EPF investment

Last friday, I went to OSK to enquiry about EPF investment into Unit Trust for second time.

The agent told me about OSK-UOB Gift (Growth and Income Focus Trust) Fund.

I am switching my Malaysia Divident to GIFT. Let's see after 1 year, how is the performance.

Below is the 3 fund I bought by using EPF:

As at 29 June 2012:

Gift = 0.4653, year low is 0.42, so I bought at 0.4653 quite safe right???


Period1 yr high1 yr low3 yr high3 yr lowAll time highAll time low
Price (RM)0.540.420.640.420.920.42
Historical prices shown are the NAV prices. The "All time high" and "All time low" prices are the highest and the lowest NAV prices from the first dealing date since inception and the latest available dealing date respectively.



HISTORICAL DIVIDEND (ALLOCATED)
Fund NameEx-DateReinvestment DateDividend Rate per Unit (RM)Dividend Type
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 14, 2011December 14, 20110.088815DIVIDEND PAYOUT
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 28, 2010December 29, 20100.089901DIVIDEND PAYOUT
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 28, 2009-0.088629DIVIDEND PAYOUT
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 31, 2008-0.08547DIVIDEND PAYOUT
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 31, 2007-0.163722DIVIDEND PAYOUT
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus TrustDecember 29, 2006-0.12DIVIDEND PAYOUT



Assume dividend at 0.08, (0.08/0.47)*100 = 17% dividend not bad hor

Malaysia Dividend = 0.325 - Decided to sell this and swap to GIFT, hope the agent will not bring me to holland

Period1 yr high1 yr low3 yr high3 yr lowAll time highAll time low
Price (RM)0.330.280.340.250.340.22
Historical prices shown are the NAV prices. The "All time high" and "All time low" prices are the highest and the lowest NAV prices from the first dealing date since inception and the latest available dealing date respectively.


Smart Treasure = 0.5605



Period1 yr high1 yr low3 yr high3 yr lowAll time highAll time low
Price (RM)0.610.510.760.511.020.46
Historical prices shown are the NAV prices. The "All time high" and "All time low" prices are the highest and the lowest NAV prices from the first dealing date since inception and the latest available dealing date respectively.



Table 2: Risk-Return Comparison Between Unit Trusts and EPF
FundAsset Class
Annualised Returns (%)
Downside Risk* (%)
1-year2-year3-year4-year5-year
OSK-UOB Emerging Opportunity Unit Trust
Equities
23.8
26.7
9.1
13.7
17.8
7.7
OSK-UOB Growth And Income Focus Trust
Balanced
15.2
15.6
6.1
11.9
18.7
9.6
OSK-UOB Smart Treasure Fund
Equities
23.8
29.7
11.2
11.6
21.5
8.5
RHB GoldenLife 2020
Balanced
13.5
26.4
12.2
14.4
18.4
6.7
RHB GoldenLife 2030
Balanced
14.7
30.9
13.4
14.6
20.1
5.5
EPF^
Balanced
5.8
5.7
5.4
5.4
5.4
0.0
Source: iFAST compilations as of 31 March 2011
^ EPF Returns after 31 December 2010 is extrapolated using 2010 dividend rate
* Downside Risk is the annualised risk of loss over the past five years


Source: http://www.fundsupermart.com.my/main/research/viewHTML.tpl?articleNo=510


Fund Comparison Table

KeydataOSK-UOB GIFTOSK-UOB Malaysia DividendOSK-UOB Smart Treasure

CompanyOSK-UOB Investment Mgmt BhdOSK-UOB Investment Mgmt BhdOSK-UOB Investment Mgmt Bhd
CategoryMixed Asset Myr Balanced - MalaysiaEquity MalaysiaEquity Malaysia
Launch DateJanuary 7th, 2005March 4th, 2008August 7th, 2004
Approved Fund Size200,000,0001,200,000,0001,000,000,000
FeesOSK-UOB GIFTOSK-UOB Malaysia DividendOSK-UOB Smart Treasure
Sales Charge5.26%5.50%5.26%
Redemption ChargeNone1% (within the 6 months period.)None
Annual Management Fee1.50%1.50%1.50%
Annual Trustee Fee0.07%0.08%0.07%
Transaction DetailsOSK-UOB GIFTOSK-UOB Malaysia DividendOSK-UOB Smart Treasure
Minimum Initial InvestmentRM200RM1,000RM200
Minimum Additional InvestmentNoneRM100None
Minimum Units Held100100100