Tradeview Capital, a Malaysia-based boutique fund management company and Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest unified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) digital finance platform, announced Thursday the launch of the Tradeview Funding Societies Income Fund (TFSIF), a wholesale private credit fund designed to channel capital to SMEs while offering investors stable, low-volatility income.
The duo said in a statement that the Fund is structured as an open-ended wholesale fixed-income vehicle, offering investors monthly income distributions and liquidity opportunities.
It combines the complementary strengths of both partners — Tradeview Capital’s disciplined fund management and Funding Societies’ industry-leading SME origination and risk
analytics platform to create a professionally managed, diversified portfolio that supports growth while prioritizing investor stability.
Tradeview Capital and Funding Societies channel private capital directly into brick-and-mortar SMEs.
This approach supports real economic activity by fueling business expansion and jobs to drive tangible grassroots growth.
The fund maintains a diversified SME portfolio across the South East Asia region, investing across multiple industries including manufacturing, logistics, retail, services and more.
This diversification helps reduce concentration risk and enhances portfolio stability.
“We have always believed that SMEs are the greatest economic asset of the country. This initiative seeks to strengthen the role of SMEs,
“By facilitating access to growth capital, the fund aims to enhance SME resilience, while offering investors stable and sustainable returns,” said Nixon Wong, Chief Investment Officer of Tradeview Capital.
The TFSIF targets an absolute return of 6% per annum distributed monthly.
At launch, the fund will primarily invest in short-term investment notes issued by Malaysian SMEs through the Funding Societies platform — focusing on underserved, but credit worthy businesses with good repayment histories.
In the second phase, the Fund will explore channeling investments to SMEs in other countries where Funding Societies operates.
To further safeguard investors, the fund incorporates a credit enhancement reserve of up to 10 percent of net investment deposits to support the benchmark return and absorb initial credit losses.
In addition, part of the underlying investment notes are backed by registrable collateral or third-party guarantees from CGC Digital Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Credit Guarantee Corporation (CGC), providing a robust, multi-layered protection structure for investors.
The initial offer price has been set at MYR 1 ($0.24) per unit, with a minimum investment of MYR 10,000 ($2,365), and subsequent top-ups in the same amount.
“Through TFSIF, we’re connecting institutional and sophisticated investors directly to the SMEs driving Malaysia’s economy by offering the opportunity to earn predictable income while contributing to national growth,
“Both Funding Societies and Tradeview started as SMEs ourselves so we understand their challenges first-hand and share a deep commitment to empowering the growth of Malaysian businesses,” said Chai Kien Poon, Country Head of Funding Societies Malaysia.
The launch of TFSIF reflects the combined strengths of both partners.
Tradeview Capital continues to grow steadily, crossing MYR 100 million ($23.65 million) in assets under management (AUM) and achieving profitability within three years, while its flagship Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) qualified equity fund, Tradeview Sustainability Fund (TSF), has continued to deliver an average return of 11.2 percent per annum since its launch in 2022.
Funding Societies said the firm brings a proven regional record with having disbursed over MYR 20 billion ($4.73 billion) to more than 100,000 SMEs through five million financing notes across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
This collaboration reaffirms both companies’ shared mission of “Backing Businesses, Building Futures” — empowering SMEs, strengthening local economies, and creating long-term value for investors, said the statement.
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