The following is an interesting website that provides information about Malaysian retail bonds. The retail bond market in Malaysia is still currently undeveloped, but the government is making efforts to promote retail bonds. The large min investment of bonds RM 250k means that most retail investors have little means to invest in bonds directly and ...
The Investing For Passive Income Course 27th October in Singapore is now Sold Out and closed! Thank you all for your kind support. For those who missed out on this course, please do register early for the next course. For the course participants, the tickets and email have already been sent to you. ...
Following several requests for the course outline, here is a brief breakdown of the topics to be covered in the basic course. Bear in mind that this is a basic course and may not be able to cover more detailed and advanced topics of each asset class. Hope you will find the outline useful! ...
Hello all readers! This is the moment that many of you have been waiting for! Calvary Wealth Consultants Pte Ltd is proud to present to you the Investing For Passive Income Course in Singapore happening on 27th October Saturday. This is a basic one day course which is suitable for people who have ...
Good morning to all readers! I am very excited as the plans for the course are finally in motion. The venue, date and time are more or less fixed and should be confirmed soon. I know many people have asked me about the courses but my schedule has been really tight. Anybody who’s interested to ...
I came across an interesting article on The Edge, which explores using leverage to increase returns on corporate bonds. It highlights how it is possible to collateralize bonds to take advantage of the spread between corporate bond yields and low borrowing costs. The example stated however, is a lot more risky than it claims, which ...
Here’s an interesting development. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is studying the idea of inflation linked bonds to assist investors in protecting their capital from inflation. It is actually a good time to look at it, as nominal interest rates are very low currently and coupled with inflation, results in negative real interest rates. What ...
Just read recently on the newspaper some exciting developments for Bursa Malaysia. Firstly, Bursa is working on allowing retail bond trading for individuals, following in the footsteps of Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). Secondly, the Asean Exchange is coming close to being ready, with SGX and Bursa being connected first in as early as June. ...
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has finally issued a warning for investors regarding perpetual securities. This is a follow up to the previous article when MAS was just ‘concerned’ about the perps. However, it seems somewhat late as the investors have already invested in the perpetual securities, especially the Genting retail perp bond. MAS should ...
Recently, there has been quite a few perpetual bond issuance, like Singpost, Olam, Mapletree Logistics Trust etc. However, what must have caught MAS eye really is the Genting perpetual bond raising which included a second round to market to retail investors. Now that MAS has made it official that they are concerned, I guess it ...