Managed fund and its investors in Singapore.

This paper attempts to examine the factors that determine Singaporeans’ decisions towards investing and not investing in managed funds. Suggestions in academic literature indicate the presence of strong correlation between investors’ demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and their financial...

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Main Authors: Kiu, Cher Han., Koh, Choon How., Tan, Karen Li Meng.
Other Authors: Young, Martin Robert
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/8652
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:This paper attempts to examine the factors that determine Singaporeans’ decisions towards investing and not investing in managed funds. Suggestions in academic literature indicate the presence of strong correlation between investors’ demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and their financial risk tolerance and this paper attempts to examine its validity in the local settings. Furthermore, the match between investors’ financial risk profiles and the type of funds invested is discussed.