M&G Enhanced Income Fund (I) - PEII fund information

The Prudential Enhanced Income Fund is a varied specialist fixed income portfolio. The objective of the Prudential Enhanced Income Fund is to maximise total returns in excess of the benchmark, the BEASSA ALBI 1-3 year Total Return index, over a rolling 36-month period, whilst seeking to preserve capital and reduce volatility through active asset management. In order to achieve the portfolio's investment objectives, the securities to be acquired for the Prudential Enhanced Income Fund will consist of a mix of high yielding securities, including equity, listed property instruments, bonds, preference shares and assets in liquid form, both locally and abroad, thereby generating both tax free and taxable income, whilst preserving capital. The portfolio may include non-equity securities where the instrument or issuer has been assigned a rating or any other form of measurement approved in terms of prevailing statutory limitations. The Portfolio may also include participatory interests or any other form of participation in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa, or of participatory interests or any other form of participation in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories other than South Africa, with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the manager and the trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investors protection at least equivalent to that in South Africa and which is consistent with the portfolio's primary objective. The use of derivative strategies may be pursued and will only be limited by the prevailing statutory limitations placed on the inclusion of such financial instruments in the portfolio. Nothing in this supplemental deed shall preclude the Manager from varying the ratios of securities, to maximise capital growth and investment potential in changing economic environments or market conditions or to meet the requirements, if applicable, of any exchange as defined in terms of legislation and from retaining cash or placing cash on deposit in terms of the deed and this supplemental deed; provided that the Manager shall ensure that the aggregate value of the assets comprising the portfolio shall consist of securities and assets in liquid form of the aggregate value required from time to time by the Act. No direct physical property holding will be made by the portfolio. For the purpose of this portfolio, the manager shall reserve the right to close the portfolio to new investors on a date determined by the manager. This will be done in order to manage the portfolio in accordance with its mandate. The manager may, once the portfolio has been closed, open the portfolio again to new investors on a date determined by the manager. The portfolio will comply with regulations controlling retirement funds or such other applicable legislation as may be determined for retirement funds. The portfolio investment in listed equity instruments will be limited to 10% of the total portfolio value, The trustees will ensure that the portfolio meets the investment policy requirements as stated in the supplemental trust deed.