[Bursa Malaysia] Five New Sectors and Indices

In order to ensure Bursa Malaysia’s sector and sectorial index continued to appropriately represent the global equity markets and enable asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent comparisons by industry, there are some new enhancements being announced today.

Hence, Bursa Malaysia today introduces 5 new sectors to align its sector classification with internationally recognized standards, bringing the number of Bursa Sectoral Indices to 13 sectors with immediate effect.

Five New Sectors:

[P2P Investment] How to setup Auto-Invest feature on Funding Societies and Fundaztic platforms?

After comparing the two most popular P2P platforms in Malaysia (What are the differences between Funding Societies and Fundaztic platform?), many lazy investors (like me) would like to invest as hassle-free as possible each time. So, in this article, we will share with you how to setup the auto-invest feature available in Fundaztic and Funding Societies platforms.

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[P2P Investment] What are the differences between Funding Societies and Fundaztic platform?

As promised, this topic has investors scratching their heads and curious about when choosing which P2P platform to starts investing with. Here, we selected the two most popular platform and do a simple comparisons between them.

The battle begins here: Funding Societies vs Fundaztic

[P2P Lending] Knowing all the SC approved P2P operators

After understanding how and why P2P lending existed nowadays (click here to read our previous article), let's move on knowing all the approved P2P operators in Malaysia now.

Below is the intro of SC approved P2P operators (as at end Aug 2018):

[Crowdfunding] What is P2P financing? And, what's in it for investors?

Peer-to-peer (P2P) financing is a web-based innovation that broadens the ability of entrepreneurs and small business owners to unlock capital from a pool of individual investors in small amounts and provides a quick turnaround time to obtain financing for their businesses, through an online digital platform. P2P Financing is already a well-established concept in the USA, UK, and China, amongst many other countries.

Instead of the traditional ways of sourcing funds from financial institutions (which normally takes longer processing time and stricter rules), P2P financing serves as an alternative financing method for SMEs to raise funds for working capital or business expansion.

How does P2P work?