Legg Mason Western Asset Singapore Opportunities Trust

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About The Fund

Investment Aim

The fund's investment objective is to achieve medium to long term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities issued by Singapore companies that are listed or traded on Regulated Markets.

Performance Benchmark

MSCI Singapore Index

CPF Investment Scheme

Included under the CPF Investment Scheme (Ordinary Account)
CPF Investment Scheme - List A Fund
 
Class AClass I
NAV:SGD 0.673SGD 0.659
High*:SGD 1.007SGD 1.000
Low*:SGD 0.352SGD 0.330
* Based on since inception month end prices
 
Fund Size:SGD 26 million
All data are as of 31 December 2011.
 
 
 

About the Investment Strategy

  • The Investment Manager views Singapore as dynamic, high-growth and rapidly expanding. The Investment Manager believes that a combination of rapid market expansion and consolidation of the sell-side community has resulted in a growing section of the market being under-researched.
  • The Managers have found that companies with large capitalizations (i.e. large cap stocks) have extensive coverage from the sell-side community while middle capitalization companies (i.e. mid-cap stocks) and small capitalization companies (i.e. small-cap stocks) are under-covered by sell-side community. As a result, the Managers' strategy when investing in large-cap stocks is to use a systematic, thematic approach in information gathering and analyses to capture periodic market mis-pricing in the large-cap stocks area where there are sufficient market signals and data points available. The Managers intend to devote more of their internal research resources to seek out and analyse mid-cap and small-cap stocks where opportunities for significant securities mis-pricing are more abundant.

About the Investment Team

Havenport Asset Management(“Havenport”) is an Asia Pacific Equities specialist, headquartered in Singapore. Havenport’s investment leaders have over two decades of individual experience investing in this region. Havenport is focused on managing Asian Pacific equity mandates for a broad spectrum of clients and the key investment personnel has been managing collective investment schemes in Singapore since 1995.

 
 

Havenport Asset Management Pte. Ltd (“Havenport”), a Singapore incorporated company, is an independent employee-owned company incorporated in Singapore whose founders were executives of Legg Mason Asset Management Singapore Pte. Limited (“LMAMS”). Havenport is focused on managing Asian Pacific equity mandates for a broad spectrum of clients and the key investment personnel has been managing collective investment schemes in Singapore since 1995.

Havenport will be appointed as the sub-manager for Legg Mason Western Asset Asian Enterprise Trust , Legg Mason Western Asset Singapore Opportunities Trust and Legg Mason Western Asset Southeast Asia Special Situations Trust with effective from 1 April 2011.With the appointment of Havenport as the Sub-Manager, it is expected that the same team of people (originally from LMAMS) with the same investment processes will continue to manage the portfolio of the Equity Funds.

This document, prepared by Legg Mason Asset Management Singapore Pte. Limited ("Legg Mason"), is for information only and does not constitute an offer nor solicitation to buy or sell any units of the Fund. The prospectus of the Fund is available and may be obtained from Legg Mason or its authorised distributors. Investors should read the prospectus prior to any subscription. All applications for units in the Fund must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus. An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested. The value of units and the income accruing to the units, if any may fall or rise and past performance is not necessarily a guide for future performance.

The Fund may invest in derivatives for hedging and/or efficient portfolio management purposes. The Fund’s net asset value may have higher volatility characteristics as a result of its portfolio management style. Please refer to the prospectus for more information.

The CPF interest rate for the Ordinary Account (OA) is based on the 12-month fixed deposit and month-end savings rates of the major local banks. Under the CPF Act, the Board pays a minimum interest rate of 2.5% per annum when this interest formula yields a lower rate. The interest rate for the Special and Medisave Accounts (SMA) is pegged to the 12-month average yield of 10-year Singapore Government Securities (10YSGS) plus 1%. The interest rate to be credited to the Retirement Account (RA) will be the weighted average interest of the entire portfolio of Special Government Securities (SSGS) the RA savings are invested in which earn a fixed coupon equal to the 12-month average yield of the 10YSGS plus 1% of the point of issuance. For 2010 and 2011, the minimum interest rate for the SMA and RA is 4.0% per annum. After 31 December 2011, the 2.5% per annum minimum interest rate, as prescribed by the CPF Act will apply to the SMA and RA. In addition, the CPF Board will pay an extra interest rate of 1% per annum on the first S$60,000 of a CPF member's combined balances, including up to S$20,000 in the OA. The first S$20,000 in the OA and the first S$30,000 in the Special Accounts may not be invested under the CPFIS.

Investors should note that the applicable interest rates for each of the CPF accounts may be varied by the CPF Board from time to time. Subscriptions using CPF monies shall at all times be subject to inter alia regulations and such directions and requirements imposed by the CPF Board from time to time.

All opinions and estimates in this document constitute Legg Mason's judgement as of this date and are subject to change without notice. Legg Mason, its affiliates, officers or directors, may have an interest in the acquisition or disposal of the securities mentioned herein.

Distribution of this document may be restricted in certain jurisdictions; persons into whose possession this publication comes should inform themselves of and observe such restrictions. This document does not constitute the distribution of any information or the making of any offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such distribution or offer is not authorized or to any person to whom it is unlawful to distribute such a booklet or make such an offer or solicitation. This Fund is not available to US citizens, residents or greencard holders and may not be available in all jurisdictions.