Category Archives: Unit Trust

Investment fallacies

Posted on 12 December 2009 by ssquah

A US-BASED professor has slammed the financial industry for perpetuating investment fallacies that do little to educate retail investors about risk and return, writes Genevieve Cua in Singapore’s The Business Times. These fallacies include the oft-repeated maxim that diversification reduces … Continue reading →

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Capital protected

Posted on 9 September 2009 by ssquah

This appeared today in The Malaysian Insider regarding a move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ban the use of financial products with misunderstood names. Hopefully, Bank Negara Malaysia can take the cue and see how the use of … Continue reading →

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Malaysians now more averse to higher risk investment products

Posted on 22 May 2009 by ssquah

Here is an interesting story that appeared in today’s issue of The Business Times in Singapore. It’s saying that owing to the global financial crisis Malaysians appear to be the most averse among Asians to higher risk investment products. They … Continue reading →

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Pre-marriage money planning

Posted on 19 October 2008 by ssquah

I’m sure you have heard of it. Madonna and her beau, Guy Ritchie, have gone their separate ways after eight years of marriage. Divorced. And there’s a huge settlement in her ex-hubby’s favour. He’s reportedly walking away with assets worth … Continue reading →

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Knowing your basic savings

Posted on 13 March 2008 by ssquah

Last month, I had mention about the new ”Beyond Savings” initiative that had been introduced by the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and which would come into effect on 1 Feb 2008. One of the enhancements in this new strategic initiative … Continue reading →

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Unit trust investment: Service charges now capped at 3 percent

Posted on 3 March 2008 by ssquah

Members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will pay 50 per cent less in service charges for investment in unit trusts from January 1, 2008. The EPF announced that the service charges would be capped at three per cent, and … Continue reading →

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Changes to EPF scheme

Posted on 23 October 2007 by ssquah

This is a press statement released by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) yesterday. I shall comment on parts of this statement later when more details are available: About 11.4 million Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) members are expected to benefit from … Continue reading →

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Going global Malaysia – Update (Aug 2007)

Posted on 30 August 2007 by ssquah

Here is a comparison of the top 10 largest investment holdings for each of the three global property funds available here in Malaysia: ING Global Real Estate Fund (31 July 2007)(Source: ING Funds Distributor, LLC) * Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd … Continue reading →

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Are Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) for you?

Posted on 23 July 2007 by ssquah

Malaysia’s first equity-based exchange traded fund (ETF), launched by the AmInvestment Bank group, made its maiden appearance on the Bursa Malaysia last Thursday (19 July 2007). The introduction of the equity ETF as a viable alternative investment instrument had been … Continue reading →

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Irresponsible and unprofessional

Posted on 7 July 2007 by ssquah

Frankly, I’m quite disappointed with the level of professionalism displayed by all banks today. In the quest for profits and more profits, the banks have failed to train their younger staff properly. The trend was seen starting about 10 years … Continue reading →

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