guide to using prudential's fund analysis tools

We work with a leading provider of fund data services, Funds Library, to supply you with a broad range of informative statistics and fund analysis tools.

We aim to make this service as user-friendly as possible and have designed this guide to make sure that you get the most from it. If there is any terminology included in this document or the tools it relates to which you don’t understand, please refer to the glossary on www.pru.co.uk/guides_tools/glossary or contact your adviser.

Guide to using Prudential’s Fund analysis tools

This document is an interactive PDF file which allows you to navigate through the pages using the links.

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There are a number of ways that you can search for the funds you are interested in.On the following pages we give examples of many of the filter options available. 1. ChoosePrudentialRetirementAccountorOther

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2. Whereapplicablechoosealistoffundsbasedondifferentcriteria

> Life Funds

> Pension Funds

> Corporate Pension Funds

> Prudential International Funds

> OEIC

> ISA Funds

3.Searchfunction

a. If you know the SEDOL code of a fund, enter it in to the search box. If you want to bring up more than one fund, you can input the 7 digit SEDOL code for each fund with a space in between each code.

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b. Type a key word from the fund name into the search box.

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3.ProductorFundSeries

You can then choose your fund or fund range by filtering on the Series of fund you are interested in or by the Plan/Productname.

SeriesPrudential group funds into “Series”. If you need help to identify which products are available to a particular Prudential fund series, please click on the icon next to the filter drop down to view an explanation.

ProductThis filter lists the plans or products that are owned by Prudential and include plans originally taken out with Scottish Amicable, M&G and Vanbrugh Life. Your policy documents will detail the plan or product name.

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4.Status

This filter will help to confirm which plans and products are

> available for sale = Current

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> no longer sold (but may be available for top ups) = Legacy

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When you have made your selection, a list of applicable funds will show in a table format. You will see columns of information which are explained on the following pages.

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5.CompanytakenoutwithOver the years Prudential has acquired Vanbrugh Life, Scottish Amicable and M&G life and pensions. All of the plans and products originally sold by these companies are now branded as “Prudential”. If you need help to find your specific plan, you can narrow your search by selecting the company that you originally dealt with.

6.TypeofPlanUse this option to select the type of plan that you are interested in. If you need some help to define the type of plan, please click on the icon next to the filter drop down to view an explanation.

7.FundManagerorFundGroupThis gives you the option to search for funds, which are managed by a specific fund group.

8.ABIorIAsectorsThe Association of British Insurers (ABI) use “Sectors” as a system for the classification of life and pension funds. This ensures that life and pensions funds operating similar investment strategies are grouped together so that you can compare them on a like-for-like basis.

The Investment Association (IA) is the equivalent for Unit Trusts and OEICs.

9.PrudentialGroupPrudential groups some funds in to specific categories for Marketing purposes. Please click on the icon next to the filter drop down to view our definitions of the categories shown.

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(applicable to both Prudential Retirement Account and Other Fund Options).

When you have made your selection of funds, a table showing fund prices and links to other information will be shown.

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a) Shortlist – allows you to select specific funds and view information as a “Shortlist” of this table.

Simply select the funds you are interested in. These funds will then appear above the main table.

b) Compare – You can also select up to 6 funds and then choose the “Add to Comparison Tool” button.

This will take you to a new window which shows the main features of the funds you have selected side by side.

2.SEDOLcode

This is an industry recognised code which is assigned to each fund. It is issued by the London Stock Exchange (or Irish Stock Exchange in the case of Prudential International Funds).

3.Pricedate

This is the date when Prudential set the fund’s price.

4.Bidprice

The price at which units or shares are sold by investors.

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When you have made your selection of funds, a table showing fund prices and links to other information will be shown. 5.OfferPrice

The price at which an investor buys an asset.

Some of our funds have a single price. If this is applicable to a fund, the single price will show in the “offer” column.

6.Interactivefactsheetlink

This link takes you to information on the selected fund, which you can tab through to obtain more detailed fund data. (see full details on P9)

7.PDFfactsheetlink

You can access a summary of the fund in PDF format via this link.

8.Performancechartlink

This link takes you to a tool which allows you to chart your fund against others, benchmarks or indices. (see full details on P10)

Please note that all of this information is updated as soon as it is received by our partner Funds Library, so it will always be the most current data available.

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You can then tab along to the “Documents” section

If you want to look at how your fund has performed over different time periods, you can view that information here.

Here you’ll find some additional support material to help you research your fund – e.g.

> Fund Guide (if applicable)

> Key Information Document (if applicable)

> Fund Prospectus (if applicable)

Fund performance is shown to the nearest month end (except for Corporate Pension funds which are shown to quarter end) – and is calculated on the difference of the daily fund price between dates. The paragraphs at the bottom of the page give you more information on how these figures are calculated.

Please remember though, that past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

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1.ExporttoPDF

You can create the page in view as a PDF version. It is then ready to print.

2.ExporttoExcel

You can download the content on this page in to excel.

We provide both interactive and PDF factsheets, which are all powered by Funds Library.

Youcanclickthrougheachofthetabsatthetoptoobtainmorein-depthinformation

Please see our separate “Understanding Interactive Fund Factsheets” guide (Ref: INVT11531)

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http://www.pru.co.uk/pdf/INVT11531.pdf

1. This shows the performance of your selected fund over 5 years compared to it’s relevant investment sector average or benchmark.

> if your fund has not been running for 5 years, performance will be shown to the nearest full year.

> performance will only be shown when the fund is a year old.

2. You have the option to change the time period by either (2a) using the slider bars to select your own time period or (2b) you can choose from the drop down menu.

3. This is the key to refer to when looking at the performance chart.

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4. If you would like to see the performance of other funds or instruments, you can select from the universe of funds held in the Financial Express (FE) database.

5. You can then narrow this selection down by choosing a particular investment manager or investment sector.

6. Your selection will result in a list in this drop down box, which you can then choose to add to the graph.

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7. To get the historical daily fund price choose a fund from the drop down box at point 3 then click on Get price. Then select the required pricing date from the pop-up window.

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8. This table shows performance to the month end (or quarter end for Corporate Pensions) over each of the last 5 years of the fund along with;

a) it’s investment sector. It also includes

> the funds ranking within the sector. e.g. 11/103 means that out of 103 funds in the same investment sector, this fund comes 11th in terms of performance over the time period shown.

> Quartile ranking This is a statistical term which describes the division of fund performance in to 4 “quartiles” within a fund sector.

e.g if a fund is 1st quartile it is in the top 25% of funds in the sector for performance.

b) benchmark (where available) for Corporate Pensions funds

9. This table shows annualised performance to the month or quarter end over different time periods of the fund and it’s investment sector or benchmark.

10.Any additional fund choices you make will appear underneath the default fund performance tables.


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“Prudential” is a trading name of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, which is registered in England and Wales. This name is also used by other companies within the Prudential Group. Registered office at Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH. Registered number 15454. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. IN

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