Hartford Funds Expands Fixed Income Lineup with Securitized Income Fund

Hartford
Funds today announced that it has launched the Hartford Schroders
Securitized Income Fund (ticker:HITIX). Sub-advised by Schroder
Investment Management North America Inc., the Hartford Schroders
Securitized Income Fund seeks to provide current income and long-term
total return consistent with preservation of capital by investing in
securitized credit instruments. The Fund complements Hartford Funds’
collection of fixed income funds that invest across the yield curve in
varying regions, sectors, and asset classes.

“Securitized credit has historically provided investors an avenue to
higher potential returns while seeking to eliminate some downside risk,”
said Vernon Meyer, Chief Investment Officer of Hartford Funds.
“Leveraging Schroders’ institutional expertise in this space, we believe
this solution is uniquely positioned to help retail investors achieve
core portfolio construction needs: Emphasizing fixed income
diversification beyond corporate credit, and seeking income and
attractive total returns while offering capital preservation.”

Using a research-oriented process featuring a top-down examination of
the markets, economy, and risk compensation, the Fund will invest in
U.S. and foreign fixed and floating rate securitized credit instruments,
including commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset backed
securities, agency and non-agency residential mortgage-backed
securities, collateralized loan obligations, collateralized mortgage
obligations, and uniform mortgage-backed securities.

Michelle Russell-Dowe, Head of Securitized Credit at Schroders, will
serve with Anthony Breaks as the Fund’s portfolio managers.

“We believe from a fundamental, technical, and valuation perspective,
securitized products offer a unique opportunity today to provide income,
and that our use of data and analytics enables us to effectively manage
and monitor the downside of the asset class,” said Russell-Dowe. “We are
also excited by the opportunities we believe are available to the Fund
in the current cycle, where regulation of housing and consumers has
resulted in balance sheet deleveraging for the consumer at a time when
corporate securities appear to be uniquely leveraged.”

About Hartford Funds
Founded in 1996, Hartford Funds is a
leading asset manager, which provides mutual funds, ETFs, and 529
college savings plans. Using its human-centric investing approach,
Hartford Funds creates strategies and tools designed to address the
needs and wants of investors. Leveraging partnerships with leading
experts, Hartford Funds delivers insight into the latest demographic
trends and investor behavior.

The firm’s line-up includes more than 55 mutual funds in a variety of
styles and asset classes, as well as a variety of multifactor and active
ETFs. Its mutual funds (with the exception of certain fund of funds) are
sub-advised by Wellington Management or Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc. The strategic beta ETFs offered by Hartford Funds are
designed to help address investors’ evolving needs by leveraging a
unique risk-optimized approach, which identifies risks within each asset
class and then deliberately and systematically re-allocates capital
toward risks more likely to enhance return potential. Excluding
affiliated funds of funds, as of December 31, 2018, Hartford Funds
Management Company, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Lattice
Strategies LLC, had approximately $104.8 billion in discretionary and
non-discretionary assets under management. For more information about
our investment family, visit http://www.hartfordfunds.com.

Schroders plc
As a global investment manager, we help
institutions, intermediaries and individuals meet their goals, fulfil
their ambitions, and prepare for the future. But as the world changes,
so do our clients’ needs. That’s why we have a long history of adapting
to suit the times and keeping our focus on what matters most to our
clients.

Doing this takes experience and expertise. We bring together people and
data to spot the trends that will shape the future. This provides a
unique perspective which allows us to always invest with conviction. We
are responsible for £449.4 billion (€508.2 billion/$593.3 billion)* of
assets for our clients who trust us to deliver sustainable returns. We
remain determined to build future prosperity for them, and for all of
society. Today, we have 4,600 people across six continents who focus on
doing just this.

We are a global business that’s managed locally. This allows us to
always keep our clients’ needs at the heart of everything we do. For
over 210 years and more than seven generations we’ve grown and developed
our expertise in tandem with our clients’ needs and interests.

Further information about Schroders can be found at www.schroders.com/us.

Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) is an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Schroders plc, a UK public company
with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is an SEC
registered investment adviser providing asset management products and
services to clients in the US and Canada. Schroder Fund Advisors LLC
(“SFA”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIMNA Inc. and is registered as
a limited purpose broker-dealer with FINRA and markets certain
investment vehicles for which SIMNA Inc. is an investment adviser. The
Schroder mutual funds (the “Funds”) are distributed by SEI Investments
Distribution Co (“SIDCO”), a member of FINRA.
SFA previously served as the distributor of the Funds. Although SFA has
been replaced by SIDCO as the distributor of the Funds, SFA continues to
be involved in the distribution of shares of the Funds through an
agreement with SIDCO, and SFA, SIMNA and their affiliates continue to
provide shareholder services to the Funds. SIDCO is not an affiliate of
Schroders plc.

*as of June 30, 2018

Important Risks: Investing involves risk, including the possible
loss of principal. Security prices fluctuate in value depending on
general market and economic conditions and the prospects of individual
companies. ●Fixed income security risks include credit,
liquidity, call, duration, event and interest-rate risk. As interest
rates rise, bond prices generally fall. ● Investments in
high-yield (“junk”) bonds involve greater risk of price volatility,
illiquidity, and default than higher-rated debt securities. ●Obligations
of U.S. Government agencies are supported by varying degrees of credit
but are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
Government. ●The risks associated with mortgage related- and
asset-backed securities as well as collateralized loan obligations
(CLOs) include credit, interest-rate, prepayment, liquidity, default and
extension risk. ●The purchase of securities in the
To-Be-Announced (TBA) market can result in additional price and
counterparty risk. ●The Fund may use repurchase agreements, or
reverse repurchase agreements, which can increase risk and volatility ●
Use of leverage can increase market exposure, magnify investment risks,
and cause losses to be realized more quickly. ●Derivatives are
generally more volatile and sensitive to changes in market or economic
conditions than other securities; their risks include currency,
leverage, liquidity, index, pricing, and counterparty risk. ●Foreign
investments may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. investments
and are subject to the risk of currency fluctuations and adverse
political and economic developments. ●Restricted securities may
be more difficult to sell and price than other securities.
Diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss in a
declining market.

Investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives,
risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is
contained in the fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be
obtained by visiting hartfordfunds.com.
Please read it carefully before investing.

Mutual funds are distributed by Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD),
Member FINRA. Exchange-traded products are distributed by ALPS
Distributors, Inc. (ALPS). Advisory services are provided by Hartford
Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC) and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Lattice Strategies, LLC (Lattice). Certain funds are sub-advised by
Wellington Management Company LLP or Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc. Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd.
serves as a secondary sub-adviser to certain funds. Hartford Funds
refers to HFD, HFMC, and Lattice, which are not affiliated with any
sub-adviser or ALPS.

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Some of the statements in this release may be
considered forward-looking statements as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution investors that
these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance, and actual results may differ materially. Investors should
consider the important risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ. These important risks and uncertainties include those
discussed in The Hartford’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our 2017
Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other filings The Hartford makes with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to
update this release, which speaks as of the date issued.

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