George Kau Kong Hoi, Senior Vice President & Head of Actuarial Services, Takaful Ikhlas
Malaysia leads the world in the Islamic finance market. We explore one aspect of Islamic financial products called Takaful and sift out differences with conventional insurance products.
If you are one of the shareholders of the Sime Darby Berhad, you should have received the Dividend Reinvestment Plan(DRP) form offered by the company.
DRP is a scheme where instead of receiving dividends in the form of cash, the company offer the same value of their shares at prescribed price.
The current stock market is very volatile.
On one day, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI) can go down 23 points and the next day will bump Up to 27 points.
Trading seem to be tough and are not for the faint or heart, or even the average retail investor.
However not all stocks will goes Down in a Bearish market.
