Manulife PRS Asia – Pacific REIT Fund

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Investment
Objective		 The Fund aims to provide long-term capital appreciation and sustainable income# by investing in one collective investment scheme, which invests mainly in REITs.
# Income declared will be reinvested in the form of additional Units issued to Members.
Fund Category Feeder Fund (Islamic REITs)
Investment
Strategy		 The Fund will invest at least 95% of the Fund’s NAV in the Manulife Investment Asia-Pacific REIT Fund (“Target Fund”), while the balance will be invested in liquid assets such as money market instruments (including fixed income securities which have remaining maturity period of not more than 365 days) and placement of deposits with financial institutions for liquidity purposes.

The Fund’s portfolio will be closely monitored and rebalanced from time to time to ensure that the Fund’s asset is allocated in accordance with its prescribed asset allocation.

If the Provider is of the opinion that the Target Fund no longer meets the Fund’s objective, the Provider will, in the interest of the members, seeks the Scheme Trustee’s consultation and subject to the member’s approval, replace the Target Fund with another collective investment scheme of a similar objective.
Asset
Allocation		 Target Fund At least 95% of the Fund’s NAV will be invested in the Target Fund.
Liquid assets Balance of the Fund’s NAV in liquid assets such as money market instruments (including fixed income securities which have remaining maturity period of not more than 365 days) and placement of deposits with financial institutions for liquidity purposes.
Note: The Provider will ensure that there is sufficient liquidity for the Funds to meet redemption requests.
Performance
Benchmark		 Manulife Investment Asia REIT Ex Japan Index, which is also the performance benchmark of the Target Fund. The Manulife Investment Asia REIT Ex Japan Index is a customised index which consists of the REIT funds universe within Asia ex Japan markets, which include China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. The index is a market capitalisation weighted index of REIT funds with market capitalisation of USD5 million or more.
Note: Members should be aware that the risk profile of the Fund is not the same as the risk profile of the performance benchmark. The performance benchmark information is available at www.manulifeinvestment.com.my.
Member
Profile		 This Fund is suitable for Members who
  • seek investment exposure mainly through a diversified portfolio of REITs within the Asia-Pacific region;
  • seek a sustainable distribution of Units and long-term capital growth on their contributions;
  • seek an additional retirement savings* scheme other than mandatory retirement scheme;
  • are not statutorily obliged to contribute to mandatory retirement scheme; and/or
  • are employers who wish to contribute on behalf of their employees having the aforesaid characteristics.
Please note that this Fund is neither capital guaranteed nor capital protected, therefore, a Member’s capital is neither guaranteed nor protected.
Risks
Disclosure		 Country Risk, Currency Risk, Risk considerations for investing in Derivatives, Structured Products and Warrants, Specific Risk related of the Target Fund
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