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Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 45 of 2002)

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Advertising, marketing and information disclosure requirements for collective investment schemes

Part II : General Rules for Marketing and Advertising

4. General standards for marketing and advertising a collective investment scheme

 

(1) A manager may not advertise or market any collective investment scheme or portfolio—
(a) in a manner that is likely to create a misleading or false statement, promise or forecast regarding the collective investment scheme, a portfolio or a participatory interest;
(b) if such a scheme or portfolio is not registered or approved in accordance with the Act;
(c) in a manner that is fraudulent, misleading or deceptive in respect of—
(i) the nature of the collective investment scheme or portfolio;
(ii) the conditions on which a participatory interest of a collective investment scheme or portfolio may be purchased and sold;
(iii) the price at which a participatory interest may be purchased and sold;
(iv) the risks associated with the collective investment scheme or portfolio;
(v) the nature or scale of the activities of the manager;
(vi) the resources that are available to the manager; and
(vii) any other material aspects of a participatory interest, a portfolio or a collective investment scheme.

 

(2) Prior to registration and approval by the registrar of a collective investment scheme or a portfolio, a manager may not—
(a) distribute any advertising or marketing material relating to that collective investment scheme or portfolio;
(b) make any reference to that collective investment scheme or portfolio at product launches.