Collective Investment Schemes/Mutual Funds – Fixed NAV and Floating NAV

Collective Investment Schemes (“CIS”), commonly known as mutual funds are investment vehicles, which allow the pooling of investor resources to create a more diversified portfolio and take advantage of the benefits of large-scale investment opportunities. Investors effectively own portions of the overall pool through units/shares, which are proportional to their …

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Robo-Advisers Are Here: What should you know?

With the emergence and phenomenal growth of financial technology (FinTech) globally, has been the rise of Automated Advice Tools or what is otherwise referred to as ‘Robo-Advisers’.  These are digital platforms that provide automated, algorithm-driven financial planning services with little to no human supervision.  Essentially, this involves a computer programmer creating software …

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