The massive gap between the NAV and the share price reflects very badly on the BOD. Fintec should also set out the timeline of the glove factory and keep its shareholders informed the way AT has.
Agree with you, Reap88. Directors must show good example by holding or buying their own company shares to boost the investors confidence. If these directors do not have their shares to show, they might as well resign straight away and let investors with trust and confidence run the group. Right?
DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS IN SHARES The shareholdings in the Company and related corporations of those who were Directors at the end of the financial year, as recorded in the Register of Directors’ Shareholdings kept by the Company under Section 59 of the Companies Act 2016 in Malaysia, are as follows: Number of Ordinary Shares Balance as at 1.4.2019 Bought Sold Balance as at 31.03.2020 In the Company Direct Interest: Leung Kok Keong 333,350 - - 333,350 Tan Sik Eek 333,333 - - 333,333 By virtue of Leung Kok Keong’s and Tan Sik Eek’s interest in the shares of the Company. Leung Kok Keong and Tan Sik Eek are also deemed to be interested in the shares of all the related corporations to the extent the Company has an interest. The other Directors in office at the end of the financial year, did not hold any interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company and related corporations during the financial year, according to the register required to be kept under Section 59 of the Companies Act 2016 in Malaysia. DIRECTORS’ SHARES IN FINTEC ARE SO SMALL THAT EVEN ANY OF US HERE CAN OVER TAKE THEIR SHARES POSITION. WHAT A SHAME?
IGood posting Musang King. If directors are also substantial shareholders the management decisions made will have to be in the best interest of the company as indirectly it will also affect their pockets if the company makes a loss or the share price were to weaken. Bursa should come up with a ruling that executive directors. should hold a minimum percentage of shares which will protect the interest of the shareholders. Even as one of the major 30 substantial shareholders we still do not command the voting rights to vote out those non performing directors.
harvest 123, the problem of directors credibility exist in many KLSE companies. There are just too many listed companies with not enough management skills and expertise. At the end of the day many who are not so savvy will be sure to lose their hard earn money. Unless Bursa makes it mandatory that to be appointment as ED must hold a minimum percentage of the NSOH. Otherwise decision made by the BOD may not be in the best interest of shareholders. By the time the financial results are out showing substantial losses or enter PN17 there is nothing much the ordinary shareholders can do except suffer in silence and sell their shares.at a substantial loss
Fintec current price 0.075 show that those investor who held or buy share at last closing price 0.105 and RI 0.08 are losing money even since all the RI and Warrant listed.
wondering why no support to push the share up? Really got Con by Fintec..
i was lucky to sell mother 0.11 and OR at 0.015 Now no need headache looking at 0.075 and of course Free warrant...maybe can sell at 0.02 but i will still losing lo if i have opt to convert at 0.08
GoCean also suffer losses for those hold original mother and convert..
The problem with Fintec is NSOH is 2.8B which is rather large. Once price increase sure to attract those weak holders who will take quick profit and those trap at higher prices who will sell to cut loss to get out.
Tan Sik Eek underwrite the RI for 15,000,000 But only manage to subscribe his portion of 333,333 shares. Why he didn't use the money to buy cheaper from open market if FINTEC is good? why he
Why you ask this kind of funny question? Read some announcement and skip some announcement? In bursa announcement it mention Not offered to director. Or you telling us Tan Sik Eek not director of FINTEC?
Pursuant to Rule 9.19(51) of the ACE Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, FINTEC wishes to announce that it has offered options to eligible employees under its SIS, the details of which are as follows:-
(a) Date of offer : 30 December 2020 (b) Exercise price of options offered : RM0.08 (c) Number of options offered : 270,000,200 (d) Market price of FINTEC’s shares on the date of the offer : RM0.08 each (e) Number of options offered to Directors of FINTEC : Nil (f) Vesting period of options offered : Not applicable
This announcement is dated 30 December 2020.
Fintec Just listed ESOS who bought at 8 sen? Tan Sik Eek cannot?
is FINTEC share based bigger than TopGlove 8B, Harta 3B? Even KOSSAN & SUPERMAX with 2B share base also can go up. Last Friday Glove stock rally these 2 stocks can go up but FINTEC with only 2.8B cannot even move? What logic you trying to imply?
Reap88 The problem with Fintec is NSOH is 2.8B which is rather large. Once price increase sure to attract those weak holders who will take quick profit and those trap at higher prices who will sell to cut loss to get out.
Underwrite the RI for 15M cash but not able to get 333,333 RI shares which cost around RM 26,666,66 cash only. Mean Tan Sik Eek still have balance RM 14,973,333,36 cash to buy FINTEC share at now cheaper price 0.075 than 0.08 RI. Why don't buy? No faith in FINTEC? FINTEC too expensive? Why Reap88 why?
Reap88 harvest 123, the problem of directors credibility exist in many KLSE companies. There are just too many listed companies with not enough management skills and expertise. At the end of the day many who are not so savvy will be sure to lose their hard earn money. Unless Bursa makes it mandatory that to be appointment as ED must hold a minimum percentage of the NSOH. Otherwise decision made by the BOD may not be in the best interest of shareholders. By the time the financial results are out showing substantial losses or enter PN17 there is nothing much the ordinary shareholders can do except suffer in silence and sell their shares.at a substantial loss
Turkey Of The Year: The rally in penny stocks and their subsequent plunge TheEdge Tue, Jan 05, 2021 03:30pm - 4 days ago
IN September this year, The Edge ran a piece titled “Hidden hands behind penny stock surge”, which showed the relationship between 21 companies, all connected via similar shareholders and/or directors and all exhibiting unusual peaks and troughs, jolting share prices for no apparent reason.
Behind these companies is an individual or a small group of individuals controlling things and making a mockery of corporate governance standards.
Interestingly enough, it is understood that there are about 40 companies controlled by the hidden hands.
At the apex of the maze of companies is Fintec Global Bhd, a company that does not have a core business except to act as an incubator. On Fintec’s website, it says, “The name ‘Fintec’ mirrors our motto of ‘financials before technology’, that is, we first and foremost look to the existing and/or potential financial performances of the companies in need of capital injections before all other merits such as technology, business nature and business plan are considered.”
According to its annual report, it has investments in start-ups but it is worth noting that Fintec also invests in several small-cap, publicly traded companies.
Companies under Fintec’s belt include Saudee Group Bhd (21.55%), AT Systematization Bhd (28.29%) and Focus Dynamics Group Bhd (25.04%). There are also companies such as Green Ocean Corp Bhd and Trive Property Group Bhd, in which Fintec has indirect stakes via Saudee Group and AT Systematization. It is also noteworthy that at end-November, Fintec ceased to be a substantial shareholder of NetX Holdings Bhd.
Some of these companies, such as Fintec and AT Systematization, were in the news for announcing new ventures, including into glove making. It remains to be seen whether they are successful in these ventures.
Nevertheless, Fintec’s “jewel in the crown” is Focus Dynamics, which operates seven food and beverage outlets. It mustered a net profit of RM7.26 million from RM42.88 million in revenue for the nine months ended September this year. Despite having accumulated losses of RM40.26 million, Focus Dynamics at the time of writing was trading at 65 sen, giving the company a market capitalisation of almost RM4 billion, and was listed on the MSCI global small-cap indices last month.
Whether such a high market value is justified for a company that raked in RM7 million in net profits is questionable. So far this year, Focus Dynamics’ share price has shot up more than 390% from 13 sen as at end-2019, with no apparent reason for the meteoric rise.
Just prior to this article, Fintec pocketed RM26.74 million in cash, selling 768.15 million of Focus Dynamic’s warrants on the open market.
This year alone, Fintec has completed two share placements and one rights issue with free warrants, raising RM182.6 million. Note that as a reprieve to companies hit by the pandemic, Bursa Malaysia relaxed the rules on private placements, allowing listed companies to place out not more than 20% of the total issued shares, from the existing 10%, until Dec 31, 2021 — subject to shareholders’ approval.
Most of the companies in which Fintec invests are loss-making and small in terms of market capitalisation, and seem to lack a clear business direction or strategy.
Other stocks (besides Focus Dynamics) that have shown similar gains but plummeted include loss-making Anzo Holdings Bhd, a company dealing in timber products that gained more than 1,000% from mid-May to hit a high of 26 sen in July. It closed at 8.5 sen on Dec 23, losing 67% from the peak.
PDZ Holdings Bhd, an ailing shipping company, was trading at one sen in mid-March but, at end-June, it gained more than 500% to reach its peak of 32.5 sen this year — a remarkable feat, considering it is mired in lawsuits and has no significant shipping assets. Closing at 7.5 sen on Dec 23, it is down 77% from the peak.
Meanwhile, loss-making XOX Bhd, which is involved in cellular telecommunication services, gained more than 430% from mid-July to hit a high of 39.5 sen at end-August. In mid-March, XOX was trading at one sen.
Anzo, PDZ and XOX are linked to Fintec via its directors. All three companies have announced corporate exercises, including placements of shares and rights issues.
Meanwhile, Saudee Group’s stock hit a low of eight sen on March 17, but picked up momentum in June to hit a 52-week high of 67 sen on Aug 13, gaining more than 300%. It closed at 50 sen on Dec 23 — down 25% from the peak.
While there is reason to believe that the regulators are indeed looking into the companies and their erratic share price movements, and that the authorities have actually commenced investigations, it is unclear whether there will be any follow-up action aside from an unusual market activity (UMA) query by the exchange.
Penny Stock: A once-in-two-decade penny stock fever TheEdge Tue, Jan 05, 2021 03:00pm - 4 days ago
IF 2020 is the year of rubber glove manufacturers and technology-related counters, penny stocks deserve at least a notable mention.
The penny stock fever on the local bourse has not been seen for at least 20 years since the dotcom bubble burst.
The eye-popping share price rally lured long-absent retail investors to the stock market and that, in turn, lifted the daily trading volume to a record high of 27.8 billion shares on Aug 11.
At the height of the penny stock fever in August, share prices hitting limit up were not a rare sight. On Aug 7, 12 stocks hit limit up, including HLT Global Bhd, LKL International Bhd and ES Ceramics Technology Bhd. These three were below 20 at the start of 2020.
Most of these stocks were boosted by announcements on plans to diversify into personal protection equipment (PPE), mainly disposable rubber gloves or face masks, or that a memorandum of understanding had been signed with foreign pharmaceutical companies for the exclusive right to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine, although the government has yet to decide whether the private sector would be involved.
Some describe the Covid-19 pandemic as a blessing in disguise as retail investors had extra money in their pockets to invest as a result of the six-month loan moratorium granted by the banks, while the unprecedented global demand for PPE gave rise to wild expectations on the earnings potential of an investment in producing rubber gloves or raw materials such as nitrile.
Fintec Global Bhd’s elevated quarterly profits may help explain the market euphoria. The company, which owns stakes in several listed entities, reported a 905% year-on-year surge in net profit for the second quarter of its financial year ended Sept 30 (2QFY2021) to RM720.5 million, from RM71.7 million in the previous corresponding quarter.
Almost all of its business segments — green technology, oil and gas (O&G) and trading — posted pre-tax losses during the quarter, with the exception of its portfolio investment division.
Fintec recorded a “fair value gain on investment securities” of RM714.2 million — nearly 10 times the RM73.6 million it recorded a year earlier in 2QFY2020. On its balance sheet as at Sept 30, 2020, it had RM1.23 billion in investment securities, almost four times the RM358.1 million recorded six months earlier on March 31.
Fintec did not reveal the details of the investment portfolio as it is not required under Bursa Malaysia’s listing rules. However, based on the disclosure of companies’ shareholdings through its wholly-owned subsidiary Asiabio Capital Sdn Bhd, Fintec holds shares in Saudee Group Bhd, VSolar Group Bhd, Komarkcorp Bhd, Focus Dynamics Group Bhd, Seacera Group Bhd and AT Systematization Bhd — all penny stocks. In a nutshell, the large gains were due to the surge in the market values of its investments.
When sentiment was especially buoyant, even the share prices of bus operators Gets Global Bhd and Konsortium Transnasional Bhd — both of which have been loss-making for years — could more than double in a single day, with the daily trading volume exceeding their issued share capital. This means a portion of the companies’ shares changed hands more than once on a single trading day.
Gets Global is an outperformer among the penny stocks in terms of share price performance. The stock exchange queried the company on unusual market activity three times between August and November due to the steep climb in its share price, but this did not stop its spectacular rise. It may seem unbelievable that Gets Global’s share price skyrocketed from 10 sen to RM3.97 in less than four months.
The counter’s rally gained strength when it announced a rubber glove manufacturing venture. On top of that, two new substantial shareholders — ADA Capital Investments Ltd and Teong Lian Aik — emerged in the company after a share placement. ADA Capital is owned by Teong’s brother-in-law, Low Bok Tek.
AT Systematization, which has also ventured into the rubber glove manufacturing business, also stands out among the penny stocks. It is likely the most traded stock of 2020. Daily trading volume soared to 2.66 billion shares on Nov 10, accounting for 23% of the total volume of shares traded on Bursa Malaysia that day.
In the second week of November, AT Systematization’s weekly trading volume swelled to 10.85 billion shares, which was equivalent to slightly more than 16% of the total weekly volume on the stock exchange. This was the first time that many investors had witnessed such a large trading volume on a single stock.
recovery ; wild dreams...I believe fintec shareholdings are held up vide a group of nominees...they are in control of the company and can easily outvoted you ...
Have you wonder why they can easily do private placement which other companies struggle to do it ...the answer is right in front of you ..
jlex11 recovery ; wild dreams...I believe fintec shareholdings are held up vide a group of nominees...they are in control of the company and can easily outvoted you ...
Have you wonder why they can easily do private placement which other companies struggle to do it ...the answer is right in front of you ..
jlex11. I believe this Fintec is controlled by a group of nominees behind the door. No need to be so transparent. I believe Fintec can do it after all where can you find companies or public entities in Malaysia that can make so much money in a short time. Buy into Fintec at 8 sen now for your Returns as well as their Returns can be very huge.
Vortex8, I am still a substantial shareholder of VC. No point writing in VC forum when cannot have intellectual discussion. Only useless span in VC whereas in Fintec forum there are investors who I can have a meaningful dialogue. The problem shared by both VC & Fintec is that there are too much free float which makes it difficult for price appreciation. As pointed out by many investors in Fintec forum directors are not substantial shareholders. VC likewise also have a similar issue. Since VC directors are not willing to become substantial shareholders again have opted for share consolidation to reduce the NSOH. Fintec may also follow a similar path as what they did back in 2017. This may be a good move as it will reduce the number of weak holders The price of Fintec & VC perhaps are encourage to drift lower or kept low as a strategy for accumulation and a means to earn substantial returns. Can also earn handsomely by purposely depressing share price.
a. If you are a substantial shareholders , your transactions need to be reported
b. why is fintec and certain group of companies can so easily place out shares under PP etc etc so easily ....I dont need to elaborate ... your guess is as good as mine ...just look at their shareholders spread...
Fintec just issued 60 M Esos shares at 8 cts when u can buy it in the Market at 8cts then ....question is why ,,,,& why ... u dont need rocket science to figure out why ...
Just for the records, each time when PP, Esos, SIS etc2 in big number are issued, the shares will spike above the placement price and the reason why is also also not a rocket science ...
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07-Jan-2021 Additional Listing ESOS - 60,000,100 shares at 0.080.