The Investec Wealth & Investment BCI Diversified Growth Fund of Funds aims to offer investors a moderate to high long-term total return with a focus on investment growth by investing across a diversified range of asset classes and underlying portfolios. The portfolio will be managed in compliance with prudential investment guidelines for retirement funds in South Africa to the extent allowed for by the Act.
The portfolio's net equity exposure will range between 0% and 75% of the portfolio's net asset value. Investments to be included in the portfolio will, apart from assets in liquid form, consist of participatory interests and other forms of participation of local and global collective investment schemes, or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the manager and trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection at least equivalent to that in South Africa.
The investments will be consistent with the portfolio's primary objective, investing in equity securities, property and property related securities, non-equity securities, money market instruments financial instruments, bonds and other interest-bearing instruments and securities. To the extent that the assets in the portfolio are exposed to exchange rate risk, the manager may enter into financial transactions for the exclusive purpose of hedging such exchange rate risk subject to the conditions and limits as stipulated by the Act. The Trustee shall ensure that the investment policy set out in this Supplemental Deed is carried out.