Your bank or most assurance companies will have more information about unit trusts, as will your stockbroker, accountant, lawyer or financial adviser.

Ask them to provide you with the quarterly reports or brochures from the various management companies and assist you with a decision as to which unit trust will best suit your specific needs.

Information on investing in Unit Trusts from the Management Companies may be found by clicking on of the links below:

• Commercial Union Unit Trust Management Company Limited
• Fedgrowth Management Company Limited
• GuardBank Management Corporation Limited
• Sage Unit Trusts
• Sanlamtrust Managers Limited
• UAL Unit Trust Managers Limited

• You can also write to:
  • THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIT TRUSTS (AUT)
    
    PO BOX 5369
    JOHANNESBURG, 2000
• You can contact the AUT at:
  • Phone: (011) 838-2316/7
  • Fax: (011) 833-4030.

Mr Colin Woodin is the executive director of the AUT.