Can one consultant give you access to all unit trust from different fund managers? Now it is still early to give you an affirmative answer. Effective Oct 11 2007, financial planners with the CMS Licence are eligible to apply to register with the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM) as Corporate Unit Trust Advisors (CUTA). Cuta will be able to provide you all unit trust products, from different fund houses. I said it is still early, because it takes some times to apply for the Cuta license. The Requirement for ...

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The Science of Getting Rich is written by Wallace Delois Wattles, who passed away about 100 years ago. There is no TV at that time if you wonder how is the science doing at that century. This book explains how to become wealthy. Wallace claimed to have personally "tested" the principles he described and they apparently worked, for although he had lived most of his life in poverty, in his later years he was a prosperous man. You can view the entire book at this page by scrolling down the pages in ...

In the past five years investment performance, a managed balanced fund in Malaysia is giving an industry average return of 10.43% per annum. I got the figure from the latest Personal Money Magazine October 2007 issue. Most balanced funds, or mixed asset funds charge a front load of 6.5%, which is equal to what is loaded on equity funds investment. Looking at the other side, fixed income funds or bond funds has a very low upfront charges. Some unit trust companies even charge nil upfront service fee on those low ...

Last week, I shared with you about the tough job of financial advisers. Beside being competent technically, they have to speak the language of other professionals. Furthermore, I also shared my view about the right attitude as an investor and how to clone your life values. Below is the other articles around the personal finance blogosphere which worth your time spent reading: Don’t Strive to Be Rich | W Revenue dot Com A successful internet entrepreneur shares his experience during the 1999 dot com boom. He got a great fortune but lost it ...

Welcome to the October 27, 2007 edition of personal finance money tips. Because of the overwhelming response to this blog carnival, I had shorten the interval to weekly instead of bi-weekly. Please find the shortlisted articles below. Blog Carnival personal finance money tips archives | submit post Tezza presents How To Take Control Of Your Financial Future posted at 4 Eva Young, saying, "Finding an objective financial planner is like trying to find a used car salesman who isn’t trying to rip you off. While I’m not suggesting ...

It is a welcomed move from Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to allow contributors to withdraw part of their funds and channel them to approved investment programmes. As reported at The Star: Under the new scheme, contributors, irrespective of age, will be able to withdraw from Account One what is in excess of a “required amount” of savings as determined by the EPF and invest the money in unit trusts. Currently, contributors can only do so if they have in excess of RM50,000. This is one among a range of changes that the EPF is implementing in stages ...

Public Bank launched its first China fund, PB China Pacific Equity Fund on 23 October 2007 (Tuesday). PB China Pacific Equity Fund (PBCPEF) will invest mainly in China stocks and the balance in North Asian markets such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The fund will be managed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual. A minimum of 50% and up to a maximum of 98% of the fund's net asset value (NAV) will be invested in China stocks listed on the China, Hong Kong, United States of America, Singapore and other approved ...

AmMutual just launched a new feeder fund, the AmGlobal Climate Change Fund. The investment objective is to provide capital growth primarily through investment in equities securities of worldwide issuers, which will benefit from efforts to accommodate the impact of global climate change. A minimum of 95% of the Fund’s NAV will be invested into the Luxembourg-based Schroder ISF Global Climate Change Equity (“Target Fund”), which in turn invests in equities securities of worldwide issuers which seeks to benefit from efforts to accommodate the impact of global climate change. Target Fund will ...

Warrants are tied to big and successful China Firms Most of the underlying stocks of the Chinese call warrants listed on Bursa Malaysia are shares of huge corporations in China with market leadership in their respective countries. Royal & Sun Alliance deemed a good fit for AXA Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Malaysia may be the next company theAXA group is acquiring a stake in because it is perceived as a good fitby industry observers. With the ongoing merger and acquisitions (M&As) taking place in theinsurance industry, it may not come as a ...