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A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi

It is viewed that the Unit Trust funds are now becoming increasingly popular to Malaysian investors. This project paper investigates the comparative values of Equity vs.Balanced and Bond Mutual Fund Performance in Malaysia during and after the Financial Crisis in Malaysia using the portfolio managem...

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Main Author: Ahmas Latfi, Anekaeda
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Liquidity
Trust services. Trust companies
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spelling my.uitm.ir.579112022-08-04T12:04:29Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57911/ A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi Ahmas Latfi, Anekaeda Liquidity Trust services. Trust companies It is viewed that the Unit Trust funds are now becoming increasingly popular to Malaysian investors. This project paper investigates the comparative values of Equity vs.Balanced and Bond Mutual Fund Performance in Malaysia during and after the Financial Crisis in Malaysia using the portfolio management methods over the six years from January 1997 until December 2002. Therefore, the objective of this study is to compare the performance of Unit Trusts during and after the financial crisis. Specifically the study intends to know which unit trust under Equity, Balanced and Bond Mutual Fund out perform the other. In this study, the researcher uses monthly returns on the mutual funds that have been constructed for the six years comprising of the twenty five funds. The researcher uses Portfolio Management method as a model in determining the returns and the ranking of the mutual funds. The performance of the selected unit trust is ranked according to the Sharpe Index, Treynor Index and Jensen-Alpha Index. The researcher's result shows that all funds reveal significantly below-market performance over the entire sample period. Equity mutual fund performance during the financial crisis indicates that AM First Property had performed better according to the Sharpe Index whereas under Treynor Index ASM 11 is in the first ranking. However, after the financial crisis MAAKL Value has performed better for both Index. In Balanced mutual funds, MAAKL Balanced is in the first ranking for both Sharpe and Treynor Index and also for both situations. The first ranking in Bond mutual fund during financial crisis is MAYBAN Income Trust that stated under Sharpe Index and the first ranking under Treynor Index is PUBLIC Bond.Once against after the financial crisis the PUBLIC Bond is in the first ranking. According to the Jensen-Alpha Index, the first ranking under Equity fund during and after the financial crisis is ASM 11 and MAAKL Value. In Balanced fund MAAKL Balanced is in the first rank and the same situation goes to Bond fund where PUBLIC Bond is in the first place. 2007-04 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57911/1/57911.PDF A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi. (2007) Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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topic Liquidity
Trust services. Trust companies
spellingShingle Liquidity
Trust services. Trust companies
Ahmas Latfi, Anekaeda
A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
description It is viewed that the Unit Trust funds are now becoming increasingly popular to Malaysian investors. This project paper investigates the comparative values of Equity vs.Balanced and Bond Mutual Fund Performance in Malaysia during and after the Financial Crisis in Malaysia using the portfolio management methods over the six years from January 1997 until December 2002. Therefore, the objective of this study is to compare the performance of Unit Trusts during and after the financial crisis. Specifically the study intends to know which unit trust under Equity, Balanced and Bond Mutual Fund out perform the other. In this study, the researcher uses monthly returns on the mutual funds that have been constructed for the six years comprising of the twenty five funds. The researcher uses Portfolio Management method as a model in determining the returns and the ranking of the mutual funds. The performance of the selected unit trust is ranked according to the Sharpe Index, Treynor Index and Jensen-Alpha Index. The researcher's result shows that all funds reveal significantly below-market performance over the entire sample period. Equity mutual fund performance during the financial crisis indicates that AM First Property had performed better according to the Sharpe Index whereas under Treynor Index ASM 11 is in the first ranking. However, after the financial crisis MAAKL Value has performed better for both Index. In Balanced mutual funds, MAAKL Balanced is in the first ranking for both Sharpe and Treynor Index and also for both situations. The first ranking in Bond mutual fund during financial crisis is MAYBAN Income Trust that stated under Sharpe Index and the first ranking under Treynor Index is PUBLIC Bond.Once against after the financial crisis the PUBLIC Bond is in the first ranking. According to the Jensen-Alpha Index, the first ranking under Equity fund during and after the financial crisis is ASM 11 and MAAKL Value. In Balanced fund MAAKL Balanced is in the first rank and the same situation goes to Bond fund where PUBLIC Bond is in the first place.
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author Ahmas Latfi, Anekaeda
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title A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
title_short A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
title_full A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
title_fullStr A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in Malaysia: using portfolio management method / Anekaeda Ahmas Latfi
title_sort comparative study of equity vs. balanced and bond mutual funds performance during and after the financial crisis in malaysia: using portfolio management method / anekaeda ahmas latfi
publishDate 2007
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57911/1/57911.PDF
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