Market Risk

Equity markets are volatile and the price of equities fluctuate based on a number of factors such as changes in the economic climate, general movements in interest rates and the political and social environment which will also affect the value of the securities held in the unit trust, thereby affecting the overall value of the unit trust.

Currency Risk / Foreign Exchange Risk

This risk is associated with investments that are denominated in foreign currencies. When the foreign currencies fluctuate against the South African Rand, the investments face currency gains or losses.

Concentration Risk

Unit Trusts pool the assets of many investors and use the proceeds to buy a portfolio of securities. There are regulations in place which limit the amount that a unit trust may invest in securities, thereby spreading the risk across securities, asset classes and companies.

Liquidity Risk

This relates to the ability of the unit trust to trade out of a security held in the portfolio at or near to its fair value. This may impact on liquidity and in the case of foreign securities, the repatriation of funds.

Credit Risk

Credit risk arises where an issuer of a non-equity security or a swap is unable to make interest payments or to repay capital. The Fund may be exposed to credit risk on the counterparties in relation to instruments such as cash, bonds and swaps that are not traded on a recognised exchange. The possibility of the insolvency, bankruptcy or default of a counterparty with which the Fund trades such instruments, could result in losses to the Fund.

Total Return Swaps Risk

This portfolio may invest in total return swaps. Total return swaps are unlisted instruments issued by a bank to provide the return of a specific index. Therefore, the equity exposure in this portfolio is derived through the total return swap and not by physically holding the equities in the portfolio. The value of the instrument is directly linked to the performance of the basket of assets per the index and will fluctuate in line with the daily market movements.

Inflation Risk

The risk of potential loss in the purchasing power of your investment due to a general increase of consumer prices.

Tax Risk

This risk relates to any change to tax laws or to the interpretation of existing tax laws which has an impact on the manner in which unit trusts are taxed.

Compliance Risk

This refers to the risk of not complying with the legislation, regulations, prescribed investment limits and internal policies and procedures by the manager or the portfolio manager.

Political Risk

The risk that investment returns could suffer as a result of a country’s political changes or instability in the country. Instability could come from changes in the country’s government, policy makers or military.

Minimum Disclosure Document

This page serves as an electronic Minimum Disclosure Document (MDD) which contains key information about this portfolio. It is updated on a monthly basis.

Sources

Performance sourced from Morningstar and Portfolio Analytics Consulting (Pty) Ltd, for a lump sum using NAV-NAV prices with income distributions reinvested. CPI for all urban areas sourced from FactSet. Asset Allocation and Top 10 holdings data compiled by Global Investment Reporting SA ("GIRSA”). Asset allocation and Top 10 holdings data are lagged by one month.

FAIS Conflict of Interest Disclosure

The annual service fee for the A class includes a fee of up to 0.40% payable to Synergy, a fee up to 0.20% payable to Ci Collective Investments and a fee of 0.20% payable to Analytics Consulting. All fees stated are exclusive of VAT. Please note that in most cases where the Financial Services Provider (FSP) is a related party to the portfolio manager, the FSP/distributor may earn additional fees other than those charged by the portfolio manager. It is the FSP’s responsibility to disclose such additional fees to the investor. Synergy aggregates foreign investments within the Global Flexible Growth Fund, and the portfolio may therefore be invested in the SMM Global offshore portfolio from time to time. SMM Global and SIP may earn an annual investment advisory fee of up to 0.60% on all such investments. Synergy does not charge any annual management fee in South Africa against the value of any investments that are placed in the SMM Global offshore portfolio.

Characteristics

This is a multi-asset low equity portfolio which means that it may invest in a spectrum of investments in the equity, bond, money, or property markets. This portfolio tends to display reduced short term volatility, aim for long term capital growth and can have a maximum effective equity exposure (including international equity) of 40% and a maximum effective property exposure (including international property) of 25% of the market value of the portfolio at all times. This portfolio may, at the discretion of the portfolio manager, invest up to 45% of the assets outside of South Africa. A fund of funds is a portfolio that invests in portfolios of collective investment schemes, which levy their own charges, which could result in a higher fee structure for the fund of funds.

Risk Reward Profile

Typically, the lower the risk, the lower the potential return and the higher the risk, the higher the potential return. There is no guarantee that returns will be higher when investing in a portfolio with a higher risk profile. The risk profile for this portfolio is rated as low, as it may only invest up to 40% in equity securities, both locally and abroad.