense (other than minor traffic violations) or if named as a defendant in any investment-related civil proceedings or any administrative or disciplinary action.

 

V. REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE

 

Any Employee or Access Person who becomes aware of a violation of this Code, whether on the part of the Employee or Access Person or any other person subject to the Code, shall promptly report such violation to the CCO. Failure to disclose or report to the CCO any violation of this Code is in and of itself a violation of the Code. An Employee or Access Person shall not be subject to retaliation as a result of any report made pursuant to this Section V. However, if an Employee or Access Person believes that he or she may suffer retaliation, such Employee or Access Person may report the violation on an anonymous basis.

 

VI. SANCTIONS

 

Upon discovering that an Employee or Access Person has not complied with the requirements of this Code, the Designated Supervisory Person shall submit such findings to the Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee may impose on that Employee or Access

 

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Person whatever sanctions the Compliance Committee deems appropriate, including, among other things, the unwinding of the transaction and the disgorgement of profits, a letter of censure, mandatory Code of Ethics training, monetary sanctions, suspension or termination of employment. Any significant sanction imposed shall be reported to the Munder Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and Boards in accordance with Section III.E. above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Designated Supervisory Person shall have discretion to determine, on a case-by-case basis, that no material violation shall be deemed to have occurred. The Designated Supervisory Person may recommend that no action be taken, including waiving the requirement to disgorge profits under Section II.D. of this Code. A written memorandum of any such finding shall be filed with reports made pursuant to this Code.

 

VII.                          INVESTMENT ADVISER AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER CODES

 

Each Munder Fund’s investment adviser, sub-adviser and, if appropriate, principal underwriter shall adopt, maintain and enforce a code of ethics with respect to their personnel in compliance with Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”) and/or Section 15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”) as applicable, and shall forward to the Designated Supervisory Person and the Munder Fund’s administrator copies of such codes and all future amendments and modifications thereto. The Munder Funds’ Boards, including a majority of Non-Interested Trustees of the Boards, must approve the Munder Funds’ Code and the code of any investment adviser, sub-adviser or principal underwriter of a Munder Fund unless, in the case of the principal underwriter that is not affiliated with MCM, it is exempt from this approval requirement under Rule 17j-1.

 

VIII.                     RECORDKEEPING

 

This Code, the codes of any investment adviser, sub-adviser and principal underwriter, a copy of each report by an Employee or Access Person, any written report by the Advisers, any sub-adviser or the principal underwriter and lists of all persons required to make reports shall be preserved with the Advisers’ records in the manner and to the extent required by Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act (if applicable) and Rule 204-2 under the Advisers Act.

 

The Designated Supervisory Person shall maintain such reports and such other records as are required by this Code.

 

IX.                              CONFIDENTIALITY

 

All information obtained from any Employee or Access Person hereunder shall be kept in strict confidence, except that reports of securities transactions hereunder may be made available to the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory or self-regulatory organization, and may otherwise be disclosed to the extent required by law or regulation.

 

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X.                                   OTHER LAWS, RULES AND STATEMENTS OF POLICY

 

Nothing contained in this Code shall be interpreted as relieving any Employee or Access Person from acting in accordance with the provisions of any applicable law, rule, or regulation or any other statement of policy or procedures governing the conduct of such person adopted by the Advisers or a Munder Fund. No exception to a provision in the Code shall be granted where such exception would result in a violation of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act or Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act.

 

XI.                              FURTHER INFORMATION

 

If any person has any questions with regard to the applicability of the provisions of this Code generally or with regard to any securities transaction or transactions, such person should consult with the Designated Supervisory Person.

 

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Attachment A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

“Access Person” shall mean: (a) every trustee, director, officer and general partner of the Munder Funds and the Advisers, (b) every director, officer, general partner or employee of the Munder Funds or an Adviser (or of any company in a control(6) relationship to a Munder Fund or an Adviser) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities by an Advisory Client, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendation to an Advisory Client regarding the purchase or sale of Covered Securities, (c) every employee of an Adviser who obtains information concerning recommendations made to an Advisory Client with regard to the purchase or sale of a Covered Security prior to their dissemination, and (d) such persons designated by the Legal Department. The term “Access Person” does not include any person who is subject to securities transaction reporting requirements of a code of ethics adopted by a Munder Fund’s administrator, transfer agent or principal underwriter which contains provisions that are substantially similar to those in this Code and which is also in compliance with Rule 17j1 of the 1940 Act and Section 15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable. Any uncertainty as to whether an individual is an Access Person should be brought to the attention of the Legal Department. Such questions will be resolved in accordance with, and this definition shall be subject to, the definitions of “Access Person” found in Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. A person who normally assists in the preparation of public reports or who receives public reports but who receives no information about current recommendations or trading or who obtains knowledge of current recommendations or trading activity once or infrequently or inadvertently shall not be deemed to be an Access Person.

 

“Advisory Client” means any client (including investment companies, private funds and managed accounts) for which an Adviser serves as an investment adviser or sub-adviser, renders investment advice, makes investment decisions or places orders through its trading department.

 

“Beneficial Ownership.” A person is generally deemed to have beneficial ownership of a security if the person, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares a direct or indirect “pecuniary interest” in the security. The term “pecuniary interest” generally means the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction in the securities. A person is refutably deemed to have an “indirect pecuniary interest” in any securities held by members of the person’s Immediate Family. An indirect pecuniary interest also includes, among other things: a general partner’s proportionate interest in the portfolio securities held by a general or limited partnership; a performance-related fee, other than an asset-based fee, received by any broker, dealer, bank, insurance company, investment company, investment adviser, investment manager, trustee or person or entity performing a similar function; a person’s right to dividends that is separated or separable from the underlying securities; a person’s interest in securities held by certain trusts; and a person’s right to acquire equity securities through the exercise or conversion of any derivative security, whether or not presently exercisable, the term “derivative security” being generally defined as any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar

 


(6) “Control” shall be interpreted to have the same meaning as in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.

 

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right with an exercise or conversion privilege at a price related to an equity security, or similar securities with, or value derived from, the value of an equity security. For purposes of the Code, a person who is a shareholder of a corporation or similar entity is not deemed to have a pecuniary interest in portfolio securities held by the corporation or entity, so long as the shareholder is not a controlling shareholder of the corporation or the entity and does not have or share investment control over the corporation’s or the entity portfolio. The foregoing definitions are to be interpreted by reference to Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the 1934 Act, except that the determination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership for purposes of this Code must be made with respect to all securities that an Employee or Access Person has or acquires.

 

“Covered Security” means any Security (as defined below) except (i) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and High Quality Short-Term Debt Instruments (including repurchase agreements); (iii) shares of open-end investment companies registered under the 1940 Act; and (vi) qualified tuition programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“529 Plans”) for which an Adviser or a control affiliate of an Adviser does not manage distribute, market or underwrite the 529 Plan of the investments and strategies underlying the 529 Plan that is a college savings plan. Open-end registered investment companies include the Munder Funds. All exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) are Covered Securities.

 

Covered Security does not include commodities or options on commodities, but the purchase and sale of such instruments are nevertheless subject to the reporting requirements of the Code.

 

“De Minimis Trade” means a personal trade in a transaction involving no more than $10,000 of (1) a common stock then listed on the S&P 500 Index or (2) an ETF designated on Attachment G, or any other ETF approved by the CCO in his or her discretion. If, however, during any two consecutive calendar quarters, aggregate purchase or sale transactions by an Employee or Access Person in shares of the same issuer exceed a cumulative value of $30,000, a subsequent transaction in the issuer’s securities shall no longer be regarded as a De Minimis Trade.

 

“Designated Supervisory Person” means each person designated as a Designated Supervisory Person in Attachment B hereto.

 

“Direct Obligations of the Government of the United States” means any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing. Direct Obligations of the Government of the United States include Cash Management Bills, Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds, and those Treasury securities designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury as eligible to participate in the STRIPS (Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities) program.

 

Securities issued by entities controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States are not Direct Obligations of the Government of the United States. This includes securities issued by, for example, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the

 

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Land Banks, Federal Farm Credit Banks, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Small Business Administration, the General Services Administration, Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), the Central Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks and the Maritime Administration.

 

“Employee” means each employee of an Adviser.

 

“High Quality Short-Term Debt Instrument” means any instrument that has a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.

 

“Immediate Family” of an Employee or Access Person means any of the following persons who reside in the same household as the Employee or Access Person:

 

child

grandparent

son-in-law

stepchild

spouse

daughter-in-law

grandchild

sibling

brother-in-law

parent

mother-in-law

sister-in-law

stepparent

father-in-law

 

 

Immediate Family includes adoptive relationships and any other relationship (whether or not recognized by law) which the CCO determines could lead to the possible conflicts of interest, diversions of corporate opportunity, or appearances of impropriety which this Code is intended to prevent.

 

An “Index Trade” occurs when a portfolio manager directs a securities trade in an index-or quantitative-style Advisory Client account, such as an account managed to replicate the S&P 500 Index or the S&P MidCap 400 Index, in order for the account to maintain its index weightings in that security.

 

“Interested Trustee” is any person who is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, except for those who are “interested persons” of a Munder Fund solely by reason of being a member of its Board of Trustees or advisory board or an owner of its securities, or a member in the Immediate Family of such a person.

 

“Investment Personnel” is any employee of the Munder Funds or the Advisers (or of any company in a control relationship to the Munder Funds or an Adviser) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes or participates in making recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of securities by the Munder Funds; or any natural person who controls the Munder Funds or an Adviser and who obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Munder Funds regarding the purchase or sale of securities by the Munder Funds.

 

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“Limit Order” is an order to a broker to buy a specified quantity of a security at or below a specified price, or to sell a specified quantity at or above a specified price (called the limit price). A Limit Order ensures that a person will never pay more for the stock than whatever price is set as his/her limit.

 

“Non-Interested Trustee” is any person who is an Access Person by virtue of being a trustee or director of a Munder Fund, but who is not an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of a Munder Fund unless such Non-Interested Trustee, at the time of a securities transaction, knew, or in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a trustee of a Munder Fund should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately preceding the date of the transaction by such person, the security such person purchased or sold is or was purchased or sold by a Munder Fund or was being considered for purchase or sale by a Munder Fund or its investment adviser. For purposes of this Code, a “Non-Interested Trustee” shall include each trustee of a Munder Fund who is not also a director, trustee, officer, partner or employee or controlling person of a Munder Fund’s investment adviser, sub-adviser, administrator, custodian, transfer agent, or distributor.

 

“Program Trade” means a trade that is done to either invest cash or raise cash and that includes transactions in at least 50% of the securities in the applicable MCM advisory client account or accounts. Program Trades generally arise in any of three situations: (1) cash or other assets are being added to an account and the portfolio manager instructs the trader that new securities are to be purchased in a manner that maintains the account’s existing allocations; (2) cash is being withdrawn from an account and the portfolio manager instructs the trader that securities are to be sold in a manner that maintains the account’s current securities allocations; or (3) a new account is established and the portfolio manager instructs the trader to buy specific securities in the same allocation percentages as are held by other advisory client accounts managed in the same strategy.

 

“Reportable Fund” means any investment company registered under the 1940 Act for which an Adviser serves as an investment adviser or sub-adviser and any investment company registered under the 1940 Act whose investment adviser or principal underwriter controls an Adviser, is controlled by an Adviser, or is under common control with an Adviser. (See Attachment D).

 

“Reportable Security” means any Security (as defined below) except (i) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and High Quality Short-Term Debt Instruments (including repurchase agreements); (iii) shares issued by money market funds; (iv) shares issued by other open-end investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, unless it is a Reportable Fund; (v) shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end registered investment companies, none of which are Reportable Funds; and (vi) qualified tuition programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“529 Plans”) for which Adviser or a control affiliate of an Adviser does not manage distribute, market or underwrite the 529 Plan of the investments and strategies underlying the 529 Plan that is a college savings plan. All Exchange Traded Funds are Reportable Securities. Shares of closed-

 

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end investment companies are Reportable Securities regardless of affiliation. Shares issued by unit investment trusts might include separate account options under variable insurance contracts.

 

“Security” means any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, common trust fund, collective fund, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guaranty of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing. 529 Plans are securities.

 

“Stop-Loss Order” is an order to a broker to sell a security when it reaches a certain price. A stop-loss order is designed to limit an investor’s loss on a security position.

 

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Attachment B

 

CONTACT PERSONS

 

DESIGNATED SUPERVISORY PERSON

 

Stephen J. Shenkenberg

 

DESIGNEES OF DESIGNATED SUPERVISORY PERSON

 

Mary Ann Shumaker

Linda Meints

 

DESIGNEES OF DESIGNATED SUPERVISORY PERSON

Under Section III.A. (Pre-Clearance Approval) Only

 

Janette Ash

 

LEGAL DEPARTMENT

 

Stephen J. Shenkenberg

Mary Ann Shumaker

Amy Eisenbeis

Julie Habrowski

Jay Aslani

Linda Meints

Janette Ash

Rochelle Gulich

 

COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

 

James FitzGerald

Stephen J. Shenkenberg

Peter Hoglund

 

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Attachment C

 

LIST OF BROAD-BASED INDICES

 

Listed below are the broad-based indices as designated by the Compliance Department.

 

DESCRIPTION OF OPTION

 

SYMBOL

 

EXCHANGE

 

NASDAQ-100

 

NDX

 

CBOE

 

S & P 100 *

 

OEX

 

CBOE

 

S & P MidCap 400 Index *

 

MID

 

CBOE

 

S & P 500 *

 

SPX

 

CBOE

 

 


* Includes LEAPs

 

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Attachment D

 

REPORTABLE FUNDS(1)
(As defined in Attachment A)

 

FUND NAME

 

ADVISER/SUB-ADVISER

 

INTERNAL 
ACCT #

 

The Munder Funds

 

Munder Capital Management/ Integrity Asset Management

 

various

 

SEI Institutional Investments Trust — Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund

 

Integrity Asset Management

 

I4001SMI

 

SEI Institutional Managed Trust — Small Cap Fund

 

Integrity Asset Management

 

I4039SCV

 

 


(1)As of September 11, 2012

 

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Attachment E

 

CERTIFICATION BY DIRECTORS OF
MUNDER CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC

 

I,                               , do hereby certify and affirm that:

 

(1)                                 I serve as a director of Munder Capital Holdings, LLC (“Munder Holdings) and I am not a director, officer, general partner or employee of Munder Capital Management (“MCM”) or its designated affiliates or otherwise subject to the Code(7) for any reason other than my service as a director of Munder Holdings.

 

(2)                                 During the immediate prior calendar year:

 

(a)                                 I have not had access to nonpublic information regarding the purchase or sale of securities by or on behalf of any client of MCM or its designated affiliates, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Reportable Fund;

 

(b)                                 I have not been involved in making securities recommendations to clients of MCM or its designated affiliates;

 

(c)                                  I have not had access to any nonpublic information regarding the securities recommendations made to any client of MCM or its designated affiliates;

 

(d)                                 I have not, with respect to any Reportable Fund, made, participated in, or obtained information about, the purchase or sale of a Covered Security or related recommendations;

 

(e)                                  My regular functions and duties as a director of Munder Holdings have not, with respect to Reportable Funds, related to such recommendations, purchases or sales; and

 

(f)                                   I am aware of and have complied with all provisions of the Code that are relevant to me and with any policies and procedures of MCM and its designated affiliates relevant to the control of sensitive information about client accounts or recommendations to which I may be subject. I further agree to continue to comply with all such policies and procedures, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

(3)                                 If any of the representations set forth above ceases to be true, I will inform the Designated Supervisory Person promptly and, unless otherwise notified by the Designated Supervisory Person, I will thereafter comply with relevant Code requirements applicable to Access Persons.

 

(4)                                 I recognize that I am providing this certification in order to allow me to qualify for the exception in the Code provided by section I.C.4. I have read, understand and agree to abide by

 

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(7) Capitalized terms used in this certification but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Code of Ethics for Access Persons of The Munder Funds, Munder Capital Management and Pierce Street Advisors, LLC.

 



 

the Code and, in particular, those provisions of the Code relevant specifically to Munder Holdings Directors.

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

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Attachment F

 

DESIGNATED AFFILIATES OF MUNDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
As of May 13, 2014

 

Integrity Asset Management, LLC

 

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