There are many Stock Broker or also known as Participating Organization, which licensed to trade in Bursa Malaysia. Full list can be found in Bursa Malaysia website here.
For 2012, CIMB Investment Bank retained as the largest stock broker by trading value with 11.68 percent market share, up from 10.36 percent in 2011. On the other hand, the largest trading volume was Kenanga Investment Bank with 12.7 percent market share.
Generally, in 2012, total trading volumes were slightly higher when compare to 2011, but the trading value reduced by about 6.8 percent.
The table below shows top 15 largest stock brokers trades in Bursa Malaysia in 2012 based on Trading Value and Trading Volume.
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The capital of Penang, Georgetown is a widely known Unesco world heritage site. Not only does it popular with its rich British colonial history, but also its street food and interesting architecture. Home to a myriad of main races comprising Chinese, Malay and India, it has been recently voted as one of the world’s eight great places for foreigners to retire abroad through Kiplinger, a well-known US based publication.
According to New Bob Group director, Dr. Ville Lee “ With such recognition, it will create more opportunities for the Penang property market to boom in a greater scale. More foreigners are expected to flock into the island and purchase properties for a good retirement or permanent residence”.
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For the financial end of 30th September 2012, Amanah Saham 1 Malaysia (“AS1M”) declared 6.6 sen dividend to the unitholders. In the same period, 336,411 individuals subscribe to AS1M with the total investmets of RM8 billion. Average investment per individual is RM23,833. There were 1,442 rich Malaysians invest more than RM500,000 in AS1M.
In summary, AS1M invested 53.46 percent of the total funds size in Malaysia Stock Market down from 83.35 percent in 2011. The remaining was invested in money market and others.
The following table show 20 largest stock portfolio held AS1M, unitholder distribution and investment income for financial end of 30th September 2012.
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Units trusts are one of the most popular methods of investment. It potentially generates higher returns when compare to fixed deposit or EPF saving. In the past few years, the number of approved unit trust funds, growth steadily.
The table below are the statistics of unit trust funds in Malaysia, including the number of approved fund management companies, no of approved funds, total Net Asset Value (NAV) and its percentage to Bursa Malaysia market capitalization. The data was at 31st December 2012.
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Net worth can be a useful tool to measure individual financial progress. It can be determined by subtracting total liabilities from total assets at a specific time. If assets is more than liabilities, individual will have a positive net worth. If otherwise, it will be negative wet worth.
The goal is to work towards a positive net worth. This indicates debt-free status or capability to pay all debt.
It doesn’t offer information about cash flow, or monthly income and expenses. However, it does provide insight regarding how well you’re accomplishing your long-term financial goals.
Calculate Net Worth
To calculate net worth, the first thing to do is to list up all assets and liabilities.
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