Risk Disclosure
Trading of stocks and all other investment products involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. The value of stocks may fluctuate and as a result, clients may lose more than their original investment.
Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially rapid and substantial losses. Options trading privileges subject to Sam4x review and approval. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before investing in options. No content on the Sam4x website shall be considered as a recommendation or solicitation for the purchase or sale of securities, options or other investment products. All information and data on the website is for reference only and no historical data shall be considered as the basis for judging future trends.
Why invest with us?
Our consistent performance, over the years in diversified product offerings in the global & local markets, ensures the safety of your investment. Continued trust of our investors & stakeholders is the testament of their belief in us!
Invest with us
Whether you’re a loyal long-time shareholder or a newcomer to our funds, we want to make investing with us easy and enjoyable. Here you’ll find the prospectus for our funds, forms you may need to make changes to your accounts and applications for new accounts. Check out the FAQs for answers to questions you may have in mind. And if you’re just getting started with us, How to Invest will lead you through the simple process. Contact us for anything else you may need. We enjoy talking with our investors.
What personal information do we collect
During our activities, we collect and hold personal information about you. We will only collect personal information that is necessary to provide our products and services to you, including information needed to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Name
- Email address, mailing address and other contact details;
- Date of birth;
- Information to verify your identity such as your driver’s licence number;
- Tax file number; and
- Bank account details to enable payment of distributions or redemptions.
We are required to collect your name, address, date of birth and other verification information under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth). We are authorized to collect tax file numbers under tax laws and the Privacy Act.
How do we collect your personal information?
We collect your personal information directly from you unless it is unreasonable or impracticable to do so. When collecting personal information from you, we may collect in ways including:
- from your completion of application forms for our products;
- though your use of our website;
- during communications between you and our representatives; and
- from our conduct of marketing activities which may include requests for more information for example competitions, events or requesting ‘business cards’
We may also collect personal information from third parties including your adviser or authorized representative.
If you are a contact of a corporate client or other organization or an adviser within a dealer group, personal information may be collected from that entity.
What happens if we cannot collect your personal information?
If we do not obtain all the information we need from you, the following may happen:
- we may not be able to provide you with and subsequently administer some or all our products or services; and/or
- we may not be able to provide you with information about our products and services.
How is your personal information used?
We will only use your personal information for the purpose of providing you with our investment products and services. In managing your investment with us, we will use your personal information to:
- assess your application and provide our products and services to you;
- communicate with you in relation to your investment;
- monitor, audit, evaluate and otherwise administer our products and services;
- provide you with access to protected areas of our websites;
- provide continuous service to you and to conduct business processing functions including by providing personal information to our related bodies corporate, contractors, service providers or other third parties; and
- assist with the administrative, marketing (including direct marketing), planning, product or service development, quality control or research purposes of Legg Mason and its contractors and service providers.
Is your personal information secure?
We invest considerable resources to keep your personal information secure from misuse, loss, interference, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Access to and the use of personal information is regulated to prevent misuse or unlawful disclosure of the information. We use security procedures such as encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection and anti-virus technology to prevent unauthorised access. We also use valid log-in identification and password based security to achieve electronic information security. We retain information for as long as may be necessary to respond to issues that may arise later, and longer where required by law. When personal information is no longer required by us, it is destroyed or de-identified.
As our website is linked to the internet, and the internet is inherently insecure, we cannot provide any assurance regarding the security of transmission of information you communicate to us online. We also cannot guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the internet. Accordingly, any personal information or other information which you transmit to us online is transmitted at your own risk.
How can you access your personal information?
You may contact us by using the details provided below and request access to your information. Before we give you access to information about you we will ask you to verify your identity. In normal circumstances we will give you full access to your information, however, at times there may be a legal reason why we must deny access, such as where granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If access is denied, we will give you the reasons for any refusal in writing and the mechanisms available to complain about the refusal.
How to correct your personal information
We will endeavour to ensure your personal information is kept accurate, complete, up to date and relevant. Please let us know if and when any of your details change.
If you believe that the personal information we store about you is incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading, you may ask us to amend it. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment, we will give you the reasons for any refusal in writing and the mechanisms available to complain about the refusal, and we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with the information.
Contact Us
If you have any queries or concerns about the privacy of your information, please contact our Privacy Officer via the following:
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Please address all written requests: ‘Attention: Privacy Officer’.
Changes to this Policy
We will review this policy from time to time and may update it at our discretion. This policy was last updated in 5 Jan. 2021.