QUOTE(KLboy92 @ Jun 7 2017, 03:21 AM)
Noob here, trying to start
Considering London stock exchange too
What local broker would allow me to buy UK domiciled shares from Msia? Why would the local broker "take a bite" out of my dividend?
Also, a semi-unrelated question: if I have foreign currency e.g. GBP or USD, can I bring the currency to a bank (say Maybank) and have them open a foreign currency account without converting to MYR at any time in the process? My dilemma now is that I have foreign currency which I want to deploy on the stock market, but do not want to go through MYR conversion.
That you need to ask your broker do you support LSE? If yes what are the charges? Will there be extra "dividend fees"(broker will take x amount of your dvidend as fees). Why take a bite out from your dividend? Simple.
1) Broker are not charity organisation where they do it for you for free. If they can earn exrra money by not doing anything why not (eg collecting x amount of your dividend every 2-4x a year. They don't need to do anything and charge you dividend fees because you use their platform to buy LSE)
2) More admin work for them so of course need to charge more for it.
Hahaha... You wish. Malaysian banks won't accept foreign currency notes. You want to open foreign currency account, well you need to use RM (RM > Foreign currency). Of course some countries accept foreign currency notes but they charge you a certain % to deposit and withdraw in foreign currency notes.