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Portfolio Investments for Income

Portfolio Investments is a range of high quality funds with no upfront charges.

  • Funds designed to provide Income
  • Asset split
  • Invest through an Investments ISA
  • What are the charges?
  • Other information
  • Next steps

Funds designed to provide Income

If you are investing for Income the following funds are available:

Sterling Corporate Bond Fund - A single manager fund managed by Santander Asset Management which holds assets directly and aims to provide a good level of income with the potential for capital gain by investing primarily in investment grade corporate bonds.

Cautious Portfolio - Invests in a diversified range of fixed interest investments and equities, with fixed interest never falling below 60% of the fund’s portfolio value.

Balanced Income Portfolio - Looks to provide an above average level of income along with some potential for capital growth primarily from exposure to a diversified range of equities and fixed interest investments.

Enhanced Income Portfolio - A single manager fund managed by Santander Asset Management which aims to provide investors with enhanced income and therefore limits the potential for capital growth. Holdings are likely to include UK shares, sale of covered call options and cash deposits and may from time to time include UK Fixed Interest Securities, warrants and derivatives.

Equity Income Portfolio - Looks to provide an above average level of income along with some potential for capital growth from exposure to equities.

Asset split

This is a summary of how the assets are split for each of the income funds:

 

 

 UK
 Equities 

 US
 Equities 

 Europe
 Equities 

 Japan
 Equities 

 Pacific
 Equities 

 Emerging 
 Markets

Bonds

Other

Total  

Income Portfolios

Sterling Corporate
Bond Fund

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

0%

100%

Cautious
Portfolio

20%

6%

8%

4%

2%

0%

60%

0%

100%

Balanced Income
Portfolio

50%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

50%

0%

100%

Enhanced
Income Portfolio

94%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

6%

0%

100%

Equity Income
Portfolio

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

 

As at May 2010 but please note that asset splits can change.

Invest through an Investments ISA

 

If you invest in Portfolio Investments through an ISA, you can make sure that any growth you enjoy is free of income and capital gains tax when you cash it in. You can also transfer an existing Cash or Stocks & Shares ISA from another investment provider to an Investments ISA which invests in one or more of the Portfolios. Please note that your current ISA provider may charge you for transferring out.

 

Investing outside an ISA
If you choose not to invest through an ISA, you may still benefit from tax advantages thanks to your Capital Gains Tax allowance. An adviser at any Santander branch will be able to explain these benefits in more detail.


Minimum investment
The minimum lump sum investment into any of the Portfolios is £500 (the minimum for lump sum top up, into the same portfolio, is £250) and the minimum regular contribution is £25 per month.

What are the charges?

Unlike a number of other banks we do not impose an initial charge, so all your money is working hard for you from the start. Charges vary depending on which fund(s) you choose but the maximum charge, which includes the cost of things such as auditors fees and stamp duty, is 1.88%pa. Please refer to our Key Features Document which is available from any branch for full details and to help you decide if this product is right for you.

Other information

Risk factors

  • The value of investments and any income from them can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount invested.
  • For Funds that invest in bonds, the value of your investment can fall if a bond issuer defaults, receives a lower credit rating, or if the risk rating of an individual issue changes. You should remember that high yielding stocks have an increased risk of default. The value of any foreign investments may be affected by changes in rates of currency exchange.
  • The tax benefits may change in the future, which could affect how much you get back.

Next steps

 

Phone us on 0845 7654321 or call in to a branch to speak to a Santander Financial Adviser.