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SUPPLEMENT 2<br />
PineBridge Asia Balanced Fund<br />
Supplement 2 to the Prospectus dated 29 March, 2011<br />
for PineBridge Global Funds<br />
This Supplement contains specific information in relation to<br />
PineBridge Asia Balanced Fund (the "Sub-Fund"), a subfund<br />
of PineBridge Global Funds (the "Fund") an openended<br />
umbrella unit trust authorised by the Central Bank<br />
pursuant to the Regulations.<br />
This Supplement forms part of and should be read in<br />
conjunction with the Prospectus for the Fund dated 29<br />
March, 2011 and any Supplements thereto, which contains<br />
the general description of:<br />
- the Fund and its management and administration;<br />
- its investment restrictions and borrowing powers;<br />
- its general management and Fund charges;<br />
- the taxation of the Fund and of its Unitholders;<br />
- its risk factors; and<br />
- names of all other sub-funds of the Fund<br />
which is available from the Manager at 30 North Wall<br />
Quay, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland.<br />
PineBridge Investments Ireland Limited is the Manager of<br />
the Fund. The Directors of the Manager are set out in the<br />
main body of the Prospectus.<br />
The Directors of the Manager accept responsibility for the<br />
information contained in the Prospectus and this Supplement.<br />
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors<br />
(who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that<br />
such is the case) such information is in accordance with<br />
the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the<br />
import of such information. The Directors accept responsibility<br />
accordingly.<br />
The audited financial information for the Fund will be sent<br />
on request to any Unitholder.<br />
An investment in the Sub-Fund should not constitute a<br />
substantial proportion of an investment portfolio and<br />
may not be appropriate for all investors.<br />
The Sub-Fund may invest in FDI for investment purposes<br />
as specified in this Supplement.<br />
Definitions<br />
"Asian Region" includes Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India,<br />
Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, The People's<br />
Republic of China, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,<br />
Taiwan and Thailand.<br />
1. The Investment Manager<br />
The Manager has appointed PineBridge Investments Asia<br />
Limited, Clarendon House,2 Church Street, Hamilton HM<br />
11, Bermuda (registered address) and Level 31, Three<br />
Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong (business<br />
address) to act as investment manager to the Sub-Fund.<br />
The Investment Manager has the responsibility for the<br />
PineBridge Asia Balanced Fund<br />
investment management, on a discretionary basis, of the<br />
assets of the Sub-Fund.<br />
The Investment Manager is incorporated in Bermuda and<br />
based in Hong Kong, manages investment portfolios in<br />
Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South<br />
Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, India and Australia.<br />
There are investment professionals of PineBridge Investments<br />
companies in all of these locations except Indonesia.<br />
As at 31 December, 2010 the Investment Manager<br />
had USD 10.48 billion assets under management.<br />
The Investment Manager is a wholly owned subsidiary of<br />
Bridge Partners and is also a member company of Pine-<br />
Bridge Investments. PineBridge Investments provides<br />
investment advice and markets asset management products<br />
and services to its clients around the world. It operates<br />
as a multi-strategy investment manager in 32 countries<br />
and jurisdictions, with USD 82.1 billion in assets under<br />
management as of 31 December, 2010. PineBridge<br />
Investments is a leading asset manager with long-term<br />
track records across listed equity, fixed income and alternative<br />
investments strategies, and a rich heritage managing<br />
assets for one of the world’s largest insurance and<br />
financial services companies.<br />
2. Investment Objective<br />
The Sub-Fund will be managed to provide investors with<br />
income and long-term capital appreciation through investment<br />
in equities, equity-related securities and debt securities<br />
of Asian issuers in the Asian Region.<br />
3. Investment Policy<br />
The Sub-Fund will, under normal market conditions, invest<br />
the majority of its total assets in a broad range of equity<br />
and equity-related securities of Asian companies i.e. companies<br />
whose assets, products or operations are in Asia<br />
and debt securities of Asian issuers, including commercial<br />
paper, bonds or other debt instruments issued or guaranteed<br />
by Asian corporations or entities, obligations of supranational<br />
community, regional or world institutions or organisations<br />
issued or guaranteed by Asian government or<br />
governmental subdivisions, certificates of deposit, bankers<br />
acceptances issued or supported by the credit of Asian<br />
banks.<br />
The Sub-Fund will invest in fixed and / or floating rate debt<br />
securities of varying maturities. The percentage of debt<br />
securities with a credit rating of less than BBB by Standard<br />
and Poor's Corporation, or equivalent by Moody's or other<br />
rating agency will be similar to that of the HSBC Asian US<br />
Dollar Bond Total Return Index. Where no rating is available,<br />
the Manager, with the advice of the Investment Manager,<br />
may assign its own rating, which must be deemed to<br />
be the equivalent of the previously mentioned Standard<br />
and Poor's, Moody's or other agency rating.<br />
A major proportion of the Sub-Fund's assets will be invested<br />
in large, well established companies with the remainder<br />
being invested in smaller companies.<br />
The Investment Manager believes that the performance of<br />
equities over longer periods of time is driven by the pro-<br />
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