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This Investment Adviser Code of Ethics (the “Code”) has been adopted by Davidson Investment Advisors, Inc. (“DIA” or the “Firm”) and is designed to ensure that the high ethical standards long maintained by DIA continue to be applied pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”) and Section 17(j) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Code establishes, among other things, the standards of conduct and requirements for personal securities trading activities for all DIA “advisory representatives” as defined below. In addition, the Code precludes activities which may lead to or give the appearance of insider trading and other forms of prohibited or unethical business conduct.

The Code is based upon the principle that DIA and its employees have a fiduciary duty to clients to conduct their affairs in such a manner as to avoid (i) serving their own personal interests ahead of clients, (ii) taking inappropriate advantage of their position with the firm and (iii) any actual or potential conflicts of interest or any abuse of their position of trust and responsibility.

The provisions of the Code are not all-inclusive. Rather, they are intended to protect the integrity of DIA and provide guidance to DIA’s advisory representatives on the Firm’s standards of conduct. Further detail in regard to DIA’s policies discussed below are provided in the Investment Advisory Policies and Procedures Manual (the “IA Manual”). The Code also does not replace the Firm’s other policies and procedures, applicable to all of its employees, included in the IA Manual, D.A. Davidson Companies’ Business Principles, and other program requirements and guidelines.

Strict compliance with the provisions of the Code is considered a basic condition of employment with DIA. Employees should also understand that a material breach of the provisions of the Code and other Firm policies and procedures may constitute grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. In the event that an employee is uncertain as to the applicability of the Code, they are advised to consult DIA’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) with any questions about the Code or its application to their individual circumstances. The CCO, in conjunction with the employee’s supervisor, may grant exceptions to certain provisions contained in the Code only in those situations when it is clear beyond dispute that the interests of the clients will not be adversely affected or compromised. All questions arising in connection with personal securities trading should be consistent with the Advisers Act and resolved in favor of the client, even at the expense of the interests of DIA or its employees.

•“Account” means any employee-related account, including accounts of the employee’s immediate family members (any relative by blood or marriage living in the employee’s household), and any account in which he or she has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership (see “beneficial ownership” definition below).

•“Advisory representative” shall include any: (a) officer or affiliated director of DIA; (b) employee of DIA; (c) other persons designated by the CCO; and (d) other persons who provide investment advice on behalf of DIA and is subject to the supervision and control of DIA.

•“Automatic investment plan” means a program in which regular periodic purchases (or withdrawals) are made automatically in (or from) investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation. An automatic investment plan includes a dividend reinvestment plan.

•“Beneficial ownership” means having or sharing a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a security through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise. The term “pecuniary interest” means the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction in the subject securities. See Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The pecuniary interest standard looks beyond the record owner of securities. As a result, the definition of beneficial ownership is very broad and encompasses many situations that might not ordinarily be thought to confer a “pecuniary interest” in, or “ownership” of, securities, including the following:

• Family Holdings. As a general rule, you are regarded as the beneficial owner of securities not only in your name but held in the name of members of your immediate family, including: your spouse or domestic partner; your child or other relative who shares your home or, although not living in your home, is economically dependent up on you; or any other person if you obtain from such securities benefits substantially similar to those of ownership.

• Partnership and Corporate Holdings. A general partner of a general or limited partnership will generally be deemed to beneficially own securities held by the partnership, so long as the partner has direct or indirect influence or control over the management and affairs of the partnership. A limited partner will generally not be deemed to beneficially own securities held by a limited partnership, provided he or she does not own a controlling voting interest in the partnership. If a corporation is your “alter ego” or “personal holding company,” the corporation’s holdings of securities will be attributable to you.

• Investment Clubs. You are deemed to beneficially own securities held by an investment club of which you or a member of your immediate family (as defined above) is a member. Membership in investment clubs must be pre-approved by the CCO (or a designee).

• Trusts. You are deemed to beneficially own securities held in trust if any of the following is true: you are a trustee and either you or members of your immediate family (as defined above) have a monetary interest in the trust, whether as to principal or income; you have a vested beneficial interest in the trust, or you are settlor of the trust and you have the power to revoke the trust without obtaining the consent of all the beneficiaries. See Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

•“Federal securities laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Commission under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to funds and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the Commission or the Department of the Treasury.

•“Initial public offering” means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

•“Private securities transaction” means the purchase or sale of a non-public investment which cannot be held in a brokerage account. Examples may include: crowd funding, angel or venture capital investing, unregistered securities, new offering of private placements, promissory notes (if longer than 9 months), private limited partnerships, trust deeds, privately held non-registered companies, hedge funds, and certain multi-level marketing ventures.

•“Reportable security” means any security as defined in Section 202(a)(18) of the Advisers Act except that it does not include: (i) Transactions and holdings in direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) Bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; (iii) Shares issued by money market funds; (iv) Transactions and holdings in shares of other types of open-end registered mutual funds, other than those for which DIA or a control affiliate acts as the investment adviser or principal underwriter for the fund; and (v) Transactions in units of a unit investment trust if the unit investment trust is invested exclusively in one or more open-end registered funds, none of which are funds where DIA or a control affiliate acts as the investment adviser or principal underwriter.

•“Security” as defined in Section 202(a)(18) of the Advisers Act means any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting- trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a "security", or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guaranty of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing.

DIA places the highest priority on maintaining its reputation for integrity and professionalism. That reputation is a vital business asset. The confidence and trust placed in DIA and its employees by clients is something the Firm values and endeavors to protect. The following Standards of Business Conduct sets forth policies and procedures to achieve these goals. This Code requires all advisory representatives to comply with federal securities laws, including but not limited to the various provisions of the Advisers Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations adopted by the SEC.

Section 206 of the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for DIA or its agents or employees to (1) employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund, any client, or prospective client; (2) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to sate a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made to the Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund, any client, or prospective client not misleading; or (3) to engage in fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative practices. Section 206 also contains other specific prohibitions designed to prevent fraud, including prohibited client transactions related to principal and agency-cross trading, as well as advertising-related prohibitions, including among other things the use of materials that contain any untrue statement of material fact or are otherwise false or misleading. Specific details are included under Section 206 and addressed in the Firm’s IA Manual.

The SEC has long maintained that advisers are fiduciaries, which includes the duties of care, loyalty and good faith owed to clients.1 This responsibility to clients is based on ethical principles of openness, integrity, honesty and trust. Compliance with Section 206 and an adviser’s fiduciary duties involves more than acting with honesty and good faith alone. It means that DIA has an affirmative duty to act solely in the best interest of its clients. More specifically, when providing investment advice and services to clients or prospective clients, DIA and its advisory representatives have a duty to:

•place the clients’ best interests above all else, provide full and fair disclosure of any material information including any conflicts that could not be eliminated, and employ reasonable care to avoid misleading any client.

As a general matter of policy, advisory representatives of DIA and their immediate family members are prohibited from trading securities while in possession or on the basis of material, nonpublic information (“insider trading”) or communicating such information to others. Material, nonpublic information includes any information a reasonable investor would consider important in a decision to buy, hold, or sell securities that has not been made publicly available.

Under Section10b of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, insider trading, including but not limited to trades based upon misappropriated information, is against federal securities laws and may expose advisory representatives and DIA to criminal prosecution and penalties.2 The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 authorizes the SEC and Justice Department to criminally prosecute insider trading, which may include a fine of up to $1,000,000 and/or ten years imprisonment. The SEC can also recover the profits gained or losses avoided through the illegal trading, impose a penalty of up to three times the illicit windfall, and/or issue an order permanently barring you from the securities industry. Finally, advisory representatives and DIA may face civil action by investors or other parties seeking to recover damages for insider trading violations and breach of fiduciary duty.

The scope and enforceability of insider trading laws is rather broad and one of the most common areas of SEC investigation. An individual legitimately may be uncertain about the application of the rules contained in this Code in a particular circumstance. Often, a single question can help to avoid disciplinary action or legal actions. Therefore, advisory representatives should contact their designated supervisor with any questions and must notify the CCO immediately if there is any reason or suspicion to believe that a violation of this Code has occurred or is about to occur.

2 Section 204A - Prevention of Misuse of Nonpublic Information - of the Advisers Act also requires the establishment and enforcement of policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information by investment advisers.

Pursuant to SEC Rule 204A-1, DIA has adopted the principles listed below governing personal investment activities by advisory representatives. In addition, this section outlines the policies and procedures for personal account approval, reporting and trading. These policies and procedures are mandatory for all advisory representatives, and the information provided will be kept confidential. Further details on the policies and procedures are included in the IA Manual. Please see the CCO for additional information.

As a general matter of policy, all brokerage accounts in which an employee has beneficial ownership, as defined herein, must be held through D.A. Davidson & Co. as the account custodian. Any non-D.A. Davidson securities accounts must be disclosed as part of the new hire process and transferred to the firm within 60 days of an employee’s start date.

Exceptions to this policy may be granted on a limited basis, based in consideration of among other things, the type of account and holdings, as well as the feasibility for the Firm to monitor the account. Prior approval by both the CCO and the President of DIA will be required to open any outside account(s); such approval will be documented within the firm’s approved system.

Every advisory representative, no later than ten (10) days after the person becomes an employee, and thereafter, no later than the end of the first calendar quarter every year, file a holdings report through the DIA’s approved system for accounts in which the employee has beneficial ownership. The information submitted must be current as of a date no more than 45 days before the report is submitted and include the following information:

Annually, every advisory representitive must attest (which information must be current as of a date no more than 45 days before the report is submitted), that all accounts have been properly disclosed, and file a transaction report for covered security in which the advisory representative had any beneficial ownership, or confirm the Compliance Department of D.A. Davidson is receiving trade confirmations or statements in lieu of a quarterly transaction report; DIA’s CCO has access to these trade confirmations and/or statements. The report must contain the following:

•The date of the transaction, the title and exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), the number of shares and the principal amount (if applicable) of each covered security;

For purposes of this Code, under no circumstances shall any fund for which DIA provides administrative, distribution or investment advisory services have its own portfolio transactions, accounts or holdings be subject to the account transaction or holdings reporting, pre-clearance or other requirements of this Code. This exclusion is necessary to address the situation where a fund’s own portfolio transactions, accounts and holdings technically could be subject to the account, transaction or holdings reporting, pre- clearance and other requirements in this Code of Ethics. This result would serve no protective purpose for a fund and its shareholders, but could prevent a fund from engaging in beneficial transactions on a timely basis and would otherwise have inappropriate and burdensome effects.

No advisory representative may trade any reportable securities in his or her accounts for which the advisory representative has discretionary authority and can direct trade execution without the prior approval by the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”), President, or CCO (or designee). The CIO must receive prior approval by the President or CCO (or designee). The President will require prior approval from the CIO or CCO (or designee). The CCO must receive prior approval from the President or CIO (or designee). .

Advisory representatives are prohibited from buying or selling securities of an issuer (including an option on the underlying security) subject to a D.A. Davidson internal research recommendation in an Employee/Employee-related account for 24 hours from the time of announcement or publication. Failure to comply will result in cancellation of the transaction, and any resulting loss will be charged to the employee.

Advisory representatives are also prohibited from buying or selling securities in which DIA is trading in client accounts, due to a Portfolio Manager-driven update of an equity strategy’s holdings. Prior to the execution of such trades in client accounts, an Investment Team Member must notify all DIA employees to suspend personal transactions within the respective issues. This notification is provided via email, indicating the issue has been added to DIA’s Personal Trade Restricted List (PTRL). DIA employees may not execute any personal transactions in the identified issues until the trade rotation has been completed, at which point the issue has been removed from the PTRL. Any orders entered or executed by an employee prior to the completion of the block trade will be subject to trade cancellation, at the employee’s expense.

No advisory representative may acquire beneficial ownership in the securities listed below without the prior written approval of the CCO or a designee. The request must be submitted through the Firm’s approved system and disclosure forms, and include full details of the proposed transaction in order for the supervisor to evaluate the transaction. If approved, the advisory representative’s personal investment will be subject to periodic monitoring for possible future conflicts.

•Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), including closed-end fund IPOs available through D.A. Davidson. Advisory representatives are prohibited from purchasing IPO’s for an account in which they have beneficial ownership.

•Private securities transactions. Requests must include written certification that the investment opportunity did not arise by virtue of the advisory representative’s activities on behalf of a client, that the securities will not be offered to clients or prospective clients, and the advisory representative will not receive any direct or indirect compensation related to the offering.

All advisory representatives’ personal holdings and transactions are subject to review for compliance with internal policy and applicable regulatory requirements, including but not limited to compliance with disclosure and reporting obligations, trading ahead and insider trading policies. Advisory representatives are required to cooperate with inquiries and any review procedures employed by DIA or the broader D.A. Davidson Companies.

A personal trading committee has been established comprising the CCO or designee(s), D.A. Davidson & Co.’s Chief Compliance Officer, and the President of DIA. The committee meets on an as-needed basis to discuss DIA personal trading issues. A summary of those meetings is documented.

Any employee wishing to engage in business activities outside of DIA’s business must submit in writing any outside business activity and obtain approval from his/her immediate supervisor via the ComplySci system prior to engaging in the activity.

If the supervisor approves the activity, the request is forwarded to Compliance for further review of conflicts of interest. Employees who are registered representatives of the firm may be required to amend their Form U4 to disclose certain types outside business activities and to disclose when those activities end. Generally, Form U4 must be updated within 30 days of commencing or ending the activity. Compliance will consider such U4 reporting requirements as part of their review.

Note: No advisory representative may serve on the board of directors of any publicly traded company without prior authorization from the CCO or a designee. Any such approval must be based on a determination that such board service would be consistent with the interest of DIA's clients.

Where board service for a publicly traded company is approved, DIA shall implement an information barrier or other appropriate procedure to isolate such person from making decisions relating to the company’s securities.

All DIA employees are prohibited from making political contributions to individual political candidates, Political Action Committees (PACs), bond ballot campaigns, or state and local political parties without obtaining prior approval from his/her supervisor and/or the Compliance Department. Further information is included in Chapter 18 of the IA Manual.

Gifts of anything of value and gratuities to any individual or organization relating to the Firm’s business are limited to $100 per fiscal year per person or organization. This limitation does not include usual business entertainment such as dinners or sporting events where the employee hosts the event and is in attendance. Gifts of tickets to sporting events or similar gifts (where the employee does not accompany the recipient) are subject to the limitations on gifts and gratuities. Such gifts and business entertainment may not be so frequent or so expensive as to raise a suggestion of unethical conduct.

When accepting gifts from customers or other business-related persons, employees are required to submit information regarding the gift via email to DIACompliance@dadco.com. Information on gifts received will be logged by the CCO for tracking purposes. This policy does not preclude employees from participating in customary business lunches or entertainment events, or from accepting usual business promotional items (caps, T-shirts, pens, etc.) or gifts of nominal (less than $40) value.

All confidential client information, whether relating to DIA’s current or former clients and proprietary DIA information, is subject to the Code's policies and procedures, and must not be misused for personal gain or in any manner that would violate the Code. Confidential information may include, among other things, personal identifying information for clients and employees, portfolio holdings, impending and executed trades, data or analyses derived from such non-public personal information, strategic plans, or other non-public information. . Proprietary information includes, but is not limited to, internal policies and procedures, financial information, customer lists, strategic plans, or other non-public information about our company.

Advisory representatives are prohibited, either during or after the termination of their employment with DIA, from disclosing confidential client information to any person or entity outside the Firm. Confidential client information may only be disclosed to other supervised persons who are authorized to have access to such information to deliver DIA’s services to the client. Advisory representatives are also prohibited from making unauthorized copies of any documents or files containing confidential Information, removing any confidential information from DIA’s premises except for the sole purpose of conducting business on behalf of DIA with the approval of their designated supervisor, and upon termination of their employment with DIA, must return all such documents to DIA. In addition, advisory representatives may not bring confidential information obtained through prior employers to DIA without the express written permission of their prior employer. Further information on DIA privacy policies and process is located in the IA Manual.

DIA has implemented a certification process outlined below to help ensure all advisory representatives are provided with a copy of, and are in compliance with, the Code. This includes the Code being published on both the DIA and Compliance pages on the Firm’s intranet, as well as available upon request. As previously noted, all advisory representatives are responsible for strict adherence to the Code as well as all other policies and procedures for DIA and D.A. Davidson Companies.

In general, the certification process includes a review and certification of compliance with the Code and other specific Firm policies and procedures. More specifically, for each of the certifications below, all advisory representatives must certify that they have (i) received a copy of the Code; (ii) read all provisions of the Code and any amendments; and (iii) complied with all requirements of the Code or agree to abide by the Code for initial certifications and amendments.

At least annually, the President, CCO, or a designee must furnish a written report to the board of directors of any registered investment company for which DIA provides investment advice. The report shall describe any issues arising under the Code or procedures that DIA has in place that are designed to prevent the misuse of material, non-public information. The report shall cover the period since the previous report to the board, and should include, but be not limited to information about material violations of the Code or the procedures and sanctions imposed in response to such material violations. The report, additionally, shall certify that DIA has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent advisory representatives from violating the Code.

The CCO or a designee shall promptly report to senior management and the Chief Compliance Officer of D.A. Davidson Companies all apparent material violations of the Code. When the CCO or a designee finds that a violation otherwise reportable to senior management could not be reasonably found to have resulted in a fraud, deceit, or a manipulative practice in violation of Section 206 of the Advisers Act, he or she may, in his or her discretion, submit a written memorandum of such finding and the reasons therefore to a reporting file created for this purpose in lieu of reporting the matter to senior management.

Senior management shall consider reports made to it hereunder and shall determine whether or not the Code has been violated and what sanctions, if any, should be imposed. Possible sanctions may include reprimands, monetary fine or assessment, or suspension or termination of the employee’s employment with the firm.

•A record of all written acknowledgements of receipt of the Code and amendments thereto for each person who is currently, or within the past five years was, an advisory representative which will be retained for five years after the individual ceases to be an advisory representative of DIA;

•A record of any decision and reasons supporting such decision to approve an advisory representative’s acquisition of securities limited offerings within the past five years after the end of the fiscal year in which such approval is granted.


I. INTRODUCTION			3
II. DEFINITIONS			4
III. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT			6
IV. PROHIBITION AGAINST INSIDER TRADING			7
V. PERSONAL INVESTMENTS, PRE-APPROVAL, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS			8
VI. OUTSIDE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES			11
VII. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS			12
VIII. GIFTS AND ENTERTAINMENT			13
IX. PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION			14
X. CERTIFICATION			15
XI. REPORTING VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS			16
XII. RECORDS			17