@unpublished{library_repository270,
           title = {Unit trust investment : the Malaysian case (Table of contents and abstract)},
          school = {Open University Malaysia (OUM)},
          author = { Benji Johan Ibrahim},
            year = {2008},
        keywords = {Investment ; unit trust ; Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI)},
             url = {https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/270/},
        abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to get a better understanding on how unit trust as a saving
instrument that is affordable, liquid, safe and convenient and yet can give a higher return
than fixed deposits over the long term. Generally, unit trusts are all about investing as
they are a great way for most of us to invest for future wealth. In addition, there are so
many unit trust funds in the market so this is a kind of guidance to the investors to make
their choice to fulfil their wealth objectives and goals. In this paper, I am using two funds
houses, Public Mutual and Prudential Fund Management to compare with the KLCI. By
doing some analysis and test, in terms of their performance especially and in to what
stocks or how much portion do they allocate per their investment generally. Furthermore,
in the test, we could see how the funds react when the KLCI goes up and down. The
results seem to show that a fund which allocates their portion of investments in more
equities that is 75 percent to 90 percent will react very fast according to the market
volatility. Meanwhile, those funds which allocate more in fixed income, short term bonds
and repos would not affected by the market volatility at all. In conclusion, an investor
must determine his or her own risk profile so that they will select the right funds in which
it will meet their goals. (Author's abstract)}
}