Information: For Immediate Release Tuesday 7 September 1999

THE AUTIF GUIDES TO SAVING AND INVESTING IN INVESTMENT FUNDS

AUTIF has updated its three essential guides to investing in unit trusts and OEICs. These are; the ‘Handbook’, how to choose a unit trust/OEIC in five easy steps, the ‘Managers’, a convenient list of contact details for all AUTIF member companies and the ‘Directory’, a comprehensive list of funds available by sector - with useful comparative information for each.

AUTIF also publishes a number of other useful factsheets to help savers understand the potential of unit trust and OEIC investment.

• Monthly Savings – a guide to building up capital in investment funds
• Saving for children – a guide to using investment funds
• Tax Free Savings – a helpful guide to ISAs
• Effective Investment – a guide to investment funds, particularly OEICs
• Unit Trusts and Tax – completing your tax return
• A Single European Currency – the likely effect it will have investment fund savings

Readers should call the Unit Trust Information Service on +44 (0)20 8207 1361 (which is manned 24 hours a day) for their free copies. The factsheets and guides can also be viewed on the AUTIF website at www.investmentuk.org

For further information, please contact:

Anne McMeehan, Director of Communications - AUTIF - +44 (0)20 7831 0898
Clare Arber, PR Manager - AUTIF - +44 (0)20 7831 0898