Investing offshore with Prudential gives you access to the award-winning M&G Global Basics Fund Fund

At the prestigious Personal Finance Plexus Raging Bull awards, the M&G Global Basics Fund was recognised as the best offshore Global Equity Fund for the five years ending 31 December 2011 on a risk-adjusted basis. The Fund is a globally diversified themat

Through its relationship with M&G Investments and the Prudential Plc Group, Prudential Portfolio Managers South Africa provides South African retail and institutional investors exclusive access to a select range of leading international investment portfolios. M&G Investments is one of the oldest and largest investment managers in Europe and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc - the London listed insurance and financial services group.

According to John Kinsley, Managing Director of Prudential Unit Trusts, “Unknown markets, unknown investment managers, and a wide range of underlying funds can make investors uneasy when making offshore investment decisions. Through our relationship with M&G Investments we offer our investors experience, expertise, and scale.”

The annual Raging Bull awards recognise both straight performance as well as an assessment of risk-adjusted performance. The latter awards aim to recognise funds that produce consistent performance without taking too much risk. With so many funds available to investors, the awards are designed to highlight and acknowledge the best of what is available in each sector of the investment universe.

“This award for the M&G Global Basics Fund is a significant achievement and proof of a prudent long-term approach to risk management over a period when global markets have been excessively volatile. It recognises the quality of the Prudential Group’s approach to managing client assets globally,” Kinsley continued.

“As much as this is good news for us as and the broader Prudential Group, it is better news for our clients. It reassures them that regardless of their specific objectives and appetite for risk, and as their needs change over time, our range of funds have a proven and demonstrable ability to consistently deliver benchmark-beating returns with less risk,” he concluded.