20 The week of 23 August – 29 August 2018 Volume 30 Number 01 Capital Dynamics Sdn Bhd A | Market Opinion MANAGED FUNDS AND DISCRETIONARY SERVICE icapital.biz Berhad (ICAP, stock code 5108) Discretionary Service Listed on Bursa since Oct Capital Dynamics provides its discretionary fund 2005, icapital.biz Berhad exists for one management services through its offices in Kuala simple reason: to allow its long-term share owners to Lumpur, Singapore, and . This benefit from value investing. With Capital Dynamics as its account allows the flexibility of having an investment fund manager and investment adviser, the net assets of icapital.biz Berhad have compounded with little risk from portfolio customised in accordance with the client’s RM140 mln to over RM500 mln by Jun 2018. specific investment needs, whether individual, corpo- rate or institutional. To quote one of our discretionary clients: “CDAM has (through his discretionary account) financed my eldest daughter to obtain a Bachelor of Pharmacy in , my second daughter to obtain a LLB and a LLM in the UK and my son, hopefully, to obtain his Bachelor in Computer Science in Australia.”

VINCENT CHEN WUAN THONG LEE Your fervent belief of “my word is my bond” is well shared Congratulations on the & supported by each & every successful IPO of icapital. God-fearing person. Do you biz CEF. As subscribers and know how many ”market trading investors totaling 0.5% of your failures” you have converted CEF (from private placement, into the top 5% “market IPO application and purchases success traders”. Keep up the from the open market) me and GOODWORK. Never mind those my clients are proud of the insatisfiable (sic) critics. IPO. It allows small investors icapital.biz Berhad’s energetic annual general like us the opportunity to have meetings have always been very well attended. the service of an honest and This is the day where the share owners get to GS ONG reputable Advisor and Fund listen to Tan Teng Boo, the Designated Person Manager. Keep up the good of the Fund, and to interact with him on a wide Like many subscribers work! range of subjects. (both print and internet editions) we are all behind you. You and your team have THEAN CHONG JIN done a superb job and I am saying this from the bottom Thank you for giving us is similar to Section C & SIAWLAI of my heart and from my a wonderful presentation icapital.biz has performed so many experiences as a on the CEF during the very well. By just following veteran investor. Your staff AGM. It is exactly what I iCapital’s recommendations expected to hear from you – & buying undervalued SMS us to inform us about I was upset by the insinuations of unethical behaviour a concise and well-thought stocks with growth potential the private placement, then on your part during the whole IPO process. In my opinion assessment of the portfolio at sensible prices, my sent applications forms by you all have done a good and tremendous job in getting stocks. Needless to say, the initial investment of RM50K courier service (courier service Icapital.biz listed. Being one of the many silent supporters CEO’s performance says it (Sept 2004) has tripled to man! No other unit trust I feel I need to show my support more fervently in this all: NAV at RM1.17 & stock RM150K, currently. I truly has done that), then SMS letter. price trading at 28% over its believe it’s possible for me us to see whether we have Mr Tan, you will never be a dinosaur. We need your IPO price. I can’t think of any to make the first million received them (just in case expertise and conscience. Keep up your noble work. other trust funds that gives by following iCapital’s the courier service is another Do not be dishearten and continue with your good the same returns within the investment philosophy POS Malaysia) plus all the work. Small investors like me appreciate very much what year. On a personal note, and of course, by staying other speedy answers given you have done for the investment community in Malaysia. my portfolio of stocks that invested in iCapital.biz. whenever we call in. Remember, you are our conscience!

JOSHUA TAN been another Warren Buffet. It’s CHANG KWONG LIT also like saying, Lee Kuan Yew Dynamics offices, KUL and SIN alike. Thanks for the current The recently concluded 4th AGM of the ICAP returns for our iCapital share. was a brilliant man too and did Whenever I attend a well for Singapore, but imagine; Capital Dynamics event, be is no difference. It was comforting and reassuring Returns in excess of 30% especially during these topsy-turvy times. You within the 1st 9months of an if he was born in China! it a presentation, a seminar, One last note, Mr Tan; take or even an AGM, I always have sent us away with many good hopes that IPO is indeed comforting, more money will be flowing into our pockets. especially with for those of us heart in knowing that there are have a pleasant feeling of “professors” out there who have ‘home-coming’. Each time, To all of you in Capital Dynamics, I would like who are investing in iCapital for to extend my deep gratitude to you! I suddenly our children’s future. the foresight to see what you not only those almost cryptic are building for us, like what economic/financial data are realise that there is a 4th dimension in Capital My friends and I often Dynamics’ quality which perhaps the iCapital talk about iCapital. We think happened to a young man from being carefully deciphered and Omaha many, many years patiently explained, but also newsletter, dated 31 July 2008, has deliberately you are a brilliant man, born omitted. Besides ‘Independence’, ‘Intelligent’ and only in the wrong country. If ago/ Frankly, it is an awesome receive very warm welcome responsibility that not many can, by all the staff from Capital ‘Integrity’, the 4th ‘I’ could have come from ‘ICFY’ only iCapital was founded in – iCapital Care For You! Singapore or Hong Kong or the or even want to shoulder. US, you perhaps could have For this, we thank you. Capital Dynamics Sdn Bhd Volume 30 Number 01 The week of 23 August – 29 August 2018 21 A | Market Opinion

YEOH SAN THOE HOW KIM CHAI DAVID CHEW NG KHEN WEI I don’t trust anyone with I am extremely happy with the ipo (sic) my money. There are a lot of My special thanks to Mr. and had applied under subscriber portion. Thank you for another conmen out there. But I have Tan and his marvellous (sic) I had even requested for replacement form year of superb job on met Mr. Tan a few times, and I team for making this possible. and was sent to me the very next 2 days. iCapital.biz closed-end fund. have taken the risk to trust him I had been waiting so long for What a world class service. I was given I believe I found you are my and what he stands for. Yes, he such a CEF with such a good 40% of what I applied but I had bought on right kind money manager is human and there is always a responsible management team the listing date MOE at 1.01 and 1.0. why when you walk the talks. risk he may fail to live up to his complaint when you can still buy so much on led by Mr Tan. noble values, but he is a risk an open market. fund manager and investment adviser, the net assets of worth taking. icapital.biz Berhad have compounded with little risk from RM140 mln to over RM500 mln by Jun 2018. i Capital China Fund i Capital Global Fund and If there is one stock market that you must invest in, it has i Capital International Value Fund to be the one from China. Tan Teng Boo shared his deeply researched insights on the potential of China in the 2007 The i Capital Global Fund (ICGF) and i Capital International i Capital Long Boom seminar. In Jan 2018, Capital Dynamics Value Fund (ICIVF) were launched in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Hong Kong launched its i Capital China Fund (ICCF), a retail While both funds invest in global equities, ICIVF is meant for unit trust with a minimum investment of US$1,000. ICCF seeks the retail investors whereas ICGF is meant for the Accredited to achieve long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing Investors. ICIVF was set up with the objective of allowing the in equity securities issued by companies listed in Hong Kong, mom-and-pop investors the opportunity to invest globally at an and/or Shenzhen through our proven value investing affordable entry amount. ICGF is managed by Capital Dynamics approach. Singapore and ICIVF is managed by Capital Dynamics Australia.

Malaysia has succeeded and achieved much economic success over the last 8-9 years. It has transformed and it is still transforming. Many would be surprised to hear us say that easy part of this historic transformation in the last 8-9 years is over. This is not to deny the significant achievements made in the last 8-9 years. It is just that the more difficult stage of the economic transformation and development of Malaysia is now actually staring at all of us. We have reached the stage where national human resource development, utilisation and availability is the key to achieve Vision 2020....The The biggest privilege of becoming the challenging part is to manage the people, in a situation investors of i Capital funds is they get to where there is almost full employment, to utilise the interact directly with the fund manager facilities productively and efficiently... In the longer-term, through the annual investor gatherings. improvements in TFP will replace capital accumulation as the main source of economic growth.

Extracted from i Capital dated 06/04/1995 - 12/04/1995

At Capital Dynamics, adolescent child. We have lost our competitiveness labour productivity, we we are consistent in even criticised the other because we have not need to improve capital many things. But there is a one mass media for ignoring tackled our problem of productivity. We need to view that we have been most this fundamental issue poor productivity. At this produce more with the consistent and adamant on. and instead sensationalise level, we have to agree same quantity of inputs Productivity. This is the answer the wheeler-dealers, with them. In the first or we have to produce the to our macro-economic woes. tips, market gossips, etc. instance, this is what same amount with less We have in i Capital discussed What the current account we have been saying for inputs. How do we know and harped on this vital issue deficit and the Ringgit many years. We need to that the Ringgit speculators umpteen times. We are almost speculators are telling us improve productivity at all and our analysis are right ? like a mother nagging a growing now is simple. We have levels. We need to improve Simple.

Extracted from i Capital dated 10/07/1997 - 16/07/1997