For the mean yes but if government approves the motion that allows EPF to invest overseas, this could change.

one of the NEM (New Economic Model) policy is to allow EPF to invest more in oversea market. So this restriction could change and soon they will be more PB funds that can be invested with EPF

Yes, that's what I meant.

Public Mutual declares distributions for 2 funds


Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, declared distributions for two of its funds. The total gross distributions declared for the financial year ended 31 March 2010 are as follows:

Fund | Gross Distribution / Unit
Public Aggressive Growth Fund | 8.00 sen per unit
Public Regular Savings Fund | 4.50 sen per unit

Public Mutual Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong said both funds have outperformed their respective benchmarks and managed to deliver respectable double digit returns for the period ended 5 March 2010.

According to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 15 March 2010, Public Aggressive Growth Fund and Public Regular Savings Fund generated one-year returns of 53.74% and 52.38% respectively for the period ended 5 March 2010. Meanwhile, the benchmarks for Public Aggressive Growth Fund and Public Regular Savings Fund recorded one-year returns of 49.53% and 49.63% respectively within the same period.

Public Aggressive Growth Fund aims to achieve high capital growth over the medium- to long-term period through investments in situational and high growth stocks. Meanwhile, Public Regular Savings Fund, which is open for EPF Members Investment Scheme, aims to achieve consistent capital growth with a steady growth of income over the medium- to long-term.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 74 funds under management. It has over 2,300,000 accountholders and as at 25 February 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM35.2 billion.

URL: http://www.publicmutual.com.my/page.aspx?n...rls_100401_1030

Today meet my agent.. he intro 2 fund for me.

PUBLIC SAVINGS FUND & PUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES EQUITY FUND.

Any comments on these 2 funds?

I think PRSF is better than PSF.

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URL: http://www.publicmutual.com.my/page.aspx?n...mo_campaign2010

On top of that:

1. A special service charge of 5.25% for all cash investments including switching from low-load units to equity/balanced funds during the campaign period.

Dear Unitholder, We are pleased to attach the market wrap and bond market review for the week/fortnight ended 26 March 2010 for your information. Regards Customer Service e-mail proclaimer This e-mail and any attachment is intended for the addressee(s) only and may contain information that is legally privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication and its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or our hotline 036207 5000 and delete the document. This communication has not been transmitted via a private or secure link or in encrypted form and is therefore subject to the usual hazards of Internet communications, nor can it be guaranteed that this communication has not been the subject of unauthorised interception or modification.

PUBLIC ISLAMIC ASIA DIVIDEND FUND PIADF
PUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES EQUITY FUND PNREF

Are these two funds doing good? Pls advise.

Thanks!

PIADF doing quite well since the recovery of world's economic climate, with 36.42% total return counting from 1 year since today (4 April 2010).
If the fund managers continue their good job, I hope that this fund continues the upward trend. Personally I would invest in this fund.

For PNREF, it is conventional (non-Syariah compliant) fund and categorised as aggressive fund with 34% and 24% of asset allocation in China and Australia respectively invested highly in Natural Resources sector such as Iron, Steel, Mining, Coal and Electricity. This fund was launched on 30.06.2009. Over the past 1 year from today, PNREF produce total return of 8.00%


However please remember, past performance of the Fund is not an indication of future performance.

I used EPF to invest these 2 funds: PISTF and PISSF. Now is earning 21% & 26% respectively since I bought in Aug 2008, thinking to switch and park at other lower risk funds or bond, not to sell first to save the admin fee if want to invest again, any suggestion?

Shld I still keep this 2 funds or switch to other funds coz afraid the prices drop. The price will go further or now is the high side? Sorry coz didn't know their past performance. Thanks.

how long you had been investing in these funds? on what indicitor you use as a base to switch your funds to lower risk funds or bond? the KL composite index?

how you forecast the prices will drop in the future..based on FA or TA.

I think Public Index Fund is also a good fund....You guys can invest in them as the fund is rising.

Someone out there should start low load index linked funds that chooses not to outperform the index but just mirror the indices.

I wish there are finance index link funds, syariah index linked funds etc etc etc with 0.25% initial load like bond fund charge. No need to hire expensive fund managers. This fund should be for those investors that only need passive management, and will do the monitoring themselves.

Tall order? I hope they will have it soon....

Xuzen

Public Mutual’s new fund to focus on 30 choice stocks

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual is launching a new fund, Public Far-East Alpha-30 Fund (PFA30F) on 6 April 2010. The fund invests up to 30 choice stocks in the domestic and regional markets that gives investors potentially higher capital growth over the medium- to long-term period.

Public Mutual’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong said global and regional markets have rebounded strongly in 2009 on optimism that the global economy would continue to respond positively to accommodative monetary policies and government stimulus spending. “Over the medium- to long-term period, regional markets are expected to perform well due to their reasonable valuations, high savings rates, brighter economic growth prospects and sound fiscal positions,” she said.

PFA30F is an equity fund that seeks to achieve capital appreciation over the medium- to long-term period by investing in up to a maximum of 30 stocks in the domestic and regional markets. “With stocks across the board trading at attractive market valuations, there are ample opportunities to pick and choose high quality stocks. Investors just need to buy and hold for the medium- to long-term period to realise the full potential of the fund,” Yeoh added.

To achieve increased diversification, the fund may invest up to 98% of its net asset value (NAV) in selected ¬Far-East markets which include South Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Australia and other permitted markets. The equity exposure of PFA30F generally ranges from 75% to 98% of its NAV. The fund is suitable for aggressive investors who can withstand extended periods of market volatility in pursuit of attractive long-term capital growth. 2/2

The initial issue price of PFA30F is RM0.2500 per unit during the 21-day initial offer period from 6 April 2010 to 26 April 2010. The minimum initial investment for the fund is RM1,000 and the minimum additional investment is RM100. During the offer period, special promotional service charges as low as 5% of initial issue price per unit are extended to the purchase of units of PFA30F. Investors who opt for Direct Debit Instruction with PFA30F during the offer period will enjoy a special promotional service charge of 5.25% of NAV per unit for as long as the Direct Debit is active. Terms and conditions apply.

Interested investors can contact any Public Mutual unit trust consultant or call its Customer Service Hotline at 03-6207 5000 for more details of the fund.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 74 funds under management. It has over 2,300,000 accountholders and as at 25 February 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM35.2 billion.

URL: http://www.publicmutual.com.my/page.aspx?n...rls_100405_0530

There are some in Malaysia, 3 of them . Otherwise you need to venture offshore, as there are many more opportunities. The nearest will be SGX, you can try poems.com.sg as they cater to malaysian investors. If you want more choices you need to go to NYSE.

If you want to wait, you can almost wait forever, as the few ETF's in Malaysia is hardly traded at all.

This post has been edited by gark: Apr 6 2010, 06:00 PM

I wonder what's the purpose of PM coming out so many different funds e.g. Far East has got PFE-Select, PFE-Infrastructure & Telco, PFE-Dividend now PFE-Apha 30 with a lil of objectives being tuned, instead of improving the existing funds.

It's not that the existing funds are being performed fairly well e.g. PFES launch price was 0.25 until now it's yet to reach 0.30.

Launching a new fund is just another marketting trick to me.

How many fund managers do they have anyways?

Or are some of the fund portfolios generated by computers

Some question, here should i pump one shot like 10k from EPF or start with few k and top p every 3x month.

What the market price now? is it good timing to go in ?

When I read the annual report, the fund managing team are quite the same for most of the funds.

Correct me if I'm wrong.