Investor Expo 2008 is on 17 - 18 October 2008

http://www.investorexpo.com.my/index.html

INVESTOR EXPO is one of the largest investment exhibitions in Malaysia.

Date : 17 – 18 October 2008
Venue : Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Exhibition Hall 5, Ground Level
Time : 10am to 8pm

The goal of the INVESTOR EXPO are to bring to the discerning retail investor high-quality interactive investment seminars including a broad spectrum of investment topics and hosted by industry experts. With a varied cast of exhibitors offering their investment strategies and products, retail investors are sure to find their asset class of choice to invest in.

With over 40 seminars, a lucky draw with attractive prizes as well as panel discussions with a diverse panel of speakers from the financial industry & listed companies, the expo is expected to draw a crowd of over 10,000 visitors. So be sure to mark it on your calendars and stop by!

List of Sponsors includes
Platinum
BURSA Malaysia
CIMB Investment Bank
MIRA
OSK

Gold
Edgeworth Properties
Walton International

Silver Sponsors
Assetton
Australian Wine Index
Glenmarie Cove Development
Land Wealth Centre
Mines Marketing
MK Land
Premium Liquid Assets
RBTR Asset Management
Universal Asset Group

Standard
Adam Khoo Learning Technologies
Easy Forex
E-Minis Asia
Jupiter Securities
MF Global
PowerUp Capital
T3B System

Prize sponsors
Bella
Courts
Premium Liquid Assets

Take the oppurtunity to get some financial knowledge and freebies (Free CDS opening) when going to this exhibition. I foresee some property, wine, equity/stock market, options investment around the place.

Fundsupermart is here in Malaysia !

Good news !

The famous Unit Trust portal that was popular in Singapore is now in Malaysia too. Based on the website www.fundsupermart.com.my , you can buy funds from the following fund house namely Affin, Alliance, AmMutual, OSKUOB, Pheim, Prudential, RHB and TA investment. Hopefully more will be joining the bandwagon

One of the specialty of FundSuperMart is the pricing. Their sales charges at 2% or lower. Besides that, the company outline the following benefits
1. Specialization
2. Better independent research content
3. Strong tools i.e Chart Centre, fund returns and fund selector
4. Short transaction time
5. Wide range of fund
6. Long operation hours hotline
7. Great service - this is subjective though ;)
8. Can share your idea in the forum
9. Strong Ownership
10. Can use EPF to purchase your fund

Potential concern
1. You have to make your own decision on which fund to buy
2. You may not feel comfortable when putting your account in nominees/trustees

My take on this
1. Worth to invest if you buy the idea of professionally managed unit trust at reduced charges
2. Increase your knowledge based on the research report available in the website
3. Chance to mingle with the like minded people via the forum

Hope with more competition on the sales charge rate, everyone can benefit with the service. This is in lieu of high inflation and possible economic recession.