The Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR) published a report in April that offered a glimpse into some of the most pressing financial issues faced by Malaysians. For one, its survey found that 64% of Malaysians were either financially unstable or living paycheque to paycheque....

Trends: Avoid mixing retirement funds with emergency savings

Simple question. Why diversify when it just dilutes returns in an uptrend and still loses on the downside? It sounds like a reasonable question. A review of what is happening globally helps us answer it.

US fundamentals

In the US, the financial results for 1Q2023 so far have...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: Why diversify?

There has been a dramatic increase in investment scams and unlicensed activities since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world. This is based on data collected from the Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) Investor Alert List (IAL) with a programming language known as Python.

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Cover Story: RED ALERT: Investment scams on the rise

Financial literacy, the knowledge of how to manage one’s money, is much needed among the general public. Many reports have pointed out that Malaysians in general do not have enough money saved in their bank accounts and are ill-prepared for emergencies as well as retirement.

The Ringgit...

Financial Literacy: Industry veterans lead the way in promoting financial literacy among youth

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will hold its annual financial technology (fintech) event, SCxSC, on May 31 at its building in Bukit Kiara.

The theme of this year’s event is GROW, a new initiative to spur growth in strategic and underserved sectors — in this case, the agricultur...

TheWall: SCxSC to focus on agriculture sector

In the early part of the year, a TikTok video by 17-year-old Zoe Gabriel went viral in the region and sparked a fierce debate among netizens over the meaning of luxury. In it, the Filipino teen, who lives in Singapore, thanked her dad for gifting her with her first “luxury handbag” and excitedly ...

Millennial Musings: Redefining a life of ‘luxury’

A rather wide protection gap has been a constant thorn in the Malaysian insurance landscape. For instance, only 25% of working adults among the lower-income household have some form of life insurance/family takaful cover, far lower than the 59% of working adults in the general population.

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Insurance: Insurtech players eyeing digital insurer licences

Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds, otherwise known as perpetual bonds issued by local banks, are investment instruments favoured by some institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals seeking attractive yields and returns.

According to information provided by the Bond Pricing Agency...

Cover Story: A wake-up call for investors of AT1 bonds

ChatGPT is an open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model by OpenAI. If you go to the website, you can ask this AI model questions and get a response generated from all the data on the internet. ChatGPT is currently in its fourth iteration, with processing power in the tr...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: ChatGPT and the consumer

If you thought investing in public equities was risky, private equities could be even more so. I was in a front row seat when a company I had invested in through an equity crowdfunding (ECF) platform went belly up. Sad to say, RM2,000 went up in smoke after several years of investment.

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Comment: Valuable lessons learnt from losing money through ECF

Under the leadership of its founder and chief strategist Dr Tan Chong Koay, Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd took home four awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2023.

Pheim wins Mixed Asset awards for eighth year in a row

RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd (RHBAM) swept the awards for Best Bond MYR in the three-, five- and 10-year categories in the Provident universe. Chief investment officer Michael Chang attributes its success to the firm’s structured investment management process.

RHB Asset Management dominates Bond MYR (Provident) space

Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd bagged a trophy at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2023 through its Maybank Malaysia Income (MMI) fund, which clinched the Best Bond MYR — Malaysia award in the 10-year category.

Maybank bags Bond Fund award

Inter-Pacific Asset Management (IPAM) continues its winning streak. For the second year in a row, the InterPac Dana Safi won the Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible (Islamic) Fund award for the three-year category.

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