MAS amends rules on Capital Gauranteed and Capital Protected
September 10th, 2009 by ALVIN SOONG
A ‘capital protected’ product is where the principal sum is ploughed into investments like bonds which, on maturity, are expected to provide the 100 per cent capital protection.However the bonds could turn sour and affect the value of the investment, and people may not get back 100 per cent.
This is to be distinguished from ‘capital guaranteed’ products where an investor is guaranteed to get back at maturity the money that he invested on day one.
The fortunate thing is capital protected term is now banned by MAS to avoid confusion with the investment products.





