Featured Investment

Overview

This month's featured investment is the Protected Asset Allocator bond. This is an actively managed investment strategy for private investors who wish to invest in a diversified portfolio with the benefit of full capital protection.  Although the current economic climate is challenging and investment markets have experienced losses recently, history suggests that economic cycles do turn and although the catalysts for recovery can be difficult to identify, markets do recover and economic cycles do turn positive again after every downturn. Investors who decide to strategically reinvest during periods of weakness in the economic and financial market cycle are often handsomely rewarded when recovery takes place.

The Protected Asset Allocator Bond is designed to give investors access to the potential growth from a diverse portfolio of asset classes without any of the risk.

Key Features of the Bond

• 100% Capital Protection
• 100% Participation
• Term: 4 years
• Minimum Investment: €25,000
• Closing Date: 14 November 2008
• Diversified over 5 Asset Classes
• Dynamic Active Management
• Also available to Pension Investors

Where is the bond invested?

The Bond can invest in 5 asset classes: equities, bonds, real estate, commodities and currencies. The bond is also diversified geographically as illustrated below. Each month, BNP Paribas will decide what proportion of the portfolio will be invested in each of the asset classes in each geographic region as illustrated below:

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To learn more about this month's featured investment please contact our team of financial specialists.