Aston Funds

Aston/ABN AMRO Real Estate Fund - I Class (AARIX)

Fund Profile Fact Sheet PDF

Performance

Inception Date: 9/20/2005 Total (Gross) Ratio: 1.21% Total Net Ratio: 1.12% Benchmark: MSCI US REIT Index Morningstar Category: Specialty-Real Estate

Fund Performance (as of 6/30/2008)
	Fund	Benchmark	Morningstar Category
Current Quarter	-6.59	-5.47	-6.93
Return Total YTD	-6.69	-3.45	-7.82
Return 1 Year	-16.91	-14.15	-17.34
Return Since Inception	2.13	3.90	--

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Certain expenses were subsidized. If these subsidies were not in effect, the returns would have been lower. The Adviser contractually waived management fees and/or reimbursed expenses through February 28, 2008 at the rates represented in the Net Expense Ratio column. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month-end on our website, please click here.

The Morgan Stanley REIT Index is a unmanaged market capitalization weighted total return index of over 100 REITs that exceed certain minimum liquidity criteria concerning market capitalization, shares outstanding, trading volume and per share market price.

The Morningstar Small Growth Funds Category figures allow for a direct comparison of a fund's performance within its Morningstar Category.

Overall Morningstar Rating™ (Based on Risk Adjusted Returns as of 6/30/2008)
	Morningstar Category	Overall	3 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Aston/ABN AMRO Real Estate Funds	Specialty-Real Estate
Total Number of Funds in Morningstar Asset Class		279	279	190	88