From the category archives:

Unit Trust

Check out the composition of your unit trust funds

September 17, 2008

With the downfall of Lehman Brothers, the buyover of Merrill and the downgrading of AIG all happening in the US, we are not spared from the losses domestically. With the liberalisation of the unit trust funds some 3 years back, many local fund managers have ventured into offshore funds. Local investors happily hopped onto the [...]

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Fundsupermart.com is finally in Malaysia

September 2, 2008

Last month I wrote about the coming trend of unit trust funds becoming available for trade online, to be offered by Tune Money and Fundsupermart. Fundsupermart from Singapore has finally become available.
I checked it out today but was rather disappointed. I have been waiting for this for a long time, only to find that they [...]

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Coming trend: Buying unit trust funds online

August 1, 2008

In the next couple of months we will see the launch of 2 companies selling unit trust funds online. One is Tune Money who promises low-cost unit trust products and the other is an equivalent of Singapore’s Fundsupermart. I am looking forward very much to the latter as they are said to be bringing in [...]

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New telco & infrastructure fund

July 8, 2008

I’ve never bought any funds that buy into the utilities and infrastructure sectors. Right now I think these sectors are good and resilient ones to go into. These are companies that provide our daily necessities and I don’t foresee them to be of high risk. Rather, there is much potential for growth in them over [...]

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Fixed deposit

March 15, 2008

My foreign currency fixed deposit matured yesterday. Unfortunately, the interest rate offered for the next term is slightly lower. Since the exchange rate is not in my favour anyway, I decided to renew the entire sum for another term. Though it’s earning a little less, at least it should cover the spread of the exchange [...]

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