Investors should be aware about the risk: MM

Hi Mr. Tan,
I am quite discouraged by the lack of action by MAS. Even MM said that the investor should be aware that they are taking risk by going for 5%, instead of 1%.

Many investors could have received 2% as they are investing a large sum of money. We thought that the higher interest rate of 5% is due to locking up our money for 5 years, which we are prepared to accept. I was not aware that the product is so highly risky. Why should I risk my total principal just to get 3% more? Does MM know the facts?

What is the best course of action now?

REPLY

I think MM should know the facts as they are contained in several petitions submitted to MAS. They are also well covered in the newspapers.

Although the lack of progress is discouraging for the investors, my suggestions are:

1. Spend $120 to make a statutory declaration to state honestly how you were misled into making this investment.
2. Submit your claim again to the financial institution with the statutory declaration
3. If it is rejected by the financial institution (or rejected again, if you have been rejected earlier), you can submit your claim to FiDREC.
4. If many cases were by other investors were rejected by FiDREC, you can take a collective legal action.

The investors can still hope that the government in Hong Kong or USA can take legal action against on the financial institution. If the financial institution are found to be acted wrongfully, then our government may have to take similar action.