I went after lunch as well but the bank lady told me the ASNB system was not available/running.

Thanks.

The lady who told me was not the one covering the ASNB customers (I went to the side to pick up some ASNB forms to prepare for the coming ASM dividend fire sale! Ha). Maybe the ASNB counter staff was not at the counter then (like you said, "away"? Ha.

Why do they lie on things like this?

One thought came to mind some weeks ago. Some staff will minimise the strike rate to discourage people from coming back. If place X has high strike rate, then many people will be frequent customers trying their luck. So, to lighten their work load, just try all the things mentioned in this thread (system down, try once only etc) to discourage return customers.

If they could do a data check/survey, they will find some banks and some counters with unusually low strike rates while some will have unusually high strikes (> 2 * standard deviation statistically speaking). There are indeed some good staff helping their customers.

My 3 cents.

Cheerio.

Which fund u managed to get?    Anyway congrats bro 

Normally people start from fixed pricing fund then slowly move towards variable pricing fund, lastly invest into equities & forex.

why people start from fixed pricing fund because maybe they lack of investment knowledge & need low risk investment to start of first 

some people who already invested in equities also invest in fixed price products because if equities make losses, the fixed price fund can "cover" some of the losses 

We need to also see age group.  Some people with high individual saving with older profile also don't take big risk. They tend to invest in low risk investment. That's why u see mostly uncle & aunties queuing when any fixed pricing fund is launch or on normal days "top-up" 

Mind to share more info?

Yeah, something like that...maybe they will add on some Critical Illness coverage...but just wondering how many % they able to give us? they always showed us 2 columns, one is lower % and the other one with higher % (if they perform well)

Do these kind of saving plan attracted to you guys? personally, I don't really fancy it due to they have certain maturity date to comply before you can withdraw the money hence limited the flexibility as compared to ASX fund...am i right?

Do you mind to give me some ideas on the calculation? 
I do agree with that and that's why i rather hunt for ASX fund than saving in those plan...just wanna gather some opinion here...hehe 

Anyway, I managed to top up another RM1450 into my ASM today

RM 350 + RM 150 in the morning

RM 100 + RM450 + RM400 in the afternoon 

Actually I am wondering is there any associated risk with this ASX fund? if government changed (if only if  ), will it affect this fund?

Just open new ASG a/c today

Choose all the 3 segments

2% service charges -v- 5% next week onwards

Any1 know where is d venue of MSAM 2014?

For me, kosong for yesterday.

Kosong again for today though I went to 2 places, PM and CIMB.

The one at CIMB suggested that I should try at ASNB. Ha. Why I wonder.

Cheerio.

Maybe they really need the money for something important like to pay house down-payment

M xpecting 7%

ASNB Declares 6.60 Sen Dividend For ASM Investors

Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), on Wednesday announced a 6.60 sen dividend for a unit of Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) for the financial year ending March 31, 2014.

The 6.60 sen income distribution is higher than the 6.50 sen normal dividend and 0.30 sen special dividend per unit paid last year, PNB Chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said.

He said the income distribution entails RM947.10 million in total payout, up from RM913.85 million last year.

The payment will benefit 530,000 unitholders, who currently hold 14.34 billion ASM units, he told a press conference.

He said that until March 17, 2014, the Fund  has a gross income of RM1.61 billion. Profits from the sale of shares contributed RM544.94 million or 46.8 per cent of gross income.

Tat 1 was when they offer new units for subscription

Apa ini? Adding salt/acid to injury lah. Non bumi cannot apply and now extra give-away. 

This is really stretching their power a bit too far. 

Sorry, off topic.