Category Archives for Mutual Funds
Phillip Singapore Real Estate Income Fund
If you are interested in becoming a Singapore REIT investor but do not have the time or knowledge to do it, you might want to consider investing into a collective instrument that does it for them. At the present moment, we do not really have a ETF that does this, but one unit trust that does […]
POEMS Unit Trust Platform Promotions
Remember the Zero sales charge for bond fund article that I wrote previously? Apparently, POEMS are running a similar promotion for their bond funds as well where you can buy a selection of bond funds at 0% sales charge. The POEMS 0% sales charge promotion runs till 31 August 2012 but I am keeping my […]
Unit Trust Platforms in Singapore
Many years ago, unit trusts were sold exclusively by the banks and other financial institutions in Singapore. In the good old days (to the sellers), funds were sold at an upfront sales charge of 5%. Insurance companies then joined in the fray when they launched investment-linked (ILP) type of insurance policies, which were a special […]
Zero Sales Charge for Bond Funds
The ongoing war towards low (or zero) commissions for unit trusts looks set to spiral on as both leading platforms of unit trusts in Singapore, Fundsupermart and Dollardex, announced their 0% sales charge program for bond funds program last week. For Dollardex, they now have a list of 30+ bond funds that does not have […]
Prudential Asset Management Renamed as Eastspring InvestmentsAs
As part of a rebranding exercise, Prudential Asset Management will become known as Eastspring Investments. The change takes place with effect from 14th February 2012 and will provide for a unified brand. The new brand name will replace the different business names currently in use in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, the United Arab […]