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Vertex Bond Fund

Fund Profile

Vertex Bond Fund

Managed by Vertex International Securities

Fixed Income

12-month NAV return

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Insufficient 12-month history

NAV / fund size

TZS 118.1496

TZS 8.48B

Data as of 2026-10-13

Liquidity

Not published

Repurchase processed within 3 working days

Minimum investment

TZS 500

What this fund invests in

Government bonds, corporate bonds, and fixed-income debt instruments

Source: offer document p21

Performance

Historical NAV change for the periods shown. Distributions may not be included; read the fund methodology before comparing income-paying funds.

1 week
2026-10-06 → 2026-10-13
+0.16%
1 month
2026-09-11 → 2026-10-13
+0.83%
3 months
2026-07-14 → 2026-10-13
+2.55%
YTD
2025-12-31 → 2026-10-13
+9.31%
1 year
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A dash means this period is unavailable; it is not a zero return.

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Risks & terms

Redemption timing
Redemption proceeds are calculated on the closing Repurchase NAV of the Business Day the request is received and verified. Cash proceeds are paid on a T+3 basis. Where security redemption is elected, a 20- or 25-year Treasury Bond is allocated to the investor's BOT Central Depository System (CDS) account within 5 working days after preliminary account-opening/security-transfer processes are complete.
Income distribution
The Vertex Bond Fund does not make distributions.
Custodian
National Bank of Commerce Limited (NBC Limited)
ESG Policy
Unverified
Notes unverified
Fixed-income bond fund

Official sources

Each figure uses its own latest available date. Management fees are not necessarily total costs. Open the full profile for risks, qualifications and source documents; historical results are not a forecast.

What the offer document says

The terms below come from Vertex Bond Fund's own offer document — the minimums, loads, lock-ins and settlement windows that decide what this fund actually costs you to enter and leave.

Structure
Open-ended balanced Fund (Section 3.1), registered as a Unit Trust Scheme under the trade name 'Vertex Bond Fund', registration number 593788; separately labeled a 'Fixed Income Fund' under Fund Category in the document's own Summary of the Fund (Section 9)
Objective
The Fund seeks to provide investors with an opportunity to manage liquidity by investing in short-term transactions as well as medium- and long-term fixed income instruments while earning competitive returns. Any material change to this objective requires Unit Holder approval.
Asset allocation
Deposits, short-term fixed income, and other short-term opportunities (up to 100% of NAV); Instruments with an average remaining maturity of 5 years or less (at least 75% of NAV)
Benchmark
10-Year Treasury Bonds with 14% coupon Weighted Average Yield
Minimum initial investment
TZS 500
Minimum additional investment
TZS 500
Minimum redemption
TZS 100,000
Entry load
Nil
Exit load
Nil
Management fee
1.20% per annum of the Fund's NAV, calculated daily and payable monthly (the Manager may, at its discretion, charge a lower rate)
Tax treatment
Income from Government bonds with a tenure above three years and issued after July 2021 is tax-exempt; Income from Government Bonds with a tenure above three years issued before 1 July 2021 is exempt from withholding tax only, but attracts income tax; Income from Listed Corporate Bonds issued after July 2022 with a tenure of three years or more is tax-exempt; A withholding tax of 10% (final) applies to interest from all other bonds, treasury bills, and bank deposits; Any income distributions to investors are tax-exempt; Gains from the sale or maturity of listed bonds are tax-exempt; Proceeds from the repurchase of units by investors are tax-exempt

Checked against the fund's own offer document, page by page (reviewed 2026-09-01). Read the offer document

Governance

Custodian: National Bank of Commerce Limited (NBC Limited)

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