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With GInvest, Invest Anytime Anywhere!

Update on this post for 2021! GInvest has new funds that you can invest in, both local and foreign funds! If you look below, I wished for them to have foreign funds, too, and they did! Maybe the GInvest people are reading.

Check out my video to learn how I create and investment plan and how to start investing in GInvest. Also, If you have wishlists, comment in the comment section below!

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I’ve been setting aside money for different investments. I’ve been investing since I was 27 years old. I’m using around 4 kinds on investment channels. The reason for the various channels is that I have different investment objectives for each channel. I have one that I will use for my retirement. The two other policies that we have are for the education of Zeeka (and other children, if we do have others). The last one that I have is really for emergency funds.

I personally love investing. Why? I just think that it’s like a game. Funny as this may sound, I love that investing feels like a personal game that I’m playing, and I’m competing against myself. I love that I actually have control over what happens, and the forces around me and the temptation to go shopping are my opponents! haha!

Recently, I found this cool new way of investing and it’s super easy! It’s called GInvest. So it’s hidden in our GCash App, in the “Show More” portion. Currently though, it’s on BETA and only available to a few individuals. Super blessed to be given the chance to test this.

So I clicked on GInvest and it asked me these questions first. You have to answer these questions as truthfully as possible since the main reason for this quiz is not to spy on you. It’s actually to get your risk profile and to get a sense of your risk appetite.

After you answer all of the questions, you will be shown your risk profile. In my case, I am a moderately aggressive investor.

You will then have access to the GInvest dashboard once your registration has been approved. Note that you will receive emails every step of the way. I like this, because it informs me of what’s happening with my registration / account event is I don’t open the application.

With GInvest, they will match your investment with what your risk profile is. Their partner for the investment products that they offer is ATRAM.

The ATR Asset Management (ATRAM or ATRAM Group) operates through ATR Asset Management, Inc. (ATRAM MF) and the ATRAM Trust Corporation. In 2009, the ATRAM Group decided to expand its presence in the fast growing domestic asset management industry by forming a dedicated business group called ATR Asset Management (ATRAM or ATRAM Group). Under this group is ATRAM Trust and ATRAM MF.

For those that don’t know, ATRAM Trust Corporation (ATRAM Trust) is the first stand-alone trust corporation in the Philippines. It received its license to operate last October 2016.

ATR Asset Management (ATRAM MF), on the other hand, was established in July 1995 as the Mutual Fund Management Co. of the Phils. (MFMCP) by the Clemente Fund Management Asia Ltd. to serve as investment adviser, principal distributor and administrator of the Mutual Fund Company of the Philippines also known as the “Kabuhayan Fund”. In 2003, Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners, Inc. purchased an 83% stake in MFMCP from some of the original shareholders thereby gaining control of the company.

Personally, I did my research first before I invested. I think they’re a pretty legit company. You can read more about them here: https://www.atram.com.ph/ATRAM/AboutUs/default.aspx

So the type of investment presented to me was ATRAM Peso Money Market Fund. This fund is a UITF or a Unit Investment Trust Fund. UITFs are types of funds that pools funds from different investors with the same objectives.

I wanted to try GInvest, so I clicked on the subscribed button, and transferred around Php 1000 for investment. Get this! The minimum investment amount is Php 50! If you want to invest extra funds every day, you actually can! So after hitting the subscribe button, I got a message that GInvest will message me back once I have the subscribed units.

It just took a couple of days (or less) before I got to see it on my dashboard as “subscribed”. For those who want more information about the ATRAM PESO MONEY MARKET FUND, don’t worry! You will receive an email that contains information about the fund like this.

What I like about GInvest

I like that I can easily invest. Investing before was (in my opinion) more tedious than just setting aside money for savings. I think it’s tedious because of the documentation that you need to fill out. You also need to coordinate with a financial or wealth advisor, even during the initial stages of the discussion. And lastly, to top up, you pay using bills payment channels, but to know if you have “subscribed”, you will still receive their manual “letters and official receipts” weeks after. If you want to know if your subscription was received, you will still need to check with you advisor oftentimes.

I also appreciate the amount of control that’s given by GInvest. I can invest or redeem whenever I want. I can also get updates and see my subscribed shares when I open the app.

I also like that the minimum investment amount is Php 50. When I first saw this, I couldn’t believe it!

Lastly, the “set reminder” functionality that sends an SMS to you with the amount that you set is something that is very useful. You can set it to remind you every middle and end of the month or every end of the month or every end of the quarter. It just makes everything more consistent.

What I wish GInvest would have

I wished they would have more investment products like stock both local and foreign stocks, etc. Also, if there’s a way to lock that certain portion of the GCASH app. This is just for extra data privacy. Also, if you could possibly add analytics (or a way to tell us how much we should invest to POSSIBLY reach a goal for our personal investments, that would be awesome!

So that’s about it, guys! Will I continue investing GInvest? Yes, I will.

I think I trust GInvest enough and most importantly, it’s so easy and convenient! haha!

Love Lots,

P.S. You may want to check out:

GSave – https://mommyginger.com/save-money-with-gcash.html

GCredit – https://mommyginger.com/how-gcredit-works.html

Financial Tools – https://mommyginger.com/how-financial-tools-can-keep-you-out-of-trouble.html

Working has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I loved working, but the problem is, with working, there is a cap on what you can financially achieve for yourself and for your family. Earnings increase only when you get promoted or when you get bonuses. Working for a bank really helped me a lot in seeing the value and importance of saving and investing. We are lucky that there are different kinds of investment vehicles that we can use to grow our funds.

Business is something I want to earn from. Business is a form of investment, but it is an active investment. You need to put in time and effort in order to reap financial rewards. What I like about a business is that the more you put in these things, the higher the likelihood that you will achieve greater financial rewards and there is no ceiling on how much you can earn. I like it also because I know that as I grow older, I want something to keep me busy and something that would practice my brain (too much Grey’s Anatomy! haha!).

But I also use another kind of vehicle that I use for my investments. It’s called Mutual Funds. A mutual fund is an investment vehicle that makes you invest with other people (pool funds together) so that you can invest it on securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets. What I like about Mutual Funds is that the minimum investment is normally just around Php 5000 and you can just add and add without having to worry about the funds. This is because mutual funds are operated by money managers, whose main responsibility is to manage the pooled funds to help us, investors, earn income from the funds that we put in.

Sounds interesting? 🙂 Lucky for you! You can learn more about Mutual Funds during this one day celebration of Mutual Funds Awareness Week (I didn’t even know this existed until recently!). You can attend the free sessions that will be put up by the Philippine Investment Funds Association or PIFA on April 9, 2016.