Plexus Global Asset Management Limited is domiciled in the BVI and provides advice to and manage the international investment portfolios of both the Plexus Group’s South African client base as well as its international clients. For the first five years of the company’s existence, clients’ funds were invested in a combination of investment funds managed by well-known and respected international fund managers.

The fund offering is structured as cells under PSG Mutual Fund PCC Limited. The custodian of the funds is BNP Paribas Trust Company (Guernsey) Ltd and the administrator is PSG Active Fund Services Ltd. Plexus Global Asset Management was appointed as investment adviser (investment manager) to the cells.

The range of Plexus Global funds includes:

• Plexus RAFI^® Enhanced Global Strategy Fund (EUR) (fact sheet)
• Plexus Global Income Plus Fund of Funds (EUR) (fact sheet)

An important part of Plexus International Holding’s growth strategy is to partner with well-known and respected international investment companies in order to exploit new opportunities and to source and develop unique, high-quality investment solutions for our clients. A number of partnerships have already been established, with the licensing agreements being held by BVI-domiciled Plexus International Management Company Limited. These include:

Research Affiliates

In July 2007, a licensing agreement with California-based investment house Research Affliates was concluded. In terms of this agreement Plexus obtained the exclusive right to utilise the enhanced Research Affiliates Fundamental Indexation^® (eRAFI^TM) methodology in order to manage and distribute enhanced index products in the Pan-African zone.

PIMCO

In February 2009, a distribution agreement was concluded with PIMCO, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious fixed-income investment houses. In terms of the agreement, Plexus has the sole right to introduce PIMCO’s services and products to qualifying South African investors, and to service PIMCO’s existing client base in South Africa. Click here for a complete list of PIMCO's funds (tick "Yes" and click "Submit").

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Absolute Return Partners LLP (ARP) is a London-based private partnership. ARP provides independent asset management and investment advisory services globally to institutional as well as private investors, charities, foundations and trusts.

ARP is a company with a simple mission – delivering superior risk-adjusted returns to its clients, believing they can achieve this through a disciplined risk management approach and an investment process based on its open architecture platform.

The company’s focus is strictly on absolute returns through a diversified range of both traditional and alternative asset classes used when creating portfolios for its clients.

ARP is authorised and regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA).