Our commitment to you is to choose the right Fund Managers to safeguard your money.

That’s why we entrust the management of the Countrywide Assured Investment Funds and the Premium Series International Funds to Schroder Investment Management Ltd. The CWA Series Funds are managed by Irish Life Investment Managers Limited.

Schroder Investment Management (SIM) is part of Schroders plc, one of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. SIM had £130.2bn of assets under management as at 30th June 2008.

Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM) is the investment management subsidiary of Irish Life & Permanent plc, and authorised in Ireland by the Financial Regulator under section 10 of the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995. The registered office is Beresford Court, Beresford Place, Dublin 1. Assets under management were in excess of £20bn as at 31st December 2006.

Our Investment Policy takes account of the principles of the Institutional Shareholders’ Committee (ISC) concerning dealings with companies in which we invest. We monitor our Fund Managers to check that these same principles are being maintained.