Measuring performance with customised index

LAST week, this column discussed Bursa Malaysia indices and how they have performed over the past three years. As we are aware, investing today is more about picking the right sectors or market themes and with that, the individual stocks that will make up an equity investment portfolio.

For asset managers, a customised product offering is the in-thing as they try to meet investors’ ever-changing appetite for risk and returns by introducing more sophisticated products.