i reckon the posts would get more interesting after AS1M makes its first dividend announcement come end of Sept..

a lot were expecting the non-chi quota to be opened up.. perhaps gov would do so after announcing a higher than expected dividend to get more ppl to purchase

Quite disappointed that the quota was not opened up. Still presence a quota in AS1M (like everything else)...... maybe they'll do away with it in AS2M.........

Before i invest money in this fund $15,000 can buy 10,000 kilo of sugar. Atfer waiting for 1 long year togather with VERY HIGH interest rate of 5%, $15000 + $750, i can only buy 9,000 kilo of sugar. OR i buy the wrong kind of things?

I thought that is called inflation......

huhu..so what should we do...if all PNB trust fund is no good?

nothing wrong with the PNB fund return, it is just that u need to make sure that your money grow faster than the inflation hike...

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Added on August 2, 2010, 1:20 pmnothing wrong with the PNB fund, it is just that u need to make sure your investment return is always higher than the inflation rate

This post has been edited by cheahcw2003: Aug 2 2010, 01:20 PM

What is AS1M, ASM, ASW, ASB V2??

Conclusion : 10,000 kilo of sugar is definitely no good for you

Bonus for ASW this year is 6.35%. Only 0.5% better than last year. I would have expected more since economy is on track of recovery and small market bull run.

This post has been edited by netcrawler: Aug 9 2010, 03:10 PM

Hope the Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) dividend for 2010 is better than the last.

Next would be AS1M to declare their maiden dividend. Hope AS1M could outperform ASW. Meawhile, anyone know when AS1M would declare the dividend?

i reckon around 6% only. but if they wanna rope in more suckers...er sorry, investors, then probably have to pay >asw2020 at least for the first year

PNB is the biggest shareholder of Sime Darby, SIme Darby make big lost this year, so it affects the return....

Guys, anybody know how beneficiary works for ASM?

How many beneficiary I can put?

Thanks in advance

I heard that AS1M started paying dividends? Anyone can verify?

No yet. 3 days back PNB announced dividend for ASW2020
at 6.35sen. The first dividend for AS1M supposed to be due after
Year End at 30Sept2010. Just have to wait.

I wish there would be new subscription of ASW & ASM.

I wish they would increase the investment limit to RM 250,000 instead of RM 200,000K currently.

But there are ASW2020 and ASD. The return is not that much different unless the total investment is in Millions. Therefore i think the minor difference in the return is negligible and ASW2020 and ASD would be your next best alternative as soon as you have used up your quota in ASB.

Investment returns not much different???? ASB dividend for last year was among the lowest but still it was 8.55%.