Howard Tiffen

Van Asset Management is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm traces its origins to 1927 when Kenneth Stevens Van Strum founded Van Strum Financial Service. In 1934, the firm was renamed Van Strum & Towne, Inc. In 1994, Van Kampen Merritt and American Capital merged, creating Van Kampen American Capital. In June 1996, Van Kampen American Capital was acquired by Morgan Stanley. In 1998, Van Kampen American Capital changed their name to Van Kampen Asset Management. Can Kampen Asset Management is a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Banking. Their ultimate parent is Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The firm's products include mutual funds, closed-end funds, separately managed accounts, 529 portfolios, unit trusts and insurance trusts.

Van Kampen Senior Income Trust Operates as a Closed-End mutual fund. The trust's investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, consistent with preservation of capital. It seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of interests in floating or variable rate senior loans to corporations, partnerships and other entities which operate in a variety of industries and geographical regions. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, NY.