The Ampersand BCI Bond Fund aims to generate returns similar or above the FTSE JSE All Bond Index (“ALBI”) at similar or lower risk measured over 1 year rolling periods.
The portfolio will offer potential for capital growth as well as a regular level of income. No duration constraints will apply, with the underlying investments being managed by combining passive and actively managed strategies and will change over time to reflect the managers assessment of interest rate cycles.
The portfolio invests predominantly in domestic bonds. The portfolio is managed in compliance with prudential investment guidelines for retirement funds in South Africa to the extent allowed for by the Act.
In order to achieve this objective, the investments normally to be included in the portfolio will comprise a combination of assets in liquid form and a combination of bonds and interest-bearing securities, including loan stock, debentures, debenture bonds, money market instruments, corporate debt and non-equity securities.
The portfolio may invest in participatory interests or any other form of participation in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes as the Act may allow from time to time, and which are consistent with the portfolio's investment policy. Where the aforementioned schemes are operated in territories other than South Africa, participatory interests or any other form of participation in portfolios of these schemes will be included in the portfolio only where the regulatory environment is, to the satisfaction of the manager and the trustee, of sufficient standard to provide investor protection at least equivalent to that in South Africa.
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