0001145549-19-042323.txt : 20191108 0001145549-19-042323.hdr.sgml : 20191108 20191108105933 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-19-042323 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190831 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191108 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20191108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 15 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000278187 IRS NUMBER: 132974999 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02896 FILM NUMBER: 191202859 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 655 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEWARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07102 BUSINESS PHONE: 973-802-6469 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 655 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEWARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRUDENTIAL HIGH YIELD FUND, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DRYDEN HIGH YIELD FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041213 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRUDENTIAL HIGH YIELD FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950523 0000278187 S000004516 PGIM HIGH YIELD FUND C000012404 Class R JDYRX C000012405 Class A PBHAX C000012406 Class B PBHYX C000012407 Class C PRHCX C000012408 Class Z PHYZX C000109372 Class R6 PHYQX C000196888 Class R2 PHYEX C000196889 Class R4 PHYGX 0000278187 S000038590 PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund C000119073 Class A HYSAX C000119074 Class C HYSCX C000119075 Class Z HYSZX C000147930 Class R6 HYSQX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0000278187 XXXXXXXX false false false N-1A true Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15 811-02896 0000278187 5493004GW6X6EIMPJD18 655 Broad Street 17th Floor Newark 07102-4077 US-NJ US 1-800-225-1852 The Bank of New York Mellon 240 Greenwich Street New York 10286 1-212-495-1784 Records related to its functions as custodian. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of the Funds and Board of Directors

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of PGIM High Yield Fund and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15, as of and for the year ended August 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the Funds’ financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Funds’ annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of August 31, 2019.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15 and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York

October 18, 2019