Salient Partners, L.P. (ñSalientî) is a diversified asset management firm and leading provider of real asset and alternative investment strategies for institutional investors and investment advisors. The firm offers a comprehensive suite of single-asset and multi-asset solutions designed to serve as powerful building blocks for smarter, more efficient portfolios. Salient provides unconventional market insights in its highly acclaimed Epsilon Theory newsletter and Salient blog. Learn more about Salient at www.salientpartners.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. Salient was founded in 2002 and has offices in Houston, San Francisco and New York. Forward Funds are distributed by Forward Securities, LLC. For important information and to download a prospectus go to www.salientfunds.com.