Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Upstream Energy Income Index

DALLAS, March 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing^® Asset Management, LP announce today the upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing^® Upstream Energy Income Index (the "Index") as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on April 1, 2016, the 25 constituents of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on April 4, 2016.

Cushing^® Upstream Energy Index constituents, effective April 4, 2016:

Constituents removed, effective April 4, 2016:

ABOUT THE CUSHING^® UPSTREAM ENERGY INCOME INDEX

The Index is designed to track the performance of publicly traded U.S. royalty trusts and upstream exploration and production ("Upstream") energy master limited partnerships ("MLPs"). The Index is currently comprised of 25 U.S. royalty trusts and Upstream MLPs, weighted on a float-adjusted market capitalization basis with the weight of each constituent capped at 7.5% at rebalance. The Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices while the constituents are selected from the entire universe of publicly traded U.S. royalty trusts and Upstream MLPs. The Index is quoted under the Bloomberg ticker "CRTY" as well as on a total-return basis, using end of day pricing, under the ticker "CRTYTR". For more information about the Index, please visit: www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices. 

ABOUT SWANK CAPITAL AND CUSHING^® ASSET MANAGEMENT

Cushing^® Asset Management, LP ("Cushing"), a subsidiary of Swank Capital, LLC, is an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Cushing serves as investment adviser to affiliated funds and managed accounts which invest primarily in securities of MLPs and other natural resource companies.

Cushing is also dedicated to serving the needs of MLP and energy income investors by sponsoring a variety of industry benchmarks, including The Cushing^® MLP Market Cap Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI), The Cushing^® MLP High Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker:  MLPY) and The Cushing^® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg Ticker:  MLPX). For more information, please visit www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices. 

The Cushing^® Upstream Energy Index (the "Index") is the exclusive property of Cushing Asset Management, LP, which has contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) ("S&P Dow Jones Indices") to calculate and maintain the Index. S&P® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("SPFS"); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"); and, these trademarks have been licensed to S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices" and its related stylized mark(s) have been licensed for use by Cushing Asset Management, LP. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPFS, Dow Jones nor any of their affiliates sponsor and promote the Index and none shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.

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SOURCE Cushing Asset Management, LP and Swank Capital, LLC