Scotia Capital Inc. has announced several changes to the portfolio management of Pinnacle funds.

Metropolitan West Capital Management LLC has replaced Equinox Capital Management LLC as portfolio manager of the Pinnacle American Value Equity Fund. American Century Investment Management, Inc. has replaced Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC as Portfolio Manager of the Pinnacle American Large Cap Growth Equity Fund. Mawer Investment Management has replaced Acuity Investment Management, Inc. as Portfolio Manager of the Pinnacle Canadian Small Cap Growth Equity Fund.

The Pinnacle American Value Equity Fund, Pinnacle American Large Cap Growth Equity Fund, and Pinnacle Canadian Small Cap Growth Equity Fund are three of 27 funds exclusively designed for the Pinnacle Program, one of the managed asset programs offered through ScotiaMcLeod, a division of Scotia Capital.

The 27 Pinnacle Funds are exclusive to ScotiaMcLeod, the retail arm of Scotia Capital Inc, and are managed by leading investment managers, whose performance is consistently monitored and evaluated by a third-party investment management consultant in partnership with ScotiaMcLeod.