PUBLIC NOTICE: Unit Trust of Samoa

UTOS ENDS 2022 ON A HIGH NOTE: NEW SERVICES AVAILABLE

Press Release: 20th December 2022

As Samoa warmly welcomes the Festive Season this year, the Unit Trust of Samoa is celebrating its latest developments towards improving services to its Unitholders in Samoa and around the globe.

(i) In partnership with Pacific40 Ltd, Unitholders are now able to purchase units through the Talofa Voucher from anywhere in the world. Talofa Voucher was established in 2018 to assist Pacific Island Communities residing abroad to support their families living in Pacific homelands. With the ingenious solution for online payment of goods and services from New Zealand, Australia, and other counties to various businesses in Samoa, families need not to worry about the hassle of acquiring their funds through packed money transfer agencies in town.

With more than 150 existing business partners in Samoa, UTOS is proud to add its name to the growing partnerships and team up with Pacific40 – Talofa Voucher to ensure the convenience of buying units at any time, from anywhere.

(ii) The UTOS public website has also been upgraded to;

• Include Digital payments platforms (KlickEx, ANZ online Banking Biller, and Talofa Voucher) which are now available for unitholders to buy units from anywhere.
• The website has incorporated Cyber Security patches that were recommended by UpGuard our Cyber Security Resilience platform for optimal security.
• There is also a major transformation in presenting digital information to the public for ease of understanding of the benefits and advantages of investing with UTOS.

The second phase of the Project will see new accounts being processed online and submitted through our public website. This work is currently in the pipelines and UTOS will work to have this Live by January 2023.

Unitholders and the public are encouraged to visit our websites www.utos.ws / www.pacific40.com for more information.

(iii) Furthermore, at the Trust special meeting with Savaii Unitholders last month, where the new Prospectus 2022–2025 was launched, a new regulated amount for the opening of New Investment Accounts has now adjusted from 50 units to 25 units. This decision by the Board and Management of the UTOS Management Ltd was to ensure that investing with UTOS remains affordable to everyone.

UTOS (Trust) is a private trust owned by the Unitholders with its assets entrusted to a Trustee Company which holds in trust the funds of the unitholders. These funds are invested into a diversified portfolio of assets ranging from term deposits, government guaranteed lending to the Government of Samoa, and shares in privately owned companies both local and across the region. Its social objective is inclusivity; allowing for accessible and affordable investment for ordinary Samoans. Its commercial objective is to generate sustainable returns for the unit holders from a risk assessed and balanced investment portfolio.

Should you need further information regarding your investment account with the Unit Trust of Samoa please contact +685 29916 or +685 26949 or email info@utos.ws or via our Facebook page Unit Trust of Samoa.

FA’AIU LE TASUAGA FAIGALUEGA A LE UTOS I LE FA’ALAUILOAINA O NI AUAUNAGA FOU MO SUI FAIIUNITE

Pepa o Faamatalaga: 19 Tesema 2022

A’o alo atu le tatou atunuu i lenei vaitau fiafia o le tausaga, e fa’alauiloa atu ma le agaga fiafia e le Fa’aputugātupe Teufa’afaigaluega o Mavaega Tausi o Samoa, nisi o auaunaga fou ua maea tapenaina mo ona sui fai-iunite;

(i) I se faigapa’aga ma le kamupani o le Pacific 40, ua mafai nei e so’o se sui fai-iunite ona fa’atau iunite e ala lea i le auaunaga o le Talofa Voucher. O le auaunaga a le Talofa Voucher sa amata mai i le tausaga e 2018 ina ia fesoasoani i tagata nu’u o le Pasefika o lo’o aumau i atunuu ese, e ala i le fa’atauina lea o oloa o lo’o maua i pisinisi ese’ese a atunuu o le Pasefika. O lea faiga ua fa’afaigofie ai i aiga ona maua a latou oloa, e aunoa ma se toe fa’atali i se laina o faletupe e tala ai tua seleni.

E silia ma le 150 pisinisi ese’ese i Samoa o lo’o fa’aaogaina lenei auaunaga ma fai pa’aga ai ma le Pacific 40 – Talofa Voucher, ma e fiafia tele le UTOS e fa’alauiloa lea faigāpa’aga fou ua ausia nei, aua le fa’atauina o iunite mai so’o se tulimanu o le lalolagi, i soo se taimi.

(ii) I le vaega muamua o lenei auaunaga toe fa’aleleia, o lea ua toe fa’atulaga foliga va’aia o le tatou Upega Tafāilagi ma fa’aopo’opo iai isi auaunaga lautele;

• Ua mafai nei ona fa’atau sao iunite mai so’o se tulimanu o le lalolagi, e ala i le KlickEx, ANZ online banking Biller ma le Talofa Voucher.
• Ua maea ona teuteu ma toe fa’aleleia atili metotia fa’atekenolosi o lo’o puipuia ai fa’amatalaga ma ala feso’otai a le Ofisa ma sui fai-iunite, aemaise le saogalemu o auala e fa’atau ai iunite i luga o le upega tafāilagi.
• Ua iai suiga i le fa’alauiloaina o auaunaga ese’ese a le UTOS, aemaise le fa’amalamalaina o fa’amanuiaga e ono maua ma lamatiaga o lo’o iai i teugātupe teufa’afaigaluega mo sui fai-iunite.

O le vaega e lua o nei auaunaga toe fa’aleleia, o le ā mafai ai ona fa’atumu Pepa o Talosaga e avea ai ma sui fai-iunite, tu’usao mai luga o le upega tafāilagi, ma o lenei auaunaga o le a mafai ona fa’atino, ae lei maea le masina o Ianuari 2023.

E fautuaina le mamalu o latou o lo’o fia malamalama atili i ia auaunaga fou, e asiasi ifo i le upega tafāilagi a le UTOS – www.utos.ws / ma le upega tafāilagi a le Talofa Voucher – www.pacific40.com mo nisi fa’amatalaga.

(iii) E fiafia foi e fa’alauiloa atu, le tatalaina aloai’a o le tusi taiala fou mo sui fai-iunite, o le “Fa’amatalaga Tau Alamanuia 2022 – 2025”, ma ua fa’amamaluina nei ona amata so’o se teugātupe teufa’afaigaluega a se tagāta-nu’u Samoa i le 25 iunite (fa’aiti’itia mai le 50 iunite sa iai muamua). O lenei suiga ua fa’atinoina, ia fa’amautinoa ai, o lo’o taugofie ma gafatia pea e ō tatou tagata ona fai se teugātupe i le UTOS.

O le Faaputugātupe Teufa’afaigaluega o Mavaega Tausi o Samoa, o se faaputugātupe tūmaoti e pulea e le aufaiiunite ma ua tu’uina atu le fa’atuatuaga i le Kamupani tau Mavaega Tausi, e va’aia ma tausia uma latou meatōtino. O nei meatōtino, ae aofia ai ma vaegātupe o lo’o teufa’afaigaluega i vaega ese’ese o le tamāoaiga e maua mai ai ni seleni fa’aaopopo, e pei o tupe teu fa’avaitaimi i faletupe, nonōgatupe malupuipuia i le Mālō o Samoa ma sea i totonu o kamupani tumaoti i Samoa nei ma le Pasefika. O le anava fa’aagafeso’otai a le fa’aputugātupe, o le manuia lea o tagata uma, ia saunia ni auala faigofie ma taugofie e teufa’afaigaluega ai seleni a so’o se tagātanu’u o Samoa. Ae o lana anava fa’apisinisi, ia ausia ni tupe fa’asili mo aufaiiunite mai ana teugātupe ua māea ona iloilo toto’a.

Mo nisi fa’amatalaga e uiga i lau teugātupe teufa’afaigaluegai le UTOS, fa’amolemole fa’afeso’otai mai le tatou ofisa i le +685 29916 poo o le +685 29649. E mafai foi ona e imeli mai ile info@utos.ws po’o le feso’otai mai foi i luga o le tatou Facebook Page – Unit Trust of Samoa.