TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/18/11 -- Brompton Funds (TSX: AOG.UN)(TSX: AV.UN)(TSX: CIQ.UN)(TSX: FFI.UN)(TSX: MBB.UN)(TSX: OGF.UN)(TSX: VIP.UN) announces monthly distributions for record dates from April to June 2011 for each of the following funds:

                                                                      Amount
Fund Name                                                Ticker     Per Unit
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Brompton Advantaged Oil & Gas Income Fund                AOG.UN  $    0.0325
Brompton Advantaged VIP Income Fund                       AV.UN  $      0.07
Canadian High Income Equity Fund                         CIQ.UN  $     0.065
Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund   FFI.UN  $      0.08
Manulife Brompton Advantaged Bond Fund                   MBB.UN  $   0.05833
Brompton Oil & Gas Income Fund                           OGF.UN  $     0.035
Brompton VIP Income Fund                                 VIP.UN  $      0.07

Record Dates and Payment Dates are as follows:

Record Date              Payment Date
April 29, 2011           May 13, 2011
May 31, 2011             June 14, 2011
June 30, 2011            July 15, 2011

Manulife Brompton Advantaged Bond Fund announces a distribution in the amount of $0.05833 per Class F Unit for the above noted record and payment dates.

For further information, please contact your financial advisor, call Brompton's investor relations line at 416-642-9051 (toll-free at 1-866-642-6001), or visit our website at www.bromptonfunds.com.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investment funds. Please read the fund's publicly filed documents which are available from SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.