Uni Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund

Fund Objective
The fund aims to achieve medium to long-term capital growth by investing in a single collective investment scheme that invests primarily in securities (equities or equity-related securities) issued by companies which carry on infrastructure-related businesses in the Asia-Pacific region.

Fund Strategy
The fund aims to achieve medium to long term capital growth by feeding into the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund managed by UOB Asset Management Ltd.

The United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund aims to achieve medium to long term capital growth by investing in securities (equities or equity-related securities) issued by companies which carry on infrastructure-related businesses in sectors such as, but not limited to the following:

(i) transportation (for example, roads, railways, ports and shipping);
(ii) utilities (for example, power, gas, water and telecommunications);
(iii) capital goods (for example, machinery and equipment manufacturing);
(iv) materials (for example, cement, steel and oil); and
(v) engineering and construction.

In addition to the above, the fund manager may also invest the assets of the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund in the following investment vehicles:

(a) business trusts;
(b) energy trusts;
(c) index-linked securities;
(d) collective investment schemes authorised or recognised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore pursuant to sections 286 and 287 of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) respectively; and
(e) collective investment schemes that invest all or substantially all of their assets in infrastructure-related sectors or in securities issued by companies in such sectors,

provided that investments in each entity under (a), (b) and (c) shall not exceed 10% of the assets of the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund, investments in each collective investment scheme described in (d) shall not exceed 10% of the assets of the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund and investments in the collective investment schemes described in (e) shall not in total exceed 10% of the assets of the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund.

As the United Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund is an absolute return fund, in the event the fund manager finds that there are no suitable investment opportunities at any time, it may temporarily invest in debt securities and / or deposits held as cash.