Flexible Investment Plan
Features
Minimum initial investment |
£10,000 |
Minimum additional investment |
£5,000 |
Wide range of funds | |
Prudential's Multi-asset Fund Range | |
PruSelect Fund Range (independently selected range) | |
Dynamic Portfolios | |
Additional Fund Choice | |
Fund switching |
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Flexible withdrawals options |
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Tax benefits |
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Additional benefits |
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Life cover |
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We're giving 0.75% extra allocation on all new and top-up applications from 9 August 2010 to 11 February 2011.
We may extend, amend or withdraw this offer without notice and at any time.
To find out more about the special offer please speak to your Financial Adviser.
With this plan you can make payments as and when you want to and choose from a wide selection of funds depending on your attitude to risk.
Please note that the value of your fund may fluctuate and you may not get back your original investment.
Why choose the Flexible Investment Plan?
- Minimum initial investment
The minimum initial investment is £10,000. You can make additional minimum investments of at least £5,000 at any time. - Access to PruSelect Fund Range - a wide range of independently selected investments
Access to around 100 funds, selected by research company Old Broad Street Research (OBSR), that are managed by many of the UK's leading fund managers. Find out more about the PruSelect Fund Range. - Access Prudential's Multi-asset Fund Range
Access Prudential's multi-asset fund range including the PruFund range of funds. We have over 160 years' worth of experience in managing people's money. Find out more about Prudential's Multi-asset Fund Range. - Additional Fund Choice
These are funds managed by Prudential and other external fund managers and include our Distribution Income funds - read more. - Dynamic Portfolio options
Select from five portfolios to suit different investment objectives and attitudes to risk. - Fund switching
Switch between funds free of charge (currently) and with no Capital Gains Tax to pay. Certain restrictions apply to certain funds - please see the key features. - Flexible options for withdrawing money
You can take regular or partial withdrawals from your bond at any time. You can set the amount of regular withdrawals and choose how often they are taken, within certain minimum and maximum levels. Charges and restrictions may apply and any withdrawals taken will reduce the value of your plan. - Tax benefits of the Flexible Investment Plan
If you pay tax this plan has a valuable built-in tax benefit. This allows you to take out up to 5% of your investment each year from your plan for up to 20 years free from any immediate tax liability. There may however be an additional tax liability when you cash in your plan.
Read more about investments and taxation.This is based on our current understanding as at August 2010 of current tax legislation and HM Revenue & Customs practice, both of which may change without notice. The amount of tax relief actually received will depend on your individual circumstances.
- Additional benefits
The Flexible Investment Plan has several additional features to choose from including automatic rebalancing, programmed switching, interest sweep, annual growth reward, loyalty bonus, guaranteed minimum death benefit, inheritance tax planning.
Read our key features for more information on these. The plan also provides a small element of life cover.
What will I get back?
This depends on many things including investment performance, which can go down as well as up, any withdrawals, features you choose, and charges that may apply.
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Flexible Investment Plan - PruFund Expected Growth Rates
You can see the latest expected growth rates for the PruFund funds available through our Flexible Investment Plan in the table below. ShowPlease note the following about the current rates:
- The rates are effective from 25 August 2010 to 24 November 2010.
- The EGRs quoted below are shown gross of product charges.
- They are the annualised rates which will be applied daily to increase the unit price of each fund and are set quarterly by the Prudential Directors having regard to the expected long term investment return on the assets of each fund.
- The Expected Growth Rates set at future quarter dates are not guaranteed and may be higher, the same or lower than those applying at the start of your investment.
- The unit price may be adjusted at the start of each quarter or, more rarely (subject to the underlying asset performance), during the quarter, which will affect any growth you receive.
Fund Expected Growth Rates before charges PruFund Growth Fund 6.60% p.a. PruFund Protected Growth Fund (closed to new business with effect from 3 August 2009) 6.60% p.a. PruFund Cautious Fund 6.10% p.a. PruFund Protected Cautious Fund 6.10% p.a. Read more about expected growth rates.
Take action
- For more information on our Flexible Investment Plan speak to your financial adviser or you can read our key features and guides below.
- Read our guide to investments.
Read more
Product information
- Guide (pdf 810k)
- Key Features (pdf 147k)
- Policy Provisions (pdf 212k)
- Fund Guide (pdf 179k)
- Summary of fund charges (pdf 623k)
- How we provide your fund options (pdf 109k)
- Taxation of Bonds (pdf 300k)
PruFund
- Introducing the PruFund Range of Funds (pdf 429k)
- Understanding the Guarantee (pdf 861k)
- Your With-Profits Plan - A Guide to how we manage the Fund (PruFund) (pdf 127k)
Dynamic Portfolios
Other Funds
