finance-worldwide

Diving in Thailand – Part 2

Diving Courses and Types Available

There are four diving companies operating in Thailand offering diving certification, they are:

PADI – The Professional Association of Diving Instructors

NAUI – The National Association of Underwater Instructors

SSI – Scuba Schools International

BSAC – The British Sub-Aqua Club

Instruction Location

Of all the above companies PADI is certainly the most famous. PADI, NAUI and SSI offer diving instruction at every major diving site in Thailand, they are:

– Phuket
– Ko Tao
– Krabi
– Similan Islands
– Ko Samui
– Ko Chang

The BSAC – The British Sub-Aqua only offers instruction on Phuket.
Out of the entire above diving course location, Ko Tao has turned into the major destination for taking a diving course in Thailand.
(more…)

Managed Funds In Australia

By: Mel C

Managed funds are financial funds from various investors who have similar investment strategies and goals. The funds have a professional manager entrusted with the duty of investing the funds based on the objectives of the fund. Each financial investor in the managed funds is allocated units that are equal to the amount of funds that they have invested in the funds. Investing in managed funds is a fabulous way to access different types of investments that are not usually available to other investors.

There are various types of managed funds in Australia including asset specific funds that include property funds, bond funds, share funds and property funds. Balance funds are types of funds that produce income like dividend income. Growth funds are funds that assign a significant portion of funds to assets of capital growth like shares with a view to maximizing the returns for the investors. Growth funds are thus more volatile compared to balance funds. Managed funds can be either unlisted or listed. Units that are in the listed funds are bought and sold on the share market through a broker.
(more…)