Merchant West SCI Cautious Fund (A1) - MCAA fund information

In order to achieve this objective the investments to be acquired for the portfolio will cover the full spectrum of securities, and include equities, participatory interests in collective investment schemes in property, loan stock listed on exchanges, non-equity securities, preference shares, bonds, money market instruments and assets in liquid form. The Manager may make active use of listed and unlisted financial instruments to reduce the risk that a general decline in the value of equity markets may have on the value of the portfolio. The manager may from time to time invest in participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa and which are consistent with the portfolio's primary objective. The equity limits will be aligned with that of the Asisa Fund Classification: SA - Multi Asset - Low Equity. The use of derivative strategies may be pursued actively and will only be limited by the statutory limitations placed on the inclusion of financial instruments in portfolios. The Manager shall be permitted to invest on behalf of the portfolio in offshore investments as legislation permits. The portfolio will be managed in accordance with regulations governing pension funds.