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What are Unit Trusts?

A unit trust is a collective investment that enables you to pool your money with other investors  in the portfolio with a specific investment objective. The portfolio is managed by the appointed asset or investment manager in a manner to achieve its chosen investment objective. Unit Trusts provide investors exposure to portfolios over diverse asset classes and geographies. This includes a wide range of local and international shares or equities (companies listed on a stock exchange), bonds, property, money market instruments and their derivatives.  

The total value of the pool of invested money is split into equal portions called participatory interests of units (referred to as “units”). When you invest in unit trusts, you buy a share of the units of the total fund. The unit price (also known as the net asset value (NAV)) fluctuates daily as it is dependent on the market value of the instruments in which the pool of money is invested. The NAV price is calculated daily.  

Collective investments such as  unit trusts are accessible, flexible, well regulated and transparent  medium to long-term savings vehicles.

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Satrix Managers (RF) (Pty) Ltd (Satrix) a registered and approved Manager in Collective Investment Schemes in Securities and an authorised financial services provider in terms of the FAIS. Collective investment schemes are generally medium- to long-term investments. Unit Trusts and ETFs the investor essentially owns a “proportionate share” (in proportion to the participatory interest held in the fund) of the underlying investments held by the fund. With Unit Trusts, the investor holds participatory units issued by the fund while in the case of an ETF, the participatory interest, while issued by the fund, comprises a listed security traded on the stock exchange.

ETFs are index tracking funds, registered as a Collective Investment and can be traded by any stockbroker on the stock exchange or via Investment Plans and online trading platforms. ETFs may incur additional costs due to it being listed on the JSE. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and the value of investments / units may go up or down. A schedule of fees and charges, and maximum commissions are available on the Minimum Disclosure Document or upon request from the Manager. Collective investments are traded at ruling prices and can engage in borrowing and scrip lending. Should the respective portfolio engage in scrip lending, the utility percentage and related counterparties can be viewed on the ETF Minimum Disclosure Document. The Manager does not provide any guarantee either with respect to the capital or the return of a portfolio. The index, the applicable tracking error and the portfolio performance relative to the index can be viewed on the ETF Minimum Disclosure Document and or on the Satrix website.

Performance is based on NAV to NAV calculations of the portfolio. Individual performance may differ to that of the portfolio as a result of initial fees, actual investment date, dividend withholding tax and income reinvestment date. The reinvestment of income is calculated based on actual distributed amount and factors such as payment date and reinvestment date must be considered.

*Note exchange prices are delayed in accordance with regional exchange rules.South African prices are delayed by 15 minutes; North American prices are delayed by 15 minutes.