The Databank Balanced Fund (Bfund) is an open-ended mutual fund that seeks to achieve growth in income and capital. The Fund also aims at providing liquidity and conserving principal. The main objective of the Fund is to pool funds and invest them in high quality fixed income and equity securities. The fixed income instruments include government debt instruments, Commercial Paper, Bankers' Acceptances and Certificates of Deposits. The equity securities component comprises listed stocks of good performing companies on regulated stock markets within Africa. Bfund seeks to provide a combination of income and growth to investors who want a flexible instrument to meet their medium-term to long-term financial planning needs at a moderate level of risk. Bfund is also aimed at investors who want to take advantage of the benefits of both markets, that is, high returns and moderate risk.