Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants

This paper examines the variables that might explain the initial service charge (ISC) imposed on unit-holders of Malaysian unit trust funds in the year 1999. By using 39 openend unit trust funds, customer service and board structure variables are found to have a significant effect in explaining th...

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Main Authors: Hiau Abdullah, Nur Adiana, Wong , Woei Chyuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/35941/1/AAMJ_11-2-2.pdf
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description This paper examines the variables that might explain the initial service charge (ISC) imposed on unit-holders of Malaysian unit trust funds in the year 1999. By using 39 openend unit trust funds, customer service and board structure variables are found to have a significant effect in explaining the variations of ISC. Financial performance variables do not seem to have any influence on the level of ISC charged to the unit-holders. Our results also showed that funds which charged higher ISC do not necessarily provide higher returns to investors. Furthermore, there are unit trust funds that are having an initial service charge beyond the maximum 10% level required by the Securities Commissions or did not fulfil the independent directors requirement.
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spelling usm.eprints-359412017-08-04T07:54:19Z http://eprints.usm.my/35941/ Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants Hiau Abdullah, Nur Adiana Wong , Woei Chyuan HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This paper examines the variables that might explain the initial service charge (ISC) imposed on unit-holders of Malaysian unit trust funds in the year 1999. By using 39 openend unit trust funds, customer service and board structure variables are found to have a significant effect in explaining the variations of ISC. Financial performance variables do not seem to have any influence on the level of ISC charged to the unit-holders. Our results also showed that funds which charged higher ISC do not necessarily provide higher returns to investors. Furthermore, there are unit trust funds that are having an initial service charge beyond the maximum 10% level required by the Securities Commissions or did not fulfil the independent directors requirement. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35941/1/AAMJ_11-2-2.pdf Hiau Abdullah, Nur Adiana and Wong , Woei Chyuan (2006) Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 11 (2). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/11.2.2006/AAMJ%2011-2-2.pdf
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Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title_full Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title_fullStr Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title_full_unstemmed Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title_short Unit Trust Fund's Initial Service Charge And Its Determinants
title_sort unit trust fund s initial service charge and its determinants
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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