Ivy Funds Extends Jersey Sponsorship to New USL Team, Affiliated with Sporting Kansas City
October 23 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Ivy Funds today announced that it has extended its soccer jersey
sponsorship to include the newest United Soccer League (USL) team,
the Swope Park Rangers, which will take the field in 2016. The
Rangers are being launched by Sporting Club, the ownership group of
Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Sporting Kansas City, a team that Ivy
Funds has been jersey sponsor of since 2013.
“We’re pleased to join Sporting Club in supporting the Rangers
and the growth of the USL,” said Thomas W. Butch, president and CEO
of Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. “Our partnership with Sporting is
built on innovation and reaching a growing audience of soccer fans,
as well as our investors across the U.S. Extending our presence to
the Rangers and the USL supports both of those objectives.”
The Swope Park Rangers, a name that originated with Sporting
Kansas City’s reserve team in 2008 and the first in American
professional team sports to feature a municipal park, will join the
USL in its sixth season. A partner of MLS since 2013, the USL is
one of three domestic professional men’s leagues recognized by U.S.
Soccer and one of the largest professional soccer leagues in the
world with 30 teams across the United States and Canada, including
a total of 11 teams owned/operated by MLS clubs.
“We are excited to welcome Sporting Kansas City and the Swope
Park Rangers KC to the USL for the 2016 season,” USL President Jake
Edwards said. “Sporting Kansas City is consistently one of the top
organizations in MLS and has a fantastic locally-based ownership
group that is committed to building the soccer culture throughout
the region.”
Ivy Funds became Sporting Kansas City’s original jersey sponsor
in 2013, the year the team won the MLS Cup Championship. In 2014,
Ivy Funds announced that an extension of the partnership, as the
team’s jersey sponsor and as Sporting Club’s official investment
management partner, through the 2022 season.
About Ivy Funds
Ivy Funds offers a broad fund lineup covering all major asset
categories, including international and domestic equity funds,
specialty funds, fixed-income funds and money market funds.
Ivy Investment Management Company (IICO) is an affiliate of
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (Waddell & Reed). Through
its subsidiaries, Waddell & Reed provides investment management
and financial planning services to clients throughout the U.S.
Waddell & Reed had approximately $121 billion in total assets
under management at June 30, 2015. IICO serves as investment
advisor to the Ivy Funds. Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. is principal
underwriter and distributor to the Ivy Funds. For more information,
visit www.ivyfunds.com.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and it is
possible to lose money by investing.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks,
charges and expenses of a fund carefully before investing. For a
prospectus, or if available, a summary prospectus, containing this
and other information for any of the Ivy Funds, visit
www.ivyfunds.com.
Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully
before investing.
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