Opus Asset Management | Specialist in Fixed Income Investment

Dr Ray Choy

Dr Ray Choy is Head of Economics & Research at Opus Asset Management. Ray has two decades of experience in the financial markets that includes G3 and Asian fixed-income and FX strategy, local currency and US dollar global bond funds management, commodities research, regional equities investments, and credit ratings. Prior to Opus, Ray set up two research teams for major investment banks, and a global funds management and research team. He remains actively involved in formulating and communicating macro strategy to the financial markets.

Ray’s research has been consistently ranked 1^st or in the top tier of various polls, such as The Edge’s 2008 poll, The Asset’s Asian Currency Bond survey from 2009 to 2021, the BPAM award and the Alpha Southeast Asia 2020 Treasury & FX award. While at Meridian Asset Management, he managed an Islamic fund which was ranked 1st in the Edge-Lipper rankings and in 2012, he was part of the team which received the Edge-Lipper Malaysia Best Bond Fund Group Award. Additionally, Ray is a corporate trainer, consultant, conference speaker and commentator through various media channels and is columnist for “Capital Contours” in The Edge Weekly.

Ray has published in top tier peer-reviewed journals and authored a book titled “Essays in Bond Market Economics” which is catalogued in the British Library and the Libraries of LSE and SOAS. He has also delivered lectures and talks with top-ranked international academic institutions such as Monash University and the University of Nottingham.

Ray graduated with a BA in Business and Finance with Distinction from Heriot-Watt University, a BSc in Politics and International Relations with 1^st Class Honours from the University of London (LSE), an MSc in Finance (Economic Policy) with Merit from the University of London (SOAS) and a PhD degree focusing on sovereign credit ratings from the University of Nottingham.

Sophisticated Investors

High Net-Worth Individuals

An individual whose total net personal assets, or total net joint assets with his or her spouse, exceeding RM3 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies, excluding the value of the individual’s primary residence; or
An individual who has a gross annual income exceeding RM300k or its equivalent in foreign currencies in the preceding twelve months; or
An individual who jointly with his or her spouse, has a gross annual income exceeding RM400k or its equivalent in foreign currencies in the preceding twelve months; or
An individual whose total net personal investment portfolio or total net joint investment portfolio with his or her spouse, in any capital market products exceeding RM1 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies.

High Net-Worth Entities

A company that is registered as a trust company under the Trust Companies Act 1949 and has assets under its management exceeding RM10 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
A corporation that is a public company under the Companies Act 2016 which is approved by the Securities Commission to be a trustee under the CMSA 2007 and has assets under its management, exceeding RM10 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies; or
A corporation that is carrying on the regulated activity of fund management solely for the benefit of its related corporations and has assets under its management exceeding RM10 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
A corporation with total net assets exceeding RM10 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies based on the last audited accounts.
A partnership with total net assets exceeding RM10 million or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
A statutory body established under any laws unless otherwise determined by the Securities Commission Malaysia.
A pension fund approved by the Director General of Inland Revenue under the Income Tax Act 1967.

Accredited Investors

A unit trust scheme, private retirement scheme or prescribed investment scheme.
Bank Negara Malaysia.
A licensed person or a registered person.
An exchange holding company, a stock exchange, a derivatives exchange, an approved clearing house, a central depository or a recognised market operator.
A corporation that is licensed, registered or approved to carry on any regulated activity or capital market services by an authority in Labuan or outside Malaysia which exercises functions corresponding to the functions of the Securities Commission Malaysia.
A bank licensee or an insurance licensee as defined under the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010.
An Islamic bank licensee or a takaful licensee as defined under the Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010.
A chief executive officer or a director of any person referred to in points III to VII under the Accredited Investors category.
A closed-end fund approved by the Securities Commission Malaysia.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Date: 31 May 2021

Dear Valued Clients and Business Partners:

In light of the announcement made by the Government on 28 May 2021, which total lockdown Phase 1 will be implemented over the country from the date 1 June 2021 to until further notice, we will be working remotely from 31 May to until further notice. Please rest assured that our operations will continue to function with little or no disruption.

For your information, we have, even prior to the announcement of the first Movement Control Order on 18 March 2020, activated our emergency preparedness plan in view of the worsening of COVID-19 outbreak both locally and globally. Specifically, the Company’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Management Team, which comprised heads from various departments, is driving our responses to the pandemic threat to ensure uninterrupted services to our clients and business partners as well as to protect the well-being of our employees.

Below are the highlights of our responses to the outbreak:

Our resilient infrastructures that could support work-from-home capabilities via secured network gateways have enabled us to mobilize our employees to work from remote locations in order to mitigate the risk of exposures. The Company’s cybersecurity policies have been enforced on employees who are working remotely in order to ensure the security of our network and data.
All of our employees are updated on the situation from time to time and stringent health and safety measures have been undertaken to ensure that the highest possible hygiene standards are maintained throughout every aspect of our daily works.
Travel restrictions are in place to mitigate risk of infection.
Mandatory self-quarantine guidelines are in place for employees who are feeling unwell, have attended mass gatherings or exposure to others who are ill.
Employees have been advised to hold internal and external meetings virtually as part of our social distancing measures.
Advices and guidelines issued by government will be duly observed.

We shall endeavour to meet your business needs through this rapidly evolving situation. In case you have any concerns and questions in relation to the above, please contact our Client Services team at 603-2288 8833 or email at [email protected]

Please be advised that our fax services will not be available during this time. Please contact the respective departments for alternative arrangements. Contact details of the following departments are as follows:

Client Services: [email protected] /603-2288 8833
Operations & Finance: [email protected] /603-2288 8882
Investment: [email protected] / 603-2288 8882, Ext (11/12)

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High Net-Worth Individual

An individual whose total net personal assets, or total net joint assets with his or her spouse, exceed RM3mil or its equivalent in foreign currencies, excluding the value of the individual’s primary residence;
An individual who has a gross annual income exceeding RM300k or its equivalent in foreign currencies per annum in the preceding twelve months; and/or
An individual who, jointly with his or her spouse, has a gross annual income exceeding RM400k or its equivalent in foreign currencies in the preceding twelve months.

High Net-Worth Entity

A corporation with total net assets exceeding RM10mil or its equivalent in foreign currencies based on the last audited accounts;
A partnership with total net assets exceeding RM10mil or its equivalent in foreign currencies;
A company that is registered as a trust company under the Trust Companies Act 1949 [Act 100] which has assets under management exceeding RM10mil or its equivalent in foreign currencies;
A corporation that is a public company under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125] which is approved by the Commission to be a trustee under the Act and has assets under management exceeding RM10mil or its equivalent in foreign currencies;
A pension fund approved by the Director General of Inland Revenue under section 150 of the Income Tax Act 1967 [Act 53]; and/or
A statutory body established by an Act of Parliament or an enactment of any State.

Accredited Investor

A holder of a Capital Markets Services Licence;
A unit trust scheme or a prescribed investment scheme;
A closed-end fund;
A licensed institution;
An Islamic bank;
A bank licensee or insurance licensee as defined under the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704];
An Islamic bank licensee or takaful licensee as defined under the Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 705];
An insurance company licensed under the Insurance Act 1996 [Act 553];
A takaful operator registered under the Takaful Act 1984 [Act 312]; and/or
A private retirement scheme.

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