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About WorldCommodity Fund
The WorldCommodity Fund(tm) takes a global approach, looking for opportunities in natural resources by investing in equities of commodity-related companies involved in the agriculture, energy, and metals sectors. The Fund’s portfolio is managed by McConnell Asset Management, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2004, McConnell is dedicated to creating a family of commodity-oriented and natural resource-based mutual funds, the WorldCommodity Funds.
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James Llewellyn. Mr. Llewellyn has served as a Director and President of the Fund since inception in 2006. Mr. Llewellyn is the founder of McConnell Asset Management, LLC, the investment adviser to the Fund, and currently serves as Managing Member, Portfolio Manager, and Chief Compliance Officer of the firm. As a private investor, from 1999-2004, Mr. Llewellyn was a non-managing member, and minority shareholder of Beeland Management Company, LLC (the sponsor of the Rogers Funds). Beeland was established and founded by James Beeland Rogers, Jr., its then majority shareholder, to create investment products designed to track the performance of the RICI.. Beeland successfully launched the world s first products tracking the performance of the RICI. which were offered to institutions and individual investors in the United States. Mr. Llewellyn also served as an observer on the 2005 Index Committee of the Rogers International Commodity Index.. Before founding the Adviser in 2004, he worked as a Private Client Consultant at E*TRADE Securities, LLC where he held the series 7, 63 and 65 licenses. As a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch Futures, Inc. he held a FINRA series 3 license and was a member of the National Futures Association. Mr Llewellyn began his career in Taipei, Taiwan and has more than 15 years experience in financial services, including work as a portfolio manager for a private investment partnership, Red Rock Partners, L.P.
Mr. Llewellyn s Role with the RICI and Beeland Management Company Beeland Management Company, LLC, ( BMC or Beeland ) is an Illinois limited liability company, commodity pool operator, general partner and sponsor of the Rogers Funds (Rogers Raw Materials Fund, LP, Rogers International Raw Materials Fund, LP, Rogers Raw Materials International Fund, LP). BMC was established and founded by James Beeland Rogers, Jr., its then majority shareholder, to create investment products designed to track the performance of the RICI.. BMC successfully launched the world s first products tracking the performance of the RICI. private separate accounts, private funds, and a public commodity pool which were offered to institutions and individual investors in the United States. From 1999-2004, as a private investor, Mr. Llewellyn participated in BMC as a minority shareholder, and non-managing member of BMC. From December 2004 through March 2005, at the request of Mr. Rogers, minority shareholders and the officers of BMC – McConnell Asset Management, LLC and its principal, James Llewellyn provided consulting services to BMC; including a review of its administration, operations, and distribution of the Rogers Funds. In connection with this role, Mr. Llewellyn also served as an observer on the 2005 Index Committee of the Rogers International Commodity Index.. Since March 2005, the Adviser, and Mr. Llewellyn have not been affiliated with BMC