Thanks for reply. I think I'll take the PM PRS scheme. The deciding factor is the length of time I buy into the fund. I'm 34 and it's another 25 years before I reach retirement age of 60. So, having a lower management fee definitely is more advantage.
HwangIM : 0% sales charge, 1.8% annual management fee, 0.04% annual trustee fee, 0.04% PPA fee = total 1.88% pa
PM: 3% sales charge, 1.5% annual management fee, 0.06% annual trustee fee, 0.04% PPA fee = total 1.6% pa
Difference pa is 0.28%, but with PM you have a disadvantage of -3% at the beginning. My reasoning:
1. If I think PM will give me better returns than HwangIM over 10 years, then I'll go for PM cause after about 11 years, PM's extra sales charge would be equalized by HwangIM's higher annual fees.
2. If you have a long way to go to retirement, e.g. >15 years, maybe can consider PM cause in the long run it is cheaper than HwangIM. Remember whatever $ you put in cannot be touched till 55 so the lower the fee the better - this is assuming the sales charge/annual management fee remains the same for the next >15 years.
3. Having said the above, you can also switch anytime to different providers subject to RM25 (HwangIM/PM) +RM25 (PPA).
Personally I'll go for HwangIM for now - hopefully this can pressure PM and other providers to lower their sales charge

and also hopefully HwangIM will lower their management fee in future

Disclaimer: I am NOT a financial expert or consultant. These are just based on my layman understanding.