Hantu Kak Limah made history as the highest grossing film in Malaysia, taking in RM20.5 million in ticket sales alone over 11 days. While the production cost is not known, […]
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Investing in listed shares and bonds
Difference between investing in listed shares and bonds. Bonds are IOU financial instruments issued by companies and the Government. They are similar in nature to bank loans. A bondholder receives […]
Capital expenditure & Operating expenses
What kind of financing does a company need? There are 2 types of expenditure that a company incurs to start and run its business: 1. Capital expenditure to fund capital […]
Financial Services Act/Islamic Financial Services Act (FSA/IFSA)
Commercial banks (conventional and Islamic) and investment banks are governed by the Financial Services Act/Islamic Financial Services Act (FSA/IFSA) under the purview and supervision of Bank Negara (BNM). Development Finance […]
Ordinary shares, preference shares, loan stocks and bonds.
Ordinary shares, preference shares, loan stocks and bonds. These are common types of financial instruments. Sometimes, you see the word “convertible” and/or “redeemable” attached to the financial instrument (except for […]
OPM
What is “OPM”? And why is it so sought after? OPM is “Other People’s Money”. It is a most desirable commodity because if you use OPM rather than your own […]
Income tax and consumption tax
The main sources of income to a Government are taxes. Here, we will look at income tax and consumption tax or GST as we are familiar with in Malaysia. Income […]
Leasing
Leasing is a popular form of financing. There are 2 types of leases, operating and finance lease. For clarification, the lessee is the user of the asset while the lessor […]
Collateral
When you borrow money, a bank will very likely ask you, “What collateral (security) can you give?” What is collateral? That’s an asset pledged by a borrower to protect the […]
Share investing – dividends
An investor gets 2 forms of return from share investing – dividends and capital appreciation when the share price rises. We take a look at dividends here. If you are […]