DALLAS, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Swank Capital,
LLC and Cushing® Asset
Management, LP announce an upcoming interim change to the
constituents of The Cushing® Energy Index (the
"Index"). The Cushing®
30 MLP Index (the "Sub-Index") announced today that after the
market closes on May 25, 2018, and
effective on May 29, 2018, Index
constituent Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) will be
removed from the Sub-Index and replaced with Williams Partners,
L.P. (NYSE: WPZ). Consequently, per the Index's Methodology Guide,
after the market closes on May 25,
2018, and effective on May 29, 2018, WPZ will
replace AHGP in the Index at AHGP's then-current weight.
There will be no changes to the remaining constituents of the
Index.
ABOUT THE CUSHING®
ENERGY INDEX
The Cushing® Energy
Index tracks the performance of widely held companies engaged in
exploration and production, refining and marketing, and storage and
transportation of oil, natural gas, coal and consumable fuels, as
well as oil and natural gas equipment and services companies.
Constituents of the Index are weighted based on current yield. The
Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and
reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker
"CENI".
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 investors by sponsoring a variety of
benchmarks, including The Cushing® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg
Ticker: MLPX), The Cushing® 30 MLP Market Cap Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI), The Cushing® MLP High Income Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: MLPY), The Cushing® Energy Supply Chain
Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CSCI), The Cushing® Transportation Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: CTRI) and The Cushing® Utility Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: CUTI). For more information, please visit
http://www.cushingasset.com/indices.
Contact:
Judson Redmond
214-692-6334
www.cushingasset.com
The Cushing® Energy
Index (the "Index") is the exclusive property of Swank Capital,
LLC, and Cushing Asset Management, LP, which have 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 Swank Capital, LLC, and
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.
CUSH-CENI
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SOURCE Cushing® Asset Management, LP; Swank Capital, LLC