-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CJSRQOt6zJiMAYGyLgXSaobE90zJlfTQWQcL5ONYOayZHjA+1bqZHWAC21w96nvR 3uOhUbHaMS/qtRL+OMddBw== 0001104659-05-009798.txt : 20050307 0001104659-05-009798.hdr.sgml : 20050307 20050307170713 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-05-009798 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050307 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050307 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050307 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STRATEGIC PARTNERS ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067442 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-60561 FILM NUMBER: 05664634 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GATEWAY CENTER THREE STREET 2: 100 MULBERRY STREET CITY: NEWARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07102 BUSINESS PHONE: 9733671495 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRUDENTIAL DIVERSIFIED FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980930 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRUDENTIAL DIVERSIFIED SERIES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980803 497 1 a05-4658_1497.htm 497

 

STRATEGIC PARTNERS ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS

 

Supplement dated March 7, 2005

to

Prospectus dated October 1, 2004

 

Effective as of the close of business on or about March 31, 2005,  the names of each of the Strategic Partners Asset Allocation Funds will change, as set forth below:

 

Current Fund Name

 

New Fund Name

Strategic Partners Conservative Growth Fund

 

Strategic Partners Conservative Allocation Fund

 

 

 

Strategic Partners Moderate Growth Fund

 

Strategic Partners Moderate Allocation Fund

 

 

 

Strategic Partners High Growth Fund

 

Strategic Partners Growth Allocation Fund

 

Also effective on or about March 31, 2005, the Advisers indicated below will be replaced:

 

Fund

 

Current Adviser

 

New Adviser

Strategic Partners Conservative Allocation Fund (formerly, Strategic Partners Conservative Growth Fund)

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

Transamerica Asset Management LLC and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (high yield bond sleeve)

 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (high yield bond sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Partners Moderate Allocation Fund (formerly Strategic Partners Moderate Growth Fund)

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

Transamerica Asset Management LLC and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lazard Asset Management LLC (international equity sleeve)

 

LSV Asset Management and Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (international equity sleeve)

 



 

Fund

 

Current Adviser

 

New Adviser

 

 

Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (high yield bond sleeve)

 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (high yield bond sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Partners Growth Allocation Fund (formerly Strategic Partners High Growth Fund)

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

Transamerica Asset Management LLC and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (large-capitalization growth equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennison Associates LLC (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (large-capitalization value equity sleeve)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lazard Asset Management LLC (international equity sleeve)

 

LSV Asset Management and Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (international equity sleeve)

 

Effective as of the close of business on or about March 31, 2005, the following sections of the prospectus are replaced or supplemented, as appropriate, as noted below:

 

The section of the Prospectus titled “Risk/Return Summary—Investment Objectives and Principal Strategies” is amended by removing all references to Prudential Investment Management, Inc., Jennison Associates, Inc. and Lazard Asset Management, LLC, and replacing the deleted information as follows:

 

Conservative Allocation Fund (formerly, Conservative Growth Fund)

 

Adviser

 

Target
Allocation of
Fund’s Assets

 

Asset Class

 

Primary Investment
Type/Style

Transamerica Asset Management LLC (Transamerica) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)*

 

15

%

Equities

 

Growth-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (Hotchkis & Wiley) and JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (JP Morgan)*

 

17

%

Equities

 

Value-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSAM

 

12.5

%

Fixed Income

 

High-yield debt, including junk bonds and emerging market debt

 

Moderate Allocation Fund (formerly, Moderate Growth Fund)

 

Adviser

 

Target
Allocation of
Fund’s Assets

 

Asset Class

 

Primary Investment
Type/Style

Transamerica and GSAM*

 

18

%

Equities

 

Growth-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotchkis & Wiley and JP Morgan*

 

21

%

Equities

 

Value-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

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Adviser

 

Target
Allocation of
Fund’s Assets

 

Asset Class

 

Primary Investment
Type/Style

LSV Asset Management (LSV) and Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg)*

 

14

%

International Equities

 

Stocks of foreign companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSAM

 

7

%

Fixed Income

 

High-yield debt, including junk bonds and emerging markets debt

 

Growth Allocation Fund (formerly, High Growth Fund)

 

Adviser

 

Target
Allocation of
Fund’s Assets

 

Asset Class

 

Primary Investment
Type/Style

Transamerica and GSAM*

 

27

%

Equities

 

Growth-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotchkis & Wiley and JP Morgan*

 

28

%

Equities

 

Value-oriented, focusing on large-cap stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSV and Thornburg*

 

23

%

International Equities

 

Stocks of foreign companies

 


* Each of the indicated advisers manages approximately 50% of the overall sleeve or segment.

 

The section of the Prospectus titled “How the Fund Invests” is amended by removing all references to Prudential Investment Management, Inc., Jennison Associates, Inc. and Lazard Asset Management, LLC, and substituting references to each of the new Advisers as set forth above.

 

The section of the Prospectus titled “How the Trust is Managed – Advisers and Portfolio Managers” is amended by removing all references to Prudential Investment Management, Inc., Jennison Associates, Inc. and Lazard Asset Management LLC and replacing all deleted information with information about each new Adviser, as set forth below:

 

Transamerica Asset Management LLC

 

Transamerica Investment Management (Transamerica), a registered investment advisor, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transamerica Investment Services, Inc. and a separate core business unit within AEGON.  Transamerica has been managing equity and balanced strategies since 1967.  Located in Los Angeles, Transamerica managed over $22 billion (as of 12/31/04) in equity and fixed-income assets for mutual funds, funds of funds, separately managed accounts, retirement plans and various for-profit and nonprofit entities.

 

Transamerica Investment Management’s large cap growth strategy is managed by a team of investment professionals of whom Jeff Van Harte, CFA is the lead portfolio manager.

 

Mr. Van Harte is Principal and Executive Vice President at Transamerica Investment Management, LLC. Mr. Van Harte is the Lead Manager for the Transamerica Premier Equity Fund and also manages sub-advised funds and institutional separate accounts in the large growth discipline. He has served as lead manager of the Transamerica Large Growth strategy since April of 1984. Prior to portfolio management responsibilities at Transamerica Mr. Van Harte was a securities analyst and trader for Transamerica Investment Services. He joined Transamerica in 1980 and has 25 years of investment experience.  Mr. Van Harte has managed the large capitalization growth equity segments of the Funds advised by Transamerica since Transamerica became a subadviser to the Funds in March 2005.

 

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Goldman Sachs Asset Management LLC

 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, along with other units of the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Company (Goldman Sachs), managed approximately $421.7 billion in assets as of December 31, 2004.  The address of GSAM is 32 Old Slip, 23rd floor, New York, New York 10005.

 

The large capitalization growth equity segments of the Funds advised by GSAM are team-managed.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management are Andrew W. Alford, Ph.D. and Melissa R. Brown, CFA

 

Mr. Alford, Managing Director; Director of Research, Global Quantitative Equity heads the Global Quantitative Equity Research team conducting research on fundamental- based quantitative investment strategies. Prior to joining GSAM, he was a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Ms. Brown is a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for US Portfolios for the Global Quantitative Equity Group. Melissa has over 20 years experience in the industry, including 10 years as an All- Star- rated Quantitative Analyst in the Institutional Investor annual survey.  Each of the portfolio managers have managed the large capitalization growth equity segments of the Funds advised by GSAM since GSAM became a subadviser to the Funds in March 2005.

 

The high yield segments of the Funds advised by GSAM are team-managed.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management are Andrew Jessop, Diana Gordon and Rob Cignarella.

 

Mr. Jessop, Managing Director and Head of the High Yield Team, joined GSAM in 1997 as a portfolio manager.  Previously, he worked six years managing high yield portfolios at Saudi International Bank in London.  Ms. Gordon, Vice President, joined GSAM in 1999 covering the high yield technology and communications sectors in addition to trading.  Before joining GSAM, she was a high yield portfolio manager at Saudi International Bank.  Mr. Cignarella, Vice President, joined GSAM in 1998 as a high yield credit research analyst.  Prior to his current position he worked in investment banking at Salomon Brothers.   Each of the portfolio managers have managed the high yield segments of the Funds since GSAM became a subadviser to the Funds in March 2005.

 

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC

 

Hotchkis and Wiley is a registered investment adviser, the primary members of which are HWCap Holdings, a limited liability company whose members are employees of Hotchkis and Wiley and Stephen Group, Inc. and affiliates, which is a diversified holding company.  As of December 31, 2004, Hotchkis and Wiley had over $19.4 billion in assets under management.  The address of Hotchkis and Wiley is 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3900, Los Angeles, California 90017-5439.

 

Sheldon J. Lieberman is primarily responsible for the management of the portion of the large-capitalization value equity segments of the Funds advised by Hotchkis and Wiley.  Mr. Lieberman has been with Hotchkis and Wiley and its predecessors since 1994.  He has managed the portion of the large-capitalization value equity segments of the Funds advised by Hotchkis and Wiley since Hotchkis and Wiley became an Adviser to the Funds in March 2004.

 

JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management

 

JP Morgan is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a publicly held bank holding company and global financial services firm.  JP Morgan manages assets for governments, corporations, endowments, foundations and individuals worldwide.  As of December 31, 2004, JP Morgan and its affiliated companies had approximately $791 billion in assets under management worldwide.  The address of JP Morgan is 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036.

 

Cris Posada and Raffaele Zingone are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the large-capitalization value equity segments of the Funds advised by JP Morgan.  Mr.  Posada, a Vice President of JP Morgan, is a client portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity Group.  An employee since 1997, he is responsible for product management and client servicing across JP Morgan’s large cap equity spectrum of products.  Mr. Zingone, a

 

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Vice President of JP Morgan, is a portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity Group.  He joined JP Morgan in 1991.  They have managed the portion of the large-capitalization value equity segments of the Funds advised by JP Morgan since JP Morgan became one of the Fund’s Advisers in March 2004.

 

LSV Asset Management

 

LSV was formed in 1994, and is a quantitative value equity manager providing active asset management for institutional clients through the application of proprietary models. As of December 31, 2004, LSV had approximately $34 billion in assets under management.  LSV’s address is One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Josef Lakonishok, Robert Vishny and Menno Vermuelen, CFA serve as co-portfolio managers for the portion of the international equity segments of the Funds advised by LSV.  Mr. Lakonishok has served as CEO, Partner and Portfolio Manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 25 years of investment and research experience. In addition to his duties at LSV, Mr. Lakonishok serves as the William G. Karnes Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Vishny has served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager of LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 18 years of investment and research experience. In addition to his duties at LSV, Mr. Vishny serves as the Eric J. Gleacher Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. Mr. Vermuelen has served as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He has more than 13 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LSV, Mr. Vermuelen served as a portfolio manager for ABP Investments.  Messrs. Lakonishok, Vishny and Vermuelen have managed the LSV portion of the international equity segments of the Funds since LSV became an Adviser to the Funds in March 2004.

 

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc.

 

Thornburg is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The firm was founded in 1982 and began providing investment management services to clients in 1984.  Thornburg uses a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investing which centers on the intrinsic value of each investment.  Thornburg’s address is 119 East Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.

 

William V. Fries, CFA, a Managing Director of Thornburg, and Wendy Trevisani, also a Managing Director of Thornburg, are the portfolio managers for the portion of the international equity segments of the Funds advised by Thornburg.  Mr. Fries serves as the lead portfolio manager.  Before joining Thornburg in May 1995, Mr. Fries managed equity mutual funds for 16 years with another mutual fund management company.    Before joining Thornburg in March 1999, Ms. Trevisani served as an institutional sales representative for Salomon Smith Barney in both New York City and London.  Ms. Trevisani holds an MBA degree with a concentration in Finance from Columbia University, and a BA in International Relations from Bucknell University.   Mr. Fries and Ms. Trevisani have managed the Thornburg portion of the international equity segments of the Funds since Thornburg became an Adviser to the Funds in March 2004.

 

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