Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
May 22, 2017
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 |
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A
Securities Act File No. 333-215689
Investment Company Act File No. 811-09999
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 (the “Registrant”) hereby respectfully requests acceleration of its Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to Prudential QMA US Broad Market Index Fund, Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Core Equity Fund, Prudential QMA International Developed Markets Index Fund, Prudential QMA Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Prudential Jennison Small-Cap Core Equity Fund, Prudential Core Conservative Bond Fund, Prudential TIPS Fund and Prudential Commodity Strategies Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of the Registrant, so that it will become effective at 10:00 a.m. on May 22, 2017. Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, the Funds’ distributor, joins in the request of the Registrant for acceleration.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Diana Huffman at (973) 367-8982.
Very truly yours,
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
By:/s/ Claudia DiGiacomo _
Name: Claudia DiGiacomo
Title: Assistant Secretary
Prudential Investment Management Services LLC
By:/s/ Scott E. Benjamin __
Name: Scott E. Benjamin
Title: Vice President
