ALPS Advisors, Inc. (ALPS), a leading provider of advisorysolutions to the investment management industry, today announced the adoption of theClough China Fund to its investment lineup. Shareholders have approved the replacementof Old Mutual Capital, the fund's previous adviser, with ALPS Advisors, Inc.

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The $52 million Fund, launched in December 2005 as the Old Mutual Clay Finlay ChinaFund, was recently reorganized into the Clough China Fund, a newly created offering ofthe ALPS-sponsored Financial Investors Trust. Clough Capital Partners (Clough) had beenhired in July 2009 to replace Clay Finlay as sub-adviser to the Fund.

The ALPS adoption of the Clough China Fund will provide investors continued access toClough's global investment approach as well as continuity of the Fund's portfoliomanagement. Francoise Vappereau, Clough China Fund's Hong Kong-based Co-PortfolioManager, was formerly with Clay Finlay, and has been managing the Fund since inception.Eric A. Brock, one of Clough's founding partners, joined Ms. Vappereau as Co-PortfolioManager of the Fund in July 2009.

"The addition of the Clough China Fund is an extraordinary win for the ALPS lineup,"said Corey Dillon, Senior Vice President and Director of Institutional AdvisoryServices for ALPS Advisors, Inc. "Not only do we fill this important investment segmentwith a solid portfolio, we gain access to Clough Capital Partners, one of the mostrecognized global managers on the Street."

Boston-based Clough was founded in 2000 by Charles Clough, who served as Chief GlobalInvestment Strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co. for more than 13 years, with partnersJames Canty and Mr. Brock. Today, the firm features 13 investment professionals onstaff, and maintains an on-the-ground China presence with an office in Hong Kong tocomplement its U.S. headquarters.

"We believe China offers some of the best long-term investment opportunities of anyregion across the globe," says Mr. Clough, "and the Clough China Fund has performedwell under Francoise's leadership. We're well aware of ALPS' capabilities, and we'reexcited at the prospect of making the Fund increasingly accessible to more investors."

Ms. Vappereau, now a Managing Director for Clough, and Mr. Brock will have access tothe full suite of Clough's global investment capabilities, including a team of analystswith extensive experience and knowledge of the Chinese market. Mr. Clough will serve asa strategic advisor on the portfolio. In aggregate, the portfolio managers and theGlobal Investment Committee for the China Fund represent more than a century ofinvestment experience.

The fund adoption process is highly attractive for a progressive firm like ALPS as itcan adopt specific funds to plug specific spaces without having to buy an entirecomplex. At the same time, adoptions allow solid performing open-end funds like CloughChina Fund to find new life with an acquiring asset manager. ALPS, which adopted theWellington Management Sub-advised Activa Fund to its lineup in September, anticipates anumber of fund adoptions for its Financial Investors Trust.

The Clough China Fund is being offered in three share classes covering institutionaland retail audiences and will be available on most mutual fund platforms and throughfinancial intermediaries.

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An investor should consider investment objectives, risks, charges, and expensescarefully before investing. The Prospectus contains this and other information. Formore complete information about the Clough China Fund or to obtain a Prospectus, call866-759-5679 for Clough China Fund or 1-800-346-2670 for
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