Can iFAST Corporation Ltd Grow with Singapore’s Wealth Management Industry?Here is what you know about iFast Corporation's latest result!The post Can iFAST Corporation Ltd Grow with Singapore’s Wealth Management Industry? appeared first on Value Invest Asia.

The weekly 4 Stocks This Week column on DollarsAndSense was started in 2017 with a simple objective was simple: to provide a convenient read each week for busy investors to stay updated with what is happening on the Singapore Exchange. 4 Stock This Week is not a recommendation from us to buy or sell any of the stocks that wke feature. Its purpose is to highlight interesting stocks that investors should be aware of, rather than to analyse these stocks. For this week’s edition, instead of the usual coverage of four stocks, we’ll do a year in review of the other 51 instalments of 4 Stocks This Week that our team has written in 2019. Over the past year (51 weeks), we’ve covered 123 SGX-listed stocks, 4 ETFs and 8 Daily Leverage Certificates. The most covered stock was Sas

SIA Engineering Company Ltd (SGX: S59), or SIAEC, has probably seen better days. Its share price has tumbled from a high of around S$4.60 five years ago to just S$2.58 as the group faces structural changes and headwinds in the airline industry. As a recap, SIAEC provides extensive aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) to more than 80 international airline carriers and aerospace equipment manufacturers worldwide. The group owns six hangars and 17 in-house workshops in Singapore and provides line maintenance services to more than 50 airlines passing through Singapore. The airline industry has witnessed its fair share of structural changes over the last few years, as the proliferation of low-cost carriers (LCC) threatens to upend the business model for full-service airlines. While

The Sino-US trade talks are set to resume next week. Both sides already know what the other side wants. China wants America to drop the import tariffs, while America wants China to stop subsidising its state-owned enterprises. Why are they even talking? Unsurprisingly, nobody is holding their breath for a breakthrough. A bunch of Fed officials will take the rostrum. They include Esther George, who is happy to keep interest rates at current levels, Neel Kashkari, who would like the Fed to lower rates, and Fed chair Jerome Powell, who thinks that the US economy is in a good place. There are some US inflation numbers to digest. They should show a slight uplift in the headline rate from 1.7% to 1.9%. But core inflation should be unchanged at 2.4%. China returns from its Golden Week holiday to

iFast Corporation Limited (SGX: AIY) is a financial technology company and offers investors the chance to buy and sell securities such as equities, unit trusts and bonds on its platform. iFast holds the requisite licences in the various jurisdictions in which it operates, and offers access to over 6,500 funds from over 250 fund houses. The group operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and India. iFast has been growing steadily over the years, and recently, the group has announced its intention to pursue a digital banking licence in Singapore. Applications have been opened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and interested parties have until end 2019 to submit their applications. The group also continually invests in its platform capabilities to enhance users’ exp

Constructing a strong and effective portfolio is never an easy task, and the investor is responsible for continually reviewing his positions and tweaking them to optimise his capital allocation. Aside from trying to maximise gains from the growth of the companies within the portfolio, the investor also has to be aware of risks and be able to position the portfolio to mitigate them. It can feel like an attempt to juggle ten balls with just two hands! In my years of investing, I have learnt a lot about how to manage my portfolio such that I capitalise on the gains, earn a steady income, and yet, ensure the risks are adequately mitigated. This knowledge was gleaned through an iterative process of learning from mistakes, due diligence on companies, and tweaking individual positions. Here are

In my capacity on my day job in Providend, I was asked to make a comment on a recent MorningStar study that came out. You can see my comments here: click to read article. Unfortunately, my Chinese is so lousy that I cannot translate this. Basically, Zaobao seeks a comment why local funds are comparatively so expensive and my answer is as above. MorningStar’s global investor study seeks to examine the cost structure of funds for retail investors around the world. They have produce this study every 2 years so this study in 2019 is the sixth edition. It might not occur to many investors, but compared to many of my blogging peers, I started my investing roots from unit trust. From my perspective, unit trust fees have been high. I am glad that we have more acces