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Best Money Tips August Roundup

This is a list of money tips that deserve your reading effort:

• The 7 Most Essential Facts from an Insurance Claim Report
  • Learn the 7 most important facts by reading and analyzing the life insurance claim report.
• OSK-UOB Unit Trust launches New Asian Real Estate Fund
  • Some quick facts: OSK-UOB Unit Trust Management Bhd expects it to record an annualised return of 12-15% over the next 3-5 yearswill invest in Asian real estate securities & listed REITs ( Real Estate Investment
    Trusts)Invest in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
• Hacking your Cash Flow & Net Worth Chart
  • In this article, I will show you three charts consist of cash flow and asset vs. liability. Learn to hack the charts and you will be on your way to the road to riches. These charts are discussed and elaborated insightfully in the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
• EPF Investment Income grew 38.6%
  • According to Forbes, Malaysia’s state pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF, also known as KWSP) reported that its investment income in the first half grew 38.6% to 9.8 billion ringgit from 7.1 billion a year earlier.
• HWANGDBS Investment Management’s funds have no Exposure in the Sub-Prime Loan Investment
  • I just received a memo from HwangDBS Investment Management Berhad:
    (HDBSIM) We are glad to announce that all HWANGDBS Investment Management’s funds have no exposure in the sub-prime loan or related investment. We hope that this announcement will further ease the
    concerns of the sales person and…
• Public Mutual Launched Islamic Asia Balanced Fund
  • Public Mutual, with the total NAV of fund managed as at 31st July 2007 of RM23 billion, has launched a new unit trust fund - Public Islamic Asia Balanced Fund (PIABF) The new PIABF is an Islamic balanced fund that
    seeks to provide income and capital growth over the medium to long-term period by…
• Personal Finance Money Tips - August 25, 2007
  • Welcome to the August 20 26, 2007 edition of personal finance money tips. Sorry for the delay of the carnival because for the past week I’ve been staying in the hospital. My son is delivered premature and we all stay
    in the hospital until he is discharged on 24th Aug. I hope these links [...]
• EPF Money available for critical illness insurance in 2008
  • From next year, the Employees Provident Fund will allow contributors to withdraw money to buy critical illness insurance. According to the full story by V.K.Chin, I found out that: the scheme is similar to personal accident plan which expires without cash valuepremium only payable up to age 55, but…
• RM35,000 Cheer for Widow
  • Just when Siti Mustika Sujud thought life would be financially difficult following the death of her husband, she received an insurance payment of RM35,000. This is what she said after receiving the payment:I could not believe it at first as my husband had never mentioned anything about any…

From Meshio

• ASW 2020 Distributes 7.10 sen
  • Not bad at all! There’ll be an increase in fund size for ASW 2020 soon, but it’s solely for the purpose of reinvestment. Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW 2020) has chalked up better returns with an increase in income
    distribution at 7.10 sen per unit for the financial year ending Aug 31, 2005, up by…
• Unit Trust Single Pricing CalculatorThanks to Fabio again for his help on coming up with this AJAX calculator. This will allow you to quickly calculate how much your investment value will be in the Fund after deducting the service charges. Hope you will find it useful, and if you do, don’t forget to buy us a cup of coffee.
• Unit Trust Single Pricing Calculations
  • Ok, here’s an update on the Single Pricing Calculation which I promised ages ago. So, what’s the big deal with Single Pricing for unit trust investors in Malaysia?It basically means there will be only ONE SINGLE
    price shown for each funds, and that’s the NAV (Net Asset Value) price.
• Lower Sales Charge for Unit Trust Funds
  • Interesting development in the unit trust industry. With the recent implementation of Single Pricing Regime, most companies had revised and lowered their service charges for most of their funds.Pressure is mounting for unit trust upfront sales charges to be reduced as new players emerge.

From Ringgit Channel:

• How to avoid debts …If I Don’t have the money, I don’t buy it
  • Easy credit has made so many people got used to the idea of spending first and paying later. Enjoy now and suffer later.It is common to have people paying for stuff like new handphones, exotic trips, romantic wedding photos, and even Flat screen TVs using the ubiquitous credit cards.
• Critical Illnesses Hit Thrice!
  • When we have acquired our assets such as properties and shares, or built a successful business, we need to ensure that they are protected against financial crisis such as critical illnesses.In critical illnesses, the risk is 3 folds1) the immediate medical bill itself2) the loss of income / value…
• Writing a will … will not solve everything …
  • In Malaysia, if a person dies without a will (intestate), the estate will be distributed according to the Distribution Act 1958 (amended 1997). i.e.1) Parent(s) will get All if there is no Spouse or Child*2) Spouse will get All if there is no Parent or Child*….

Have a nice weekend!

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