Lipper Leader criteria: funds registered in country, 36 months performance history, at least 10 portfolios; excluded are certain funds. Classification averages calculated over 36, 60, 120 months. Awards given for best performing funds and asset class group winners based on average decile rank.

LSEG Lipper Fund Awards methodology 2026

LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026 Winners list

Winners list

Xav Feng, director of LSEG Lipper Asia Pacific Research, says global funds received US$2.4 trillion in net inflows in 2025, the third-highest amount in over a decade. Malaysia drew a total of US$6.1 billion in net inflows last year, with money market and bond funds accounting for the highest numbers.

AI is rewriting the rules of asset management

At the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026, Public Mutual Bhd has once again emerged as the biggest winner, clinching 29 individual awards and four group awards across the Best Equity (Malaysia), Best Mixed Assets (Malaysia), Best Bond Group (Islamic) and Best Mixed Assets (Islamic) categories.

Public Mutual tops the list as biggest winner again

Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd (MAM) delivered another year of outperformance at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026 by winning one group and seven individual awards, a step up from its achievements last year.

Maybank Asset Management shines in local and regional equities

AHAM Capital clinched seven awards at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026, including the Best Equity Malaysia (Provident) Group Award, its strongest showing at the annual industry recognition in recent years.

AHAM Capital’s biggest win in years

Riding on the momentum of the previous year, fund managers entered 2025 confidently with several heavy positions in data centre-related sectors. Little did they expect the US Artificial Intelligence (AI) Diffusion Rule and the “DeepSeek moment” to deliver a one-two punch to their portfolios, followed by the tariff war in April that sent markets on a roller-coaster ride.

2025: A year of two halves

Astute Fund Management Bhd won five individual awards at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026, marking its first appearance and maiden wins at the event.

A winning debut for Astute

AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd secured four awards at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026 across two funds, extending its winning streak to five consecutive years.

AmanahRaya Investment Management clinches five consecutive wins in fixed income

Principal Asset Management Bhd won eight individual awards at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026, including four in the Equity Malaysia Small & Mid Cap category the Principal Small Cap Opportunities Fund and Principal Islamic Small Cap Opportunities Fund.

Principal bags eight individual awards with tactical rotation

Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd (HLAM) took home the Best Equity Malaysia Income (Provident) award over 10 years at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026 with the Hong Leong Dividend Fund.

HLAM stays the course with fundamentals to bag Best Equity Income Malaysia award

Areca equityTRUST Fund has clinched the Best Equity Malaysia award in the 10-year category at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026, making it one of the funds with the longest winning streaks with nine consecutive wins.

Areca Capital wins Best Equity Malaysia award for ninth year in a row

AmFunds Management Bhd’s AmDynamic Bond fund won the Best Bond MYR (Provident) award over 10 years at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026.

AmFunds Management rides the rate curve to clinch bond award

TA Investment Management Bhd’s South East Asia Equity Fund was named the Best Equity Asean Fund (Malaysia) over three and five years in the conventional universe at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2026.

TA Investment wins two awards in Equity Asean category

Klang Valley residents, many of whom were still homebound during the final phase of the movement control order imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, will remember the unprecedented two-day rainfall that led to the flooding of Taman Sri Muda in Shah Alam in December 2021. The continuous downpour, ...

Frankly Speaking: A reminder of public authorities’ duty of care

E-COMMERCE logistics and workforce solutions provider Evocom Bhd (KL:EVOCOM) is set to make its debut on Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market on Monday (Sept 28), with the group looking to broaden its logistics footprint through an expansion of its air freight transhipment business, technology investments...

IPO Watch: ACE Market-bound Evocom charts broader logistics footprint

For much of the past two years, investors have asked when the US Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates. After Jackson Hole, a gathering of central bankers, a more important question has emerged: are markets prepared for rates to remain higher for longer?

The message from Ja...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: Rate uncertainty and your portfolio

The federal government's fiscal deficit narrowed 4.9% in 2025 to RM75.3 billion, or 3.7% of gross domestic product, according to the auditor general's report on Monday.

Auditor-General clears fed government's 2025 financial statements; flags weakness in receivables management

China's Huawei Technologies said on Monday it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm covering artificial intelligence, 5G, computing and networking technologies.

Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm

Copper rose for a second session after a US employment report eased pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

Copper gains as US jobs data offers relief on fed tightening

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Kelington Group Bhd (KL:KGB) said its wholly owned unit has been awarded a second contract by a manufacturer operating in the Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone in Kuching, Sarawak, worth about RM133 million.

Kelington unit wins further RM133 mil contract for Kuching data storage plant

NEW YORK/BENGALURU/GDANSK (Oct 5): France's Schneider Electric said on Monday that it had agreed to buy PTC in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company's equity at around US$22.6 billion, confirming reports from Sunday.

France's Schneider Electric confirms US$22.6 bil deal to buy US software firm PTC

The Social Security Organisation, officially Perkeso, said Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) is not involved in collection of contributions on behalf of employees or employers.

Perkeso says Zetrix not involved in collection of contributions

SHAH ALAM (Oct 5): The Sessions Court here was informed on Monday that the representation submitted by the former chief executive officer (CEO) of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) and three former company accountants to drop money laundering charges against them had been rejected.

GISBH money laundering case to proceed to trial after representation rejected

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) said it is in talks to resolve Road Transport Department services suspension.

Zetrix AI in talks to resolve JPJ service suspension

<a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/820509" target="_blank">https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/820509</a>PUTRAJAYA (Oct 5): Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) owes the Road Transport Department some RM314 million as it failed to remit collections from May to September this year.

Zetrix owes JPJ RM314m from May to September this year, says Loke

As tourists step off the pier on Thailand’s Koh Phangan island, they’re greeted by a sales pitch tailored to outsiders — billboards touting luxury beachfront plots or clifftop villas as high-yield investments, a message repeated along the palm-fringed roads winding up into the hills.

As Thailand cracks down on foreigners, a tourist paradise reconsiders its welcome

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): Asian stocks made brisk gains on Monday as investors pared back expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month, while the euro sank to a 17-month low on concerns over France's deteriorating fiscal position.

Euro pummelled by France's debt burden; stocks mixed

SEREMBAN (Oct 4): The Negeri Sembilan Dewan Keadilan dan Undang (DKU) has once again reaffirmed that Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir remains the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan.

DKU reaffirms Tuanku Muhriz remains Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

AkzoNobel said on Monday it has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian decorative paints business to Nippon Paint for US$1.35 billion (RM5.5 billion), completing a review of its Asian decorative paints portfolio.

AkzoNobel to sell Southeast Asia paints business to Nippon Paint for US$1.35b

It has been a couple of months since Bank Negara Malaysia rolled out its MediAsas pilot programme, previously called the Base MHIT (medical and health insurance/takaful) Plan. The pilot — involving staff of selected statutory bodies, government-linked companies, and small and medium enterprises, six of the largest insurers and takaful operators in the country as well as 10 preferred in-network hospitals in the Klang Valley — began at end-July and will end this month. Nationwide launch is slated for January 2027.

Tong's Portfolio - Fixing medical cost inflation: Change the rules, change the behaviour

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Malaysia could widen its corporate tax base by reviewing special and double deductions that have been in place for two to three decades, and remove deductions that no longer serve their original purpose, said CIMB Investment Bank.

CIMB IB says Malaysia could widen corporate tax base for Budget 2027, cut old deductions

(Oct 5) :&nbsp;The UK is preparing to impose levies on the import of Chinese electric vehicles, meeting a key demand from the European Union, the Times of London reported Sunday.&nbsp;

UK expected to follow EU with tariffs on Chinese EVs, Times says

The federal government's fiscal deficit narrowed 4.9% in 2025 to RM75.3 billion, or 3.7% of gross domestic product, according to the auditor general's report on Monday.

Privately held Supermax Holdings Sdn Bhd, which holds 40.3% in glove manufacturer, Supermax Corp Bhd (KL:SUPERMX), is no ordinary company.

It has assets in the form of fixed deposits and holds the controlling block of shares in Supermax, which has manufacturing plants in Malaysia and th...

Frankly Speaking: Control of Supermax enters a new phase

Southeast Asia plus China, Japan and South Korea are more at risk than most economies to any potential collapse in the artificial-intelligence boom, which could trigger shocks across financial markets and the real economy.

Asia among most vulnerable to AI correction, Asean unit warns

The Road Transport Department, also known as JPJ, is able to provide services without the use of middlemen such as collection agents, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said.

No need for middlemen for JPJ services, says Loke

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The first phase of Pan Borneo Highway Sabah’s (LPB Sabah Project Phase 1) project costs increased by RM1.05 billion, or 6%, as the project remains incomplete after a decade, according to the Auditor General's report released on Monday.

Pan Borneo Sabah Phase 1 costs escalate by over RM1 bil, remains incomplete after a decade — AG's report

China’s mutual funds are closing at the fastest pace in eight years as weak returns and investor redemptions leave hundreds of products too small to survive.

China fund closures head for eight-year high as demand fades

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The federal government's subsidy spending fell 40.1% to RM23.43 billion in 2025 from RM39.10 billion a year earlier, mainly because of a drop in petroleum subsidies, according to the latest Auditor General’s report released on Monday.&nbsp;

AG's report: Govt’s 2025 subsidy spending down 40% on petroleum subsidy cuts; welfare grants quadruple

The federal government received RM39.55 billion in dividends from its investments in 2025, up by 1.4% from RM39.01 billion a year earlier, as higher payouts from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Khazanah Nasional Bhd outweighed lower receipts from other entities.

Govt dividend receipts up 1.4% to RM39.55b in 2025 on higher BNM, Khazanah payouts — AG’s report

NEW YORK/BENGALURU/GDANSK (Oct 5): France's Schneider Electric&nbsp;said on Monday that it had agreed to buy PTC in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company's equity at around US$22.6 billion, confirming reports from Sunday.

The Social Security Organisation, officially Perkeso, said Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) is not involved in collection of contributions on behalf of employees or employers.

Malaysia’s auditor general has flagged weak recovery of federal government loans, with only 5% of RM9.273 billion in arrears collected in 2025.

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