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The basic feature of unit trust investment is a form of collective investment that allows investors with similar investment objectives to pool their saving, and invested in a portfolio of securities managed by investment professional.

We can classify 5 mains categories of unit trust funds in Malaysia:

1)Equity fund: The major portions of equity fund portfolios are shares of listed companies. It’s available in the market with higher risk-higher return to those with lower risk-lower returns:

·Aggressive growth fund – generally invests in companies with higher capital growth, but with higher risk.
·Index fund- normally the return will closely resemble the performance of the stock market index, both in Continue reading ‘Types of Unit Trust Funds in Malaysia’ »

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Balanced funds are not created equally. The reason for this is simple; no two people really want the same thing. This makes sense. Some investors want active management in terms of picking the right assets because they do not have the time or know-how to pick those stocks for themselves. Other investors know that security picking is not always a winning strategy and as a result want their mutual fund manager to adopt a more of a buy-and-hold strategy and to manage their portfolio in a way that they are never over-exposed to any given asset class at any time.

Strategic Balanced Funds

As the name implies, strategic balanced funds take a strategic approach to managing their assets. In plain English this simply means that investment managers will determine their strategy up front and will stick to it throughout the investment process. Continue reading ‘Difference Between Tactical and Strategic Asset Allocation’ »

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