Aston Hill Financial Inc. Declares Monthly Fund Distributions and Year-End AUM

TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Aston Hill Financial Inc. ("Aston Hill") is pleased to announce that Aston Hill Asset Management Inc. (the "Manager"), a subsidiary of Aston Hill, announces monthly distributions for record dates from January to March 2013 for each of the following funds:

Fund Name	TSX Ticker	Amount per Unit
Aston Hill Advantage Oil & Gas Income Fund	AOG.UN	$0.02250
Aston Hill Oil & Gas Income Fund	OGF.UN	$0.02250
Aston Hill Advantage VIP Income Fund	AV.UN	$0.04750
Aston Hill VIP Income Fund	VIP.UN	$0.04500
Aston Hill Advantage Bond Fund (Class A & F)	MBB.UN	$0.05833
Aston Hill Senior Gold Producers Income Corp.	GPC	$0.06250

Record dates and payment dates are as follows:
Record Date	Payment Date
January 31, 2013	February 14, 2013
February 28, 2013	March 14, 2013
March 28, 2013	April 12, 2013

 

For further information about these funds, please contact your financial advisor, call Aston Hill's Sales and Marketing support line at 416-583-2300 (toll-free at 1-800-513-3868), or visit our website at www.astonhill.ca.

Aston Hill is also pleased to announce that assets under management, advisory and administration ("AUM") as at December 31, 2012 was $6.46 billion, representing a 14% increase from December 31, 2011 ($5.67 billion).

Aston Hill is a diversified asset management company with a suite of retail mutual funds, closed end funds, private equity funds, hedge funds and segregated institutional funds.  Aston Hill is also engaged in the administration of Argent Energy Trust (TSX: AET.UN).  Aston Hill has offices in Calgary, Toronto and Halifax. 

SOURCE: Aston Hill Financial Inc.

Eric Tremblay
Chief Executive Officer 
Aston Hill Financial Inc.
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Larry Titley
Vice President and CFO
Aston Hill Financial Inc.
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