Cushing MLP Total Return Fund, launched by Swank Capital, LLC and managed by Swank Energy Income Advisors L.P, invests in public equity and fixed income markets worldwide with a focus on the United States and typically invests in MLPs, natural resource companies, and global commodities. It employs a fundamental analysis approach to invest primarily in non-U.S. issuers' securities, MLPs, and other equity securities, as well as debt securities. Cushing MLP Total Return Fund was established on May 23, 2007, and is based in Dallas.