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WHAT:           

As we approach 2006, hear what Guardian Group of Funds (GGOF) and its leading international fund managers think about the year to come, including their thoughts on investing in resources and Asia and how that can help to manage interest rate fluctuation and rising inflation.

Experts will review:

►     How to protect a portfolio against inflation and rising interest rates

►    Market trends: why resources and Asia will be among the better performing asset classes

WHO: 

Andrew Foster, Matthews International Capital Management (MICM)

Director of Research for MICM (Lead Managers of GGOF Asian Growth and Income Fund)

Andrew Foster originally joined Matthews in 1998, previously working as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group in Singapore. Matthews International Capital Management was founded in San Francisco in 1991. It invests exclusively in Asian markets and currently has $5.3 billion in assets under management.

Wally Kusters, Barrantagh Investment Management

Co-manager of GGOF Resource Fund

Wally Kusters is a Managing Director and Lead Equity Manager at Barrantagh Investment Management. He started in the investment industry in 1987 and joined Barrantagh in 2002. Barrantagh, a Toronto-based investment firm, manages $325 million in assets and is anchored by four co-managing directors.

Gavin Graham, Vice-President, Director of Investments, Guardian Group of Funds

Gavin Graham supervises GGOF’s portfolio advisors and is a frequent media commentator. Prior to joining GGOF, Gavin was a principal in a San Francisco-based Asian market specialist mutual fund management company. Before moving to San Francisco, Mr. Graham was based in Hong Kong for eight years, serving as Chief Investment Officer of Citibank Global Asset Management, Investment Director for Connaught Investment Ltd. and as Senior Fund Manager and Director for Thornton Management (Asia) Ltd., a subsidiary of Dresdner RCM Global Investors.

WHEN:           

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

WHERE:        

Call in number:   416-695-9719 or 1-877-323-2011

A print transcript of the conference call will be available upon request.

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