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Alexander Forbes Investments Limited

PRI reporting framework 2020

Asset class implementation gateway indicators [OO 10 - 12] Peering questions [OO LE 01 - HF 01]

Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Outsourcing to fiduciary managers and investment consultants [SG 12] ESG issues in asset allocation [SG 13 - 15] Asset class implementation not reported in other modules [SG 16 - 17] Innovation [SG 18] Communication [SG 19]

Indirect – Manager Selection, Appointment and Monitoring

Listed Equity and Fixed Income Strategies [SAM 01] Selection [SAM 02 - 03] Appointment [SAM 04] Monitoring [SAM 05 - 07] Outputs and outcomes [SAM 08 - 09]

Direct - Listed Equity Active Ownership

Overview [LEA 01] Engagement [LEA 02 - 08] Outputs and outcomes [LEA 09 - 11]

Confidence building measures

Confidence building measures [CM1 01 - 07]

Export Public Responses

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Basic information

OO 01. Signatory category and services

01.1. Select the services and funds you offer

Select the services and funds you offer	% of asset under management (AUM) in ranges
Fund management	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Fund of funds, manager of managers, sub-advised products	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Other	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Total 100%

Further options (may be selected in addition to the above)

Hedge funds

Fund of hedge funds

01.2. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 02. Headquarters and operational countries

02.1. Select the location of your organisation’s headquarters.

South Africa

02.2. Indicate the number of countries in which you have offices (including your headquarters).

2-5

6-10

>10

02.3. Indicate the approximate number of staff in your organisation in full-time equivalents (FTE).

150 FTE

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 03. Subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories

03.1. Indicate whether you have subsidiaries within your organisation that are also PRI signatories in their own right.

Yes

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 04. Reporting year and AUM

04.1. Indicate the year end date for your reporting year.

31/12/2019

04.2. Indicate your total AUM at the end of your reporting year.

Include the AUM of subsidiaries, but exclude advisory/execution only assets, and exclude the assets of your PRI signatory subsidiaries that you have chosen not to report on in OO 03.2

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

Not applicable as we are in the fund-raising process

04.4. Indicate the assets which are subject to an execution and/or advisory approach. Provide this figure based on the end of your reporting year

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

Not applicable as we do not have any assets under execution and/or advisory approach

04.5. Additional information. [Optional]

The Alexander Forbes Investments Limited business is predominantly a fund of fund business. 97% of the business assets are managed actively through asset managers that we have selected. 3% of the assets are managed passively.

OO 06. How would you like to disclose your asset class mix

06.1. Select how you would like to disclose your asset class mix.

as percentage breakdown

as broad ranges

	Internally managed (%)	Externally managed (%)
Listed equity	0 0	>50% 62.3
Fixed income	0 0	10-50% 17.79
Private equity	0 0	<10% 1
Property	0 0	<10% 3.14
Infrastructure	0 0	<10% 1
Commodities	0 0	0 0
Hedge funds	0 0	<10% 3.8
Fund of hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Forestry	0 0	0 0
Farmland	0 0	0 0
Inclusive finance	0 0	0 0
Cash	0 0	10-50% 11
Money market instruments	0 0	0 0
Other (1), specify	0 0	0 0
Other (2), specify	0 0	0 0

06.2. Publish asset class mix as per attached image [Optional].

06.3. Indicate whether your organisation has any off-balance sheet assets [Optional].

Yes

06.5. Indicate whether your organisation uses fiduciary managers.

Yes, we use a fiduciary manager and our response to OO 5.1 is reflective of their management of our assets.

No, we do not use fiduciary managers.

06.6. Provide contextual information on your AUM asset class split. [Optional]

The Alexander Forbes Investment business managers assets accross the asset classes with the bulk of the assets in listed equity. The South African market has a siginificant quantum of assets in Regulation 28. balanced (Multi-asset) funds which has a maximum equity allocation of 75%. The balance of assets typically in a fixed interest mix with cash, income, gorporate, and inflation linked bonds. An allocation to alternative assets such as hedge funds, infrastructure, private equity and debt forms a much smaller allocation based on risk, return, liquidity and an available opportunity set.

OO 07. Fixed income AUM breakdown (Private)

OO 08. Segregated mandates or pooled funds (Private)

OO 09. Breakdown of AUM by market

09.1. Indicate the breakdown of your organisation’s AUM by market.

21 Developed Markets

79 Emerging Markets

0 Frontier Markets

0 Other Markets

Total 100% 100%

09.2. Additional information. [Optional]

The business is registered as a South African entity, which is emerging market in nature hence the bulk of our assets are managed locally. The pension fund regulation (Reg 28) stipulates that a maximum of 30% of assets may be externalised to other developed or global emerging markets. Accordingly that a maximum of 30% would therefore be in developed markets.

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