DALLAS, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Swank
Capital, LLC and Cushing® Asset Management, LP
announce an upcoming interim change to constituents of The
Cushing® MLP High
Income Index (the "Index"). Per the Index's methodology guide, a
constituent change due to a distribution cut will take place on the
latter of the distribution ex-date or the last business day of the
week that is at least five business days after the day on which the
announcement is made. Due to the April 24,
2018, distribution cut announcement by NuStar Energy L.P.
(NYSE: NS), after the market closes on May 7, 2018, (the
distribution ex-date) and effective on May
8, 2018, Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) will
replace NS as a constituent of the Index at NS's then-current
weight.
There will be no changes to the remaining constituents of the
Index.
ABOUT THE CUSHING®
MLP HIGH INCOME INDEX
The Cushing® MLP
High Income Index provides a benchmark that is designed to track
the performance of 30 publicly traded energy and shipping master
limited partnership (MLP) securities with an emphasis on current
yield. The securities are chosen for inclusion according to a
three-tier proprietary weighting system developed by Cushing® Asset Management, LP. The
Cushing® MLP High
Income Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and
reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker
"MLPY".
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® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg
Ticker: MLPX), The Cushing® MLP Market Cap Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI) ), The Cushing® Energy Index (Bloomberg
Ticker: CENI), 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® MLP
High Income Index (the "Index") is the exclusive property of Swank
Capital, LLC and 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
maintain and calculate 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
S&P 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-MLPY
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