The rumour is about BNM wants to change the Maybank director board, something to do with BII acquisition? Previously BNM did block the deal, but eventually went through.

Don't know how true it is.

Ya....I concur, wait this counter give me divvy. Wondering if i should finally lock in profits. Bought at 4.40 now nearly 7 already.

4.40 bought after rights issue...

I sold the counter about Sept 2008 for peanut profit, then bought back at 3.90 after the RI. I sold the whole lot at 4.50, then decided i made a bad call, and bought it back at 4.40. So still holding...

I felt that no way Maybank was going to remain <RM5 being the top bank in Malaysia, the BII fiasco already being included in the P&L, so just wait the price recover, hence my buying back at 4.40.

I was hoping the same for Boustead after RI, but seems the price stuck at 3.4x range for now. 

No Maybank investor here to give some comments on this stock/company?

U got position in MBB?

Care to share what's the average DY over the years? It the current DY within average?

Now 5%+ nia, and it just went ex

Maybe should monitor first...still a long way to next divvy

Drip what?

Oh ok

Thanks Jason for the heads up

Totally let go, unlikely. But reduce exposure, maybe.

Hold on hold on

Just input 2013 Q2 financial data and extrapolated (a very rough extrapolation, just divide 6 x 12) into full 12-months data
Assuming a more sustainable 90% payout ratio (actual payout for past 4 years actually averaged >100%)

Ping Pong actually still yields 5.8% at last closing price of 5.10

Revenue growing at 4%+ p.a.
Net profit growing at 10% p.a.

Why dump?

If it's really a good company/investment, by right investors would have snapped it up like hot cakes, it should not be yielding 5%++, the highest among the big bank stocks.

Maybank at Singapore is like some bangla bank, small small branches, totally cannot fight with DBS, UOB and OCBC

No, what I meant was their presence is very small