SC issues revised guidelines on unit trust funds

27 January 2022

The SC has amended the Guidelines on Unit Trust Funds, in force from 1 March 2022, to give effect to the liberalisation of the unit trust fund framework announced on 21 December 2021. The new framework will support an investment ecosystem that is more diversified and provide a catalyst for product offerings as part of wealth management solution to meet investors’ retirement objectives, including the offering of wealth decumulation products.

The amendments to the Guidelines include the following:

• Expansion of the list of permissible investments by unit trust funds;
• Enhancing the operational processes in managing a fund;
• Providing further clarity on existing requirements for market participants;
• Allowing unit trust funds to undertake more activities for the purpose of efficient portfolio management; and
• Strengthening risk management requirements at enterprise and fund levels, including the requirement for fund information to be made available on the management companies’ websites.