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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 17, 2010

CONTACTS:RidgeWorth InvestmentsDavid Craig, 404-813-9124

RidgeWorth Highlights Value of Short-Term Bonds in White PaperShort bonds offered better long-term risk-adjusted return than long bonds

ATLANTA -- RidgeWorth Investments announced today that it has published a white paperhighlighting that for more than 30 years short-term bonds have offered a much better risk-adjusted return than long-term bonds. Many bond investors are aware that moving from short

bonds to long bonds has allowed them to capture more income. What they may not know is thatshort bonds captured 75% or more of the returns of long bonds most periods and that theSharpe Ratio for short bonds was much higher than long bonds., says Chad Stephens, portfoliomanager for the RidgeWorth U.S. Government Securities Ultra-Short Bond Fund.

The white paper, entitled Time to Invest in Short-Term Bonds?, reviews short-term bondshistorical performance and volatility relative to long-term bonds, evaluates current marketconditions that may favor short-term bonds and examines the risk/reward trade-offs betweenshort-term bonds and long-term bonds. Key findings were that short-term bonds offered:

1. Less downside risk relative to long-term bonds2. Solid long-term performance1

3. Attractive risk/reward trade-off4. Compelling investment opportunity created by current market environment5. Incremental yield for investors with excess cash

This paper is the latest in a series that RidgeWorth has developed to educate advisors andinvestors about style classes that it believes are generally overlooked. Earlier this month,RidgeWorth launched the addmidcap.com microsite and white paper to outline the benefits ofmid-caps.

About RidgeWorth InvestmentsRidgeWorth Investments serves as a holding company that owns interests in eight investmentboutiques with approximately $63 billion of assets under management as of December 31,

2009. RidgeWorths investment boutiques manage a wide variety of investment disciplinesacross the fixed income, equity, and liquidity management asset classes. Our boutiques provideinvestment management services to a growing client base that includes endowments,foundations, corporations, healthcare organizations, municipalities, public funds, associations,insurance companies, labor unions and high net worth individuals. In addition, RidgeWorthserves as the investment adviser to the RidgeWorth Funds mutual fund family. RidgeWorthInvestments is a trade name for RidgeWorth Capital Management, Inc., an investment adviserregistered with the SEC headquartered in Atlanta. For more information about RidgeWorth, visitwww.ridgeworth.com.

8/9/2019 RidgeWorth highlights value of short term bonds in white paper

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