At the start of 2020, when global markets were not looking too good, the thinking then among many fund managers was that it would be tough to bring in returns that matched those of previous years.

Indeed, when the global markets crashed in March as the Covid-19 pandemic heightened and w...

Winners List

Public Mutual Bhd dominated the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021, bagging three group and 31 individual awards — the greatest number of awards won by a fund management company — retaining its winning streak for three years running.

The fund house clinched the Best Equity Malaysia, Best...

Public Mutual biggest winner with 34 awards

Areca Capital Sdn Bhd bagged four awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. This was the fourth time in a row that the fund house was taking home the awards for Best Equity Malaysia in the three-, five- and 10-year categories. It also achieved a first by clinching the award for Best Equity...

Areca continues winning streak

Affin Hwang Asset Management Bhd (AHAM) won four awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. For the fourth year running, its Affin Hwang Select Opportunity Fund won the award for Best Equity Malaysia Diversified (Provident) in the 10-year category. 

Other funds in the limelig...

Affin Hwang bags four awards 

Principal Asset Management Bhd ­(formerly known as CIMB-Principal Asset Management Bhd) took home an individual fund award at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021.

The fund management firm rode through an unprecedented year of Covid-19-enforced economic lockdowns to bag an award in the...

Principal Asset Management wins one award

RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd’s RHB Thematic Growth Fund won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible (Provident) in the three-year category at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. It was the first Refinitiv Lipper award for the fund, which invests in securities of Malaysian companies that be...

RHB’s fund wins first Refinitiv Lipper award

Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd took home six awards at this year’s Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards. For the sixth consecutive year, Dana Makmur Pheim swept the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Balanced (Islamic) in the 10-year category. The fund also took home the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Balanc...

Pheim Asset Management garners six awards 

The awards methodology and guidelines for the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are provided below:

General methodology

Criteria (cumulative)


	    Funds registered for sale in the respective country as at the end o...

Awards methodology

KAF Investment Funds Bhd (KAF) emerged as a winner at this year’s Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards with three winning funds.

KAF Bond won the Best Bond MYR (Malaysia) award in the 10-year category, while KAF Jade won the award for the Best Equity Asia Pacific (Malaysia) in the three-year ca...

KAF Investment Funds bags three awards

An unwavering bottom-up, fundamentals-driven and structured team-based approach helped UOB Asset Management (M) Bhd win three awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. The awards are the Best Mixed Asset MYR Conservative (won by United Income Plus Fund) and Best Equity Asean (Malaysia) (wo...

UOB Asset Management takes home three awards

AmFunds Management Bhd ­(AmInvest) emerged as a group winner at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. In fact, the fund management firm, helmed by CEO Goh Wee Peng and chief investment officer (CIO) Wong Yew Joe, bettered its 2020 performance despite a year of Covid-19-enforced lockdowns.

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AmInvest overcomes pandemic hurdles en route to group victory

Eastspring Investments Bhd bagged two awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. Eastspring Investments Dana Dinamik won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible (Islamic) in the 10-year category while Eastspring Investments Dana al-Islah won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Conservati...

Eastspring Investments takes home two awards

Inter-Pacific Asset Management Sdn Bhd’s (InterPac) InterPac Dynamic Equity fund won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible (Malaysia) in the 10-year category. The fund generated a total return of 55.15% during the period.

CEO Datuk Dr Nazri Khan says the team’s dynamic and tactica...

Inter-Pacific Asset Management wins award for best mixed asset fund

Kenanga Investors Bhd won two group awards and five individual awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021, outperforming its record last year and emerging as the winner with the third highest number of total awards this year (tied with AmFunds Management Bhd).

Kenanga won the group...

Kenanga Investors wins two group awards

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd (Maybank AM) has launched the MAMG Alpha Capital & Income Opportunities Fund to enhance diversification, and deliver both income and capital growth.

Maybank Asset Mgmt partners Fidelity Int’l to launch multi-asset fund

Asian shares slipped on Friday while the yen was aiming for its best week in four months as strong local inflation data had traders favouring an imminent rate hike from the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Asian shares slip, yen aims for best week in four months on BOJ hike bets

The German government is preparing billions of euros of new investments into the nation’s semiconductor industry, two months after Intel Corp shelved plans to build a €30 billion (US$32 billion or RM140.59 billion) chip factory in Magdeburg.

German govt plans about €2 bil in new chip subsidies

Capital A Bhd (KL:CAPITALA) slid in early trade on Friday after the aviation group's third-quarter results, which were mainly boosted by forex gains, came below most analysts' expectations.

Capital A slides in early trade after forex-boosted 3Q largely misses expectations

Shares of Supreme Consolidated Resources Bhd (KL:SUPREME) gained 48% in its trading debut on Friday after the frozen food processor’s initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market raised RM17.50 million.

Supreme Consolidated surges 48% on ACE Market debut

International coffee traders are on tenterhooks after Brazil-based traders Atlantica and Cafebras sought to negotiate with creditors in court, having been hit by a surge in global arabica prices.

Coffee market on tenterhooks after Brazil traders seek creditor protection

US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could "screw up" relationships with close allies.

Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs on Mexico and Canada

Australia’s controversial new law barring under-16s from social media is one of the toughest crackdowns yet on platforms including Facebook and TikTok as governments worldwide grasp for ways to protect children from harmful content.

TikTok, Meta brace for Australian social media ban fallout

MORNING CALL: 29/11/24

It turned out to be a good day to celebrate for birthday boy Tanapat Pichaikool when he won the ADT co-sanctioned Toyota Tour Championship at the Kota Permai Golf & Country Resort here today.

Best birthday present for Tanapat following victory in Toyota Tour Championship

Here is a brief recap of some corporate announcements that made the news on Thursday.

TNB, CIMB, Alliance Bank, HLFG, Hong Leong Bank, Axiata, IHH, Sime Darby, Genting, GENM, PPB, Capital A, Berjaya Corp, Supermax, Farm Fresh, Chin Teck, Icon Offshore, Globetronics

The SA Sentral and Section 13 development plan, set to be implemented over the next seven years starting next year, will cover 58.6 hectares (145 acres) and aims to transform the area into a modern, dynamic, and competitive integrated hub in the country.

PKNS unveils development plan for SA Sentral 

Capital A Bhd (KL:CAPITALA) slid in early trade on Friday after the aviation group's third-quarter results, which were mainly boosted by forex gains, came below most analysts' expectations.

Colform Group Bhd’s upcoming debut on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities has received the nod from the capital market operator, the steel and building material specialist based in Kota Kinabalu said.

Sabah-based IBS system maker Colform gets Bursa nod for ACE Market listing

Negri Sembilan Oil Palms Bhd (KL:NSOP), which shares the same major shareholder and management with Chin Teck Plantations Bhd (KL:CHINTEK), has declared a 14 sen dividend payout — comprising a special nine sen and second interim five sen payout — after reporting a 26.6% jump in its third quarter net profit from the previous year, largely on higher revenue.

Negri Sembilan Oil Palms pays 14 sen dividend, including special nine sen payout as 3Q profit jumps

WCE Holdings Bhd’s (KL:WCEHB), the concessionaire of the West Coast Expressway (WCE) project, extended its loss-making streak to six straight quarters with a net loss in the July-September quarter, mainly due to interest expenses related to project financing for the completed sections of the highway.

WCE logs sixth straight quarter in the red, eyes return to profit on highway completion

Shares of Supreme Consolidated Resources Bhd (KL:SUPREME) gained 48% in its trading debut on Friday after the frozen food processor’s initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market raised RM17.50 million.

Icon Offshore Bhd (KL:ICON), which has proposed a name change to Lianson Fleet Group Bhd, posted a threefold jump in net profit for the third quarter on higher daily charter rates.

Icon Offshore mulls rename to Lianson Fleet Group, 3Q profit triples on higher daily charter rates

High-quality corporate reporting could play a role within the Madani Economy framework, where Malaysia aims to 'raise the ceiling' by expanding the economic pie, fostering broader participation and increasing the complexity of our economy.

High-quality corporate reporting can help country ‘raise ceiling’, says Amir Hamzah

Asian shares slipped on Friday while the yen was aiming for its best week in four months as strong local inflation data had traders favouring an imminent rate hike from the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

France’s benchmark bond yield matched Greece’s for the first time on record, the latest milestone in a week marked by mounting anxiety over the fate of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government.

French 10-year borrowing costs match Greece’s for first time

Wellcall Holdings Bhd (KL:WELLCAL) declared a special dividend on top of an interim dividend, despite a 56.22% drop in the industrial rubber hose maker’s fourth quarter net profit — mainly due to foreign exchange (forex) losses.

Wellcall's 4Q profit drops 56% on forex loss, pays 2.2 sen dividend

Australia’s controversial new law barring under-16s from social media is one of the toughest crackdowns yet on platforms including Facebook and TikTok as governments worldwide grasp for ways to protect children from harmful content.

France will sharply reduce subsidies for electric-car purchases in the coming days, with a new scale ranging from €2,000 (RM9,364) to €4,000 based on income, down from the previous range of €4,000 to €7,000, a government source said on Thursday.

France slashes electric car subsidies amid budget crunch

Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has been appointed as Bersatu secretary general effective Thursday, party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

Azmin Ali appointed Bersatu sec gen

European bond issuance has reached a record-breaking €1.705 trillion (US$1.8 trillion or RM8.02 trillion) this year, passing the high-water mark previously set in 2020.&nbsp;

Europe’s €1.705 trillion bond sales in 2024 beat pandemic record

US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could "screw up" relationships with close allies.

European stocks snapped two days of declines, with technology leading the advance amid hopes that US curbs on chip equipment sales to China may prove lighter than feared.

The US is considering&nbsp;measures&nbsp;on sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China that would stop short of stricter limits previously under discussion, Bloomberg News reported.

Tech reprieve lifts stocks, French crisis swirls

International coffee traders are on tenterhooks after Brazil-based traders Atlantica and Cafebras sought to negotiate with creditors in court, having been hit by a surge in global arabica prices.

Romania’s Constitutional Court ordered a recount of all the votes in the first round of the presidential election, which was won by a little-known pro-Russian candidate, deepening the political crisis in the country.

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