Almost a month ago, I went down to Maybank Kim Eng Customer Service Centre at Beach Road (Gateway West) to open a margin trading account. It was a struggle for me as I have given them a wrong CDP account (last digit typo) which leads to some administrative issues with getting the margin account setup. Just when I thought that the worst was over after the administrative hassle over phone calls and emails, I received news that some value-added services will no longer be free and become chargeable from August 1st, 2019 onwards. Extract from Maybank Kim Eng Website The main attraction originally was the low financing cost of 3.5% per annum as well as the free dividend handling charges coupled with no maintenance fees. But this has since changed with handling fees also for dividends. When I last checked with the  Customer Service Officer, Maybank Kim Eng may...