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1,100 Evergreen International Fiji staff to access financial advise from Unit Trust at no cost

1,100 Evergreen International Fiji staff to access financial advise from Unit Trust at no cost

By Rashika Kumar
26/09/2021
Unit Trust Chief Executive Officer, Vilash Chand

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Unit Trust of Fiji and Evergreen International Fiji that will allow 1,100 staff of Evergreen to access advise and investment opportunity at no cost.

Evergreen International Fiji General Manager, Taito Rigamoto says they have a strong corporate social responsibility and money mindedness agenda to ensure their staff are empowered with the right decisions on savings and investing for the future.

He further says that Unit Trust has a good range of affordable flexible services which can be tailored individually to suit, with competitive tax-free returns that will bring a lot of benefit to their staff.

Rigamoto says they are excited to be entering into a partnership with Unit Trust, especially during the challenges experienced over the last two years with COVID-19 highlighting the importance of financial independence as we move forward.

Unit Trust Chief Executive Officer, Vilash Chand has commended Rigamoto and his team for their commitment to the financial well-being of their workers and is a testament of the company’s values and balancing work and personal investment.

Unit Trust will assist the workers in guiding and matching individual investment goals with their personalized investment plans.

Under the Agreement, the employees will be investing without any associated transaction fees and charges with the ultimate objective to optimize their return on investments.

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