Impact Investing Strategies
At Prowess, we believe that impact investing is the key to economic transformation. We strive to ensure that every investment positively impacts the investor while also promoting socio-economic development.
Our approach to impact investing is personalised for each client. We apply our extensive experience in the African investment space to select investment portfolios that create measurable returns and sustainable value for all stakeholders. We connect investment opportunities to capital that is searching for uncompromised economic returns and purposeful social and economic impact.
An empowered vision for Investment
Prowess Impact Bond Fund
Investor Profile
For institutional clients with various risk profiles who seek medium to long-term capital growth while investing for social impact.
Fund Description
The fund’s strategy is to build a diversified portfolio that achieves a higher weighted average yield over risk free rates while minimising volatility.
The Fund invests in a diversified range of listed and unlisted fixed interest securities including, but not limited to, government, semi-government, corporate bonds, fixed deposits, money market and other interest-bearing securities that offer value on a relative basis.
The portfolio invests in local bonds and other interest-bearing and debt instruments that positively support and provide funding for social upliftment and infrastructure development. The social responsibility objectives of this fund are investing in projects with a direct and evident impact on working class communities. These include investing in low-cost housing; water and sanitation services; welfare services; public health; and educational and training projects.
Benchmark: FTSE/JSE All Bond Index (ALBI)
Regulation 28: Yes
Structure: Segregated
For more information please contact: businessdevelopment@prowessinvestments.com
Fund Managers
Private Markets Funds
Prowess offers investors the opportunity to invest in unlisted/private debt and/or private equity investments on a deal-by-deal basis or on a fund basis in any sector. Prowess offers expertise to source transactions, undertake due diligence, deal structuring and close the transaction, and engage in post-investment management including capital mobilisation.
DETAILS OF THREE NEW FUNDS TO BE UNVEILED SOON
- SME FUND
- INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
- PRIVATE DEBT FUND
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