Mesirow Financial - Advanced Strategies

	Mesirow Financial's Advanced Strategies business (MFAS) is one of the oldest and largest hedge fund of funds managers in the world.

Mesirow Financial Advanced Strategies, Inc. is a recognized pioneer and international leader in fund of hedge funds management, with more than $16 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2007.

We offer our clients meaningful diversification beyond traditional equity and fixed income markets. Sophisticated investors choose MFAS for the many characteristics that distinguish us in the industry, including:

Extensive Experience – One of our key strengths is the leadership and experience of our management team. Together our senior management team has over 120 years of hedge fund and fund of hedge funds investment experience. Working with our clients over the past two decades, we have developed into a leading institutional manager of fund of hedge funds.

Significant Resources – As part of a larger organization, MFAS benefits from access to extensive resources in areas such as technology, compliance, human resources and corporate services, without the burden of managing those areas.

Size – MFAS consistently ranks as one of the largest hedge fund of fund managers in the world.

Comprehensive Investment Process – Through intensive due diligence and sophisticated quantitative tools, we have developed a comprehensive process of manager evaluation and portfolio construction.

Entrepreneurial Environment – Our flexible structure allows us to attract and retain some of the highest quality talent in the industry.

Flexible Product Offerings – We offer a variety of programs, including strategy-specific funds, multi-strategy funds and fully customized investment programs designed to meet investors' needs.

Superior Client Service – We earn our clients' trust and loyalty by anticipating their needs and responding with innovative products and services delivered with high levels of client service and education.

* Qualified, or "accredited" investors, include a natural person whose net worth, or joint net worth with spouse, exceeds $1,000,000; or, a natural person who had an annual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; a trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring exempt securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933; a corporation or partnership not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring exempt securities offered and has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or a corporation or partnership in which all of the equity holders are natural persons who all meet one of the criteria for natural persons described above. "Qualified Purchaser" includes a natural person who beneficially owns not less than $5,000,000 in investments either separately or jointly or as community property with her or her spouse. This also includes an entity which in aggregate owns not less than $25,000,000 in investments, any family company that owns $5,000,000 or more in investments or a trust that is directed by a qualified purchaser that was not formed for the specific purpose of investing and with respect to which each settlor or other person contributed assets is a qualified purchaser.

The information contained herein is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any Mesirow Financial investment vehicle(s). Any offer can only be made through the appropriate Offering Memorandum which contains important information concerning risk factors and other material aspects of the investment and should be read carefully before an investment decision is made.

Any reference to historical performance herein, does not guarantee future results.

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