146 Investing in Funding Societies through PhillipCapital
PhillipCapital has recently signed up with Funding Societies to carry its peer-to-peer financing products. This tie-up offers some exciting and interesting products.
When I shared the tie-up with investors, some of them are already existing investors with Funding Societies. So they see no difference going through PhillipCapital.
Direct investors in Funding Societies has two products to choose - Working Capital Financing and Invoice Financing. Working Capital Financing is for borrower to expand their business. Invoice Financing is for borrower to have liquidity while waiting for their buyer to pay. Direct investors can select the which type of financing to go for, rating quality of company and time frame of lending.
Working Capital Financing is consider higher risk because we cannot know what will turn out in a business expansion. Invoice financing is consider lower risk because the buyer has obligation to pay within a specific credit term.
I have shared I have two default investment in P2P financing. They are in the legal process to recover the money. So although the default rate is low, there is still default. This reminds me of an old Singapore advertisement that says "Low crime doesn't mean no crime."
What are the benefits investing through PhillipCapital?
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Monday, July 8, 2019
145 REITs funds for stability and income
REITs funds for stability and income
In the just concluded 10th PhillipCapital Annual Conference, many fund houses presented their views on the market outlook and potential investment ideas. Almost all fund houses agree that market will remain volatile for the rest of the year. Investors looking for more stability and income may diversify some money into REITs funds. (Two of fund houses that present this view don't even have REITs fund themselves.)
Even before the conference, while we were travelling from JB to KL, few of us planners and agents were talking about how stable REITs funds has been performing for the past few months. The market has been volatile but REITs funds are steadily and slowly going up. One of agents has both REIT fund and REIT stock, interestingly he is not confidence the REIT stock management will perform in such economic condition but he was very excited with his REIT fund selection.
Below is the chart for REITs funds taken from FundSuperMart.
In the just concluded 10th PhillipCapital Annual Conference, many fund houses presented their views on the market outlook and potential investment ideas. Almost all fund houses agree that market will remain volatile for the rest of the year. Investors looking for more stability and income may diversify some money into REITs funds. (Two of fund houses that present this view don't even have REITs fund themselves.)
Even before the conference, while we were travelling from JB to KL, few of us planners and agents were talking about how stable REITs funds has been performing for the past few months. The market has been volatile but REITs funds are steadily and slowly going up. One of agents has both REIT fund and REIT stock, interestingly he is not confidence the REIT stock management will perform in such economic condition but he was very excited with his REIT fund selection.
Below is the chart for REITs funds taken from FundSuperMart.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
144 Birth Certificate is Important in An Intestate Estate Claim
Birth Certificate is Important in An Intestate Estate Claim
Previously, I shared about claiming estate for a person who does not leave behind a Will through Amanahraya.
In such a claim, the spouse, the parents and the children become the valid parties to inherit the estate. Therefore, the relationship must be established / proofed. The needed documents for this will be:-
For older peoples, especially those born before / right after independence, they may not pay high attention to Birth Certificate. They were more concerned with Sijil Kerakyatan, and blue IC. To be able to stay in Malaya with all the legal rights was the main concern. So they may not have / care to keep their Birth Certificate.
Previously, I shared about claiming estate for a person who does not leave behind a Will through Amanahraya.
In such a claim, the spouse, the parents and the children become the valid parties to inherit the estate. Therefore, the relationship must be established / proofed. The needed documents for this will be:-
- IC of all beneficiaries
- Marriage Certificate - to prove legal husband / wife
- Birth Certificte of deceased - to prove legal parents
- Birth Certificate of children - to prove legal children
- Death Certificate - in case where any parties is had pass away, death certificate is needed
For older peoples, especially those born before / right after independence, they may not pay high attention to Birth Certificate. They were more concerned with Sijil Kerakyatan, and blue IC. To be able to stay in Malaya with all the legal rights was the main concern. So they may not have / care to keep their Birth Certificate.
Monday, March 4, 2019
143 Dufu — High Accrual Ratios
Dufu — High Accrual Ratios
Dufu (7233) was in my portfolio, until it gave out bonus issue. I bought it because it fit Magic Formula criteria (it still is actually). I sold it because I don't quite like activities that increase shares outstanding that will dilute EPS.
Then, I read a blogger in i3investor commenting about Dufu. One of the point is about booking receivable as profit. I read the article and comments from others, all the points make sense to me. My problem is, in accrual accounting, companies will record a sales even though the payment will only be received in a later date. Anyway, since i have sold the shares, I didn't checked further.
Recently, I re-read the article. Refer back to Dufu Q3 report, both revenue and receivable increased by roughly 30%. It is also true the increased in profit is almost the same as in receivable. In Dufu Q4 report, further see inventories increased by whopping 60%. But both reports are showing positive free cash flow (FCF).
When I check in Morningstar or WSJ, I can't find any ratio that gives out alert signs. Dufu seems very healthy.
To know whether Dufu is still worth investing, I put the Q4 data into my spreadsheet.
Dufu (7233) was in my portfolio, until it gave out bonus issue. I bought it because it fit Magic Formula criteria (it still is actually). I sold it because I don't quite like activities that increase shares outstanding that will dilute EPS.
Then, I read a blogger in i3investor commenting about Dufu. One of the point is about booking receivable as profit. I read the article and comments from others, all the points make sense to me. My problem is, in accrual accounting, companies will record a sales even though the payment will only be received in a later date. Anyway, since i have sold the shares, I didn't checked further.
Recently, I re-read the article. Refer back to Dufu Q3 report, both revenue and receivable increased by roughly 30%. It is also true the increased in profit is almost the same as in receivable. In Dufu Q4 report, further see inventories increased by whopping 60%. But both reports are showing positive free cash flow (FCF).
When I check in Morningstar or WSJ, I can't find any ratio that gives out alert signs. Dufu seems very healthy.
To know whether Dufu is still worth investing, I put the Q4 data into my spreadsheet.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
142 P2P Financing — First Case of Default
P2P Financing — First Case of Default
In my previous blog post, I mentioned I had my experience of deliquency in P2P financing, in one of the sub-investment in B2B Finpal. Well, the company had paid back the money, and the whole loan was completed.
As I said, I tightened the criteria by restricting the investments to high grade borrower as well as limiting the loan tenure to 3 months maximum. I had been monitoring closely on the status of these investments.
I guess the business environment must be quite tough out there. Funding Societies reported one of my loan investment had been categorized as Default because the borrower has been unable to repay the late interest charge carried from Nov 2018 & Jan 2019. Funding Societies is doing the necessary to deal with company.
The problematic loan was one of my earliest sub-investment. It had a loan tenure of 12 months. It is in the 6th payments. Meaning another 6 payments to go. Funding Societies reported amount in default is RM58. With my investment of RM1,000, this mean 5.8% gone if, in the worst case, it is going to be totally unrecoverable. Certainly I hope it won't. Anyhow, even if it does, it only means my total return is drag down by one investment. Right at the moment, Funding Societies reported my returns is 9.2% per annum. I started since July 2018, so it is only 7 months old.
As I read in Funding Societies' FAQ, default will somehow happen. Investors can reduce the risk by limiting the investment amount into each sub-investment, and spreading into more sub-investments. I further tightened the grade and tenure.
So far, I am quite satisfied with the return and how the funding companies had been communicating with investors. The auto-investment feature also relieved me from manual decision making.
If you too want to diversify some money into P2P Financing, you may consider them. All the two companies provide referral scheme. And mine are:-
Funding Societies:- http://promo.fundingsocieties.com.my/referral-program/?r=jjqsmwav
Funding Societies rewards the introducer and new investors with RM50 when new investor sign up and invest a minimum of RM1,000. So it benefits both of us.
B2B Finpal :- Put IN001029-Teo Soon Ann in the last column Referral Code when doing registration at https://prod.b2bfinpal.com/investor/registration.
In my previous blog post, I mentioned I had my experience of deliquency in P2P financing, in one of the sub-investment in B2B Finpal. Well, the company had paid back the money, and the whole loan was completed.
As I said, I tightened the criteria by restricting the investments to high grade borrower as well as limiting the loan tenure to 3 months maximum. I had been monitoring closely on the status of these investments.
I guess the business environment must be quite tough out there. Funding Societies reported one of my loan investment had been categorized as Default because the borrower has been unable to repay the late interest charge carried from Nov 2018 & Jan 2019. Funding Societies is doing the necessary to deal with company.
The problematic loan was one of my earliest sub-investment. It had a loan tenure of 12 months. It is in the 6th payments. Meaning another 6 payments to go. Funding Societies reported amount in default is RM58. With my investment of RM1,000, this mean 5.8% gone if, in the worst case, it is going to be totally unrecoverable. Certainly I hope it won't. Anyhow, even if it does, it only means my total return is drag down by one investment. Right at the moment, Funding Societies reported my returns is 9.2% per annum. I started since July 2018, so it is only 7 months old.
As I read in Funding Societies' FAQ, default will somehow happen. Investors can reduce the risk by limiting the investment amount into each sub-investment, and spreading into more sub-investments. I further tightened the grade and tenure.
So far, I am quite satisfied with the return and how the funding companies had been communicating with investors. The auto-investment feature also relieved me from manual decision making.
If you too want to diversify some money into P2P Financing, you may consider them. All the two companies provide referral scheme. And mine are:-
Funding Societies:- http://promo.fundingsocieties.com.my/referral-program/?r=jjqsmwav
Funding Societies rewards the introducer and new investors with RM50 when new investor sign up and invest a minimum of RM1,000. So it benefits both of us.
B2B Finpal :- Put IN001029-Teo Soon Ann in the last column Referral Code when doing registration at https://prod.b2bfinpal.com/investor/registration.
Monday, January 7, 2019
141 B2B Financing — First Case of Delinquency
B2B Financing — First Case of Delinquency
As mentioned before, I put a little bit of money in two B2B financing companies — Funding Societies and B2B Finpal. About four months has passed.
Recently when I opened my accounts to check, I found one of the investment in b2B Finpal showed "Delinquent". As I googled the meaning, "delinquent" means "being overdue in payment". So, I had came across my first case of "non payment".
I remembered a famous blogger's posting about a default in one of his crowdfunding investment. The crowdfunding company take efforts to identify the problem and keep in contact with borrower to arrange for payment. In my case, I am sure B2B Finpal will do the necessary to discuss with borrower to repay the money.
The table of my investments showed the borrower is expected to repay by 11/1/2019. But on 3/1/2019, I received email from B2B Finpal saying the problematic investment had been repaid. And I checked in B2B Finpal investor's website, yup it had been paid.
Following that, I reviewed my investment criteria. I decided to tightened the investment quality. Initially, I set for Grade A, B and C with different exposure percentage. As I see the interest rate difference between Grade B and C is about 2%–3%, I decided to tightened to invest in Grade A and B only. Temporary, I will leave out Grade C investment.
If you too want to diversify some money into B2B Financing, you may consider them. All the two companies provide referral scheme. And mine are
Funding Societies:- http://promo.fundingsocieties.com.my/referral-program/?r=jjqsmwav
Funding Societies rewards the introducer and investors with RM50 when investor sign up and invest a minimum of RM1,000. So it benefits both of us.
Fundaztic:- https://p2p.fundaztic.com:443/generalize/regist?member=e1hvJ8%2Fctu1o9eb9s9%2FZXA%3D%3D,
B2B Finpal :- Put IN001029-Teo Soon Ann in the last column Referral Code when doing registration at https://prod.b2bfinpal.com/investor/registration.
As mentioned before, I put a little bit of money in two B2B financing companies — Funding Societies and B2B Finpal. About four months has passed.
Recently when I opened my accounts to check, I found one of the investment in b2B Finpal showed "Delinquent". As I googled the meaning, "delinquent" means "being overdue in payment". So, I had came across my first case of "non payment".
I remembered a famous blogger's posting about a default in one of his crowdfunding investment. The crowdfunding company take efforts to identify the problem and keep in contact with borrower to arrange for payment. In my case, I am sure B2B Finpal will do the necessary to discuss with borrower to repay the money.
The table of my investments showed the borrower is expected to repay by 11/1/2019. But on 3/1/2019, I received email from B2B Finpal saying the problematic investment had been repaid. And I checked in B2B Finpal investor's website, yup it had been paid.
Following that, I reviewed my investment criteria. I decided to tightened the investment quality. Initially, I set for Grade A, B and C with different exposure percentage. As I see the interest rate difference between Grade B and C is about 2%–3%, I decided to tightened to invest in Grade A and B only. Temporary, I will leave out Grade C investment.
If you too want to diversify some money into B2B Financing, you may consider them. All the two companies provide referral scheme. And mine are
Funding Societies:- http://promo.fundingsocieties.com.my/referral-program/?r=jjqsmwav
Funding Societies rewards the introducer and investors with RM50 when investor sign up and invest a minimum of RM1,000. So it benefits both of us.
Fundaztic:- https://p2p.fundaztic.com:443/generalize/regist?member=e1hvJ8%2Fctu1o9eb9s9%2FZXA%3D%3D,
B2B Finpal :- Put IN001029-Teo Soon Ann in the last column Referral Code when doing registration at https://prod.b2bfinpal.com/investor/registration.
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