| Fund Characteristics
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Name of Fund |
Polaris Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 Tracker Fund |
Fund Type |
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) |
Underlying Index |
Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 Index |
Stock Code |
0051 |
Website |
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Listing |
Taiwan Stock Exchange |
Regulator |
Securities and Futures Commission |
Issuer/Manager |
Polaris International Securities and Investment Trust Company Ltd. |
Technical Advisor |
State Street Global Advisors Asia Limited (SSgA Asia) |
Custodian |
Taishin International Bank |
Management Style |
Passive |
Investment objective |
Closely track the performance of Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 Index (before fees and expenses) |
Issue of Units |
Scripless, units held in the Depository and not available for withdrawal in physical form |
Depository |
Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation |
Maximum subscription size |
None |
Net Asset Value (NAV) |
Net asset value will be calculated based on the market value of the assets of the Fund after income and expenses accrual. It will be announced after 4 pm on each dealing day. |
Total Expense Ratio (TER) |
TER includes Management fee, Custodian fees, index license fees, etc. Such expenses will be accrued daily and subtracted from the NAV. TER is calculated based on the estimated fund size: For fund size below NTD 10bn (including), TER will be 40 bp; For fund size above NTD 10bn ~ NTD 30bn (including), TER will be 34bp; For fund size above NTD 30bn, TER will be 30bp. |
Voting rights |
The Manager will act in the unitholders' interest and exercise voting rights for the shares held in the Fund. |
Annual report |
The Manager will prepare annual report within 2 months after the end of each accounting year. The annual report will be signed by the Manager and the Custodian and certified by the accountants. |
Distribution |
When the Fund's investment performance exceeds that of the Underlying Index by 1% or more, the Fund will make a distribution. |
| Trading in the Secondary Market |
Buy/sell |
Through any licensed securities broker |
Account Opening
|
Need to open a securities trading account with a brokerage house
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| Commission |
Same as for ordinary stocks – varies by broker but no higher than 0.1425% of the consideration |
| Board lot |
1,000 units |
| Trading time |
Trading hours of the Taiwan stock Exchange: 9:00 – 13:30 |
| Tax |
0.1% levied on the sale of the units, lower than 0.3% levied on the sale of stocks |
| Price relationship with the index |
250th of the index level |
| Bid/ask spread |
NTD 0.01 if the price of the unit is below NTD 50
NTD 0.05 if the price of the unit is above NTD 50 |
| Limit up and down |
7%, same as that for stocks |
| TWSE Information Disclosure |
• Estimated NAV per unit every 15 seconds
• Index level every 15 seconds
• Trading price of the fund and the 5 best bid/ask prices and volumes |
| Margin Trading |
• Available on listing
• Short selling under margin trading is exempted from the tick rule
(which requires short sales to take place at no lower than the previous day's closing price)
• Investors should check with his/her broker to see if there is any quota available before executing short-selling |
| Creation and Redemption in the Primary Market |
Creation and redemption |
Creation – to subscribe for units of the Fund using index baskets and cash component
Redemption – to redeem units of the Fund for index baskets and cash component
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Portfolio Composition File (PCF)
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Details of index baskets for creation and redemption will be disclosed through the fund issuer’s website to all market participants
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| Order input time |
9:00 – 15:30 on each dealing day
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Tax
|
No tax is levied on creation or redemption
|
Creation Unit / Redemption Unit
|
1,000,000 units |
| Placement of creation and redemption orders |
Must be through participating dealers |
Issue Price / Redemption Price
|
NAV per unit on the day of creation or redemption |
Creation consideration / Redemption consideration
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NAV per unit * number of units applied for in the creation or redemption order |
Types of creation
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• Creation
• Aggregate creation
• Minimum in-kind creation
• Creation and sale of ETF on the same day
• Minimum in-kind creation and sale of ETF on the same day
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Types of redemption
|
• Redemption
• Redemption and sale of stocks on the same day |
Creation and redemption fee
|
Varies by participating dealers but subject to the limit
• Creation fee cannot exceed 2% of the creation consideration
• Redemption fee cannot exceed 1% of the redemption consideration |
