The ability of giving stream of return which is higher than FD rate can come from MGS, previous decade of profit of equities etc.
Eg. they have made a lot of profit from previously year of investing, let say 50%, so now it is spreaded out to 5-6% pa which is not a burden for them. The fund is not aiming or like to be a UT (for fixed price at RM1 one), the aim is to let ordinary people to have alternative way to invest or just like what saving bond purposes.
Malaysia gov secruties/bonds are carring yield around 3.5%-4.0%, so if they solely invested in those area, they still achieve some rate which is better than FD rate, which is also a selling point already. As long as those ASx continue to pay some rate much better than FD, it won't have massive redeemption.
Yup, if equities continue to be poor over the next 10 years ro 20 years or something happen like 1997, which they can't generate any income, then yes, it is not sustainable to see them paying like previously.
Actually for the invested equities part, if those company still giving ok dividend, they PNB can pay the ASx holder already each year, if there is no redeemtion. Redeemption rate is very low in ASx fund, so it is not a problem for PNB to have a fixed price at Rm1.00 even though equities plunging.
If there is massive redeemption in poor equities market, then, yes just like what you had mentioned in the earlier post could be happening, but it is unlikely although not impossible, mainly due to the fact, equities price (for fundamental sounds company) always tend to go up over the long term.
Thx cherroy for the info..I now have a better understanding on how it is run.
Here is another blogpost that are explaining the PNB strategy quite well. Explaining why they can fixed the price at RM1.