Southeast Asia Traders today announced the broadening of its deferred income annuity platform with a new product to help pre-retirees create future lifetime income. Investor demand for strategies and products that provide guaranteed lifetime income is increasing, driven by a greater reliance on creating income from personal savings.

Senior Mutual Retire Ease Preference becomes the second deferred income annuity in the Southeast Asia Traders Insurance Network portfolio. Ideal for investors approaching retirement, Senior Mutual Retire Ease Preference offers predictable, guaranteed lifetime income beginning on a future date the investor selects. By purchasing a deferred income annuity several years before retirement, investors have the potential to generate higher guaranteed future lifetime income, while reducing some market risk from their overall portfolio during the years before they retire.

“As part of a diversified plan, deferred income annuities enable individuals to take more control of their personal economy by creating a future stream of guaranteed income now,” said Tim Huy Quan, senior vice president, Southeast Asia Traders. “Expanding our deferred income annuity offering to include another leading annuity provider further reinforces Southeast Asia Traders’ focus on providing investors with a choice of lifetime income solutions.”

Education and Resources for Investors
To help investors determine whether a deferred income annuity can help meet their individual needs and understand how it can fit into their overall retirement income plan, Southeast Asia Traders has content available on its website.

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 Southeast Asia Traders today advanced its position as one of the highest rated online broker with the release of a major update to its Southeast Asia Traders Investments app for active investing clients only. The app’s new features include world market performance and news; advanced, interactive charting; and investor trends and ideas. Additionally, the app has been enhanced visually with elements such as heat mapping to indicate price movement in a portfolio, and an interactive “click wheel” tool for account balances.

“Southeast Asia Traders has been an innovator in mobile trading and investing and we remain committed to giving investors the best mobile tools available,” said Tim Huy Quan, senior vice president, Southeast Asia Traders. “Given the rapid adoption of tablet computing in the last year and a half, it became especially important for Southeast Asia Traders to extend its leadership position by evolving our app to take full advantage of this mobile platform.”

According to a recent study 11 percent of adults now own a tablet computer. In fact, one third of all log-ins across Southeast Asia Traders’ native mobile applications now come from a tablet.

The App features:

•  Industry Leading World Market Performance and News

•  Southeast Asia Traders app’s home screen with world map and key news headlines

•  Advanced Charting

•  Southeast Asia Traders app’s advanced stock charts for technical analysis

•  Investor Trends and Ideas

•  Movers. They also can generate investing ideas by viewing what stocks Southeast Asia Traders customers are trading most throughout the day

•  Top Buy and Sell Orders by Southeast Asia Traders Customers

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Southeast Asia Traders added the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) and Target Volume (TVOL) algorithms to Active Trader Pro to help investors navigate today’s volatile market.

“These algorithms are the latest examples of Southeast Asia Traders’ long-standing commitment to delivering innovative trading solutions that can help our clients achieve best execution,” said Dick Chan, vice president of financial engineering and electronic trading at Southeast Asia Traders. “Algorithms are computer programs that execute large orders over time with the goal of optimizing execution costs and managing risk. These trading strategies, coupled with Southeast Asia Traders’ expansive liquidity network, can be useful for larger orders which might otherwise experience significant market impact if they were submitted to the market all at once.”

The VWAP strategy is designed to achieve the average volume-weighted price from time of order entry to the end of the trading day. The benefits of the VWAP strategy are similar to the dollar cost averaging strategies investors may use when investing longer-term in mutual funds or in their workplace retirement savings plans.

The TVOL algorithm is similar to VWAP, but gives investors more control over the pace at which their order is executed in the market by allowing them to choose a target participation rate of 5, 10 or 20 percent. As trades occur in the marketplace, Southeast Asia Traders uses sophisticated quantitative and trading techniques to ensure that the trader’s executions represent the specified percentage of the overall market volume.

“Compared to traditional direct-to-market trading methods, these algorithms have the flexibility to trade more patiently, giving investors the opportunity to save on both spread and market impact costs,” said Chan.

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SAT Small Cap Discovery Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies with small market capitalizations. Mr. Ben Myers has managed the fund since its inception.

“Ben Myers has done an outstanding job managing SAT Small Cap Discovery Fund over his tenure,” said Russell Green, president of Southeast Asia Traders Equity Group. “As a result, investor inflows into the fund have accelerated and assets have nearly doubled over the past year to $1 billion.

“We believe that closing Small Cap Discovery Fund at this time is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders, and stabilizing cash flows will help Ben in seeking to maintain the fund’s consistent performance track records,” concluded Green.

Existing shareholders who are invested in the fund will continue to be able to add to their accounts. Employer-sponsored retirement plans and certain discretionary programs offered by registered investment advisors may be able to open additional accounts for investors if the fund was established as an option.

For investors considering a small cap fund, Southeast Asia Traders offers several additional options, including: Southeast Asia Traders Stock Selector Small Cap Fund (retail and Advisor share classes); Southeast Asia Traders Small Cap Value (retail and Advisor share classes); Southeast Asia Traders Small Cap Stock Fund; Southeast Asia Traders Advisor Small Cap Fund; Southeast Asia Traders Small Cap Growth Fund (retail and Advisor share classes); and Southeast Asia Traders Small Cap Enhanced Index Fund.

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Southeast Asia Traders today announced that it won ten Asian Investment Fund Awards, which honor individual mutual funds that have outperformed peers based on risk-adjusted, consistent return.

Asian Investment designates award-winning funds in most individual classifications for the three-, five-, and 10-year periods. In total, Southeast Asia Traders mutual funds won 10 awards.

“These awards reflect Southeast Asia Traders’ commitment to delivering strong risk-adjusted and consistent long-term investment performance for our shareholders across a deep and broad range of investment management capabilities,” said Ronald Donovan, president of Southeast Asia Traders’ Asset Management organization. “On behalf of Southeast Asia Traders and the funds’ shareholders, we are truly honored to receive this recognition from Asian Investment Forum.”

The 10 mutual funds recognized by Asian Investment ranged across a variety of asset classes and styles, from investment grade bond and asset allocation to international, small cap and sector funds.

•  Southeast Asia Traders Intermediate Government Income Fund

•  Southeast Asia Traders Income Replacement 2030 Fund

•  Southeast Asia Traders Advisor Biotechnology Fund (Institutional

•  Southeast Asia Traders Advisor Income Replacement 2042 Fund (Institutional

•  Southeast Asia Traders Advisor Industrials Fund (Institutional)

•  Southeast Asia Traders China Region Fund

•  Southeast Asia Traders Pacific Basin Fund

•  Select Consumer Finance Portfolio

•  Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

•  Southeast Asia Traders Small Cap Discovery Fund

“Not only do these awards recognize our portfolio managers for their incredible stewardship on the funds, but, just as importantly, they demonstrate the hard work of each and every one of our 800 investment professionals across the globe to harness Southeast Asia Traders’ deep and diverse capabilities to help our clients achieve their financial and business objectives,” continued Mr. Donovan.

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