The portfolio has a flexible mandate with no prescribed maturity limits for the securities in which it invests. It also has a flexible duration policy and seeks to protect capital in times of bond market weakness by following a defensive asset allocation strategy. In order to achieve its objective, the investments normally to be included in the portfolio may comprise a combination of assets in liquid form, money market instruments, bonds, debentures, convertible securities, cash deposits, corporate debt, listed property, preference shares, non-equity securities, equity securities and any other securities which are considered to be consistent with the portfolio's primary objective and the Act my allow from time to time.