KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Bernama) -- Eastspring Investments Berhad today announced the income distribution for three of its existing Shariah-compliant unit trust funds, namely, the Eastspring Investments Dana al-Ilham, Eastspring Investments Dana al-Islah and Eastspring Investments Dana Wafi (collectively referred to as “Funds”): 
 

Fund Name	Financial Year End	Gross Distribution (RM/Unit)	Dividend Yield  (based on Net Asset Value per unit on 15 February 2017)	Type of Distribution
Eastspring Investments Dana al-Ilham	31 March	0.0357	5.00%	Incidental
Eastspring Investments Dana al-Islah	31 March	0.0292	4.00%	Annual
Eastspring Investments Dana Wafi	31 March	0.0230	4.00%	Annual

All unit holders who have maintained their unit holdings in the Funds as at 23 March 2017 will be entitled to the income distribution.
 
“We are seeing more buying opportunities for both equities and bonds as compared to a year ago. Our appetite for equities has increased but as always, with our bottom-up approach, we continue to be on the look-out for attractively valued stocks with good long-term growth potential.” says Rudie Chan, Chief Investment Officer.   

ABOUT EASTSPRING INVESTMENTS
 
Eastspring Investments is a leading asset manager in Asia that manages over US$146 billion assets on behalf of institutional and retail clients as at December 2016. Operating in Asia since 1994 in 10 major markets plus offices in North America and Europe. Eastspring Investments is the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, one of the world’s largest financial services companies.
 
ABOUT EASTSPRING INVESTMENTS BERHAD
 
Established in 2000 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Eastspring Investments Berhad is one of the leading asset management companies in Malaysia in both institutional and retail, with over RM36 billion in assets under management in the country as at 31 December 2016. It manages unit trust funds, wholesale funds as well as private mandates.
  
Disclaimer: This press release is prepared for information purposes only and may not be published, circulated, reproduced or distributed in whole or part, whether directly or indirectly, to any other person without the prior written consent of Eastspring Investments Berhad.
 
Investors are advised to read and understand the contents of the Eastspring Investments Master Prospectus dated 15 July 2016, the Eastspring Investments First Supplementary Master Prospectus dated 24 November 2016 and the Eastspring Investments Second Supplementary Master Prospectus dated 15 March 2017 (collectively, the “Prospectuses”) as well as the Funds’ Product Highlights Sheet (“PHS”) before investing. The Prospectuses and PHS are available at offices of Eastspring Investments Berhad or its authorised distributors and investors have the right to request for a copy of the Prospectuses and PHS.
 
The Prospectuses have been registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia who takes no responsibility for its contents. Units will only be issued upon receipt of the application form accompanying the Prospectuses. Past performance of the Funds are not an indication of the Funds’ future performance. Unit prices and distributions payable, if any, may go down as well as up. Where a unit split/distribution is declared, investors are advised that following the issue of additional units/distribution, the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per unit will be reduced from pre-unit split NAV/cum-distribution NAV to post-unit split NAV/ex-distribution NAV. Where a unit split is declared, investors are advised that the value of their investment in Malaysian Ringgit will remain unchanged after the issue of the additional units.
 
Investments in Eastspring Investments Dana al-Ilham are exposed to security risk and reclassification of Shariah status risk. Investments in Eastspring Investments Dana al-Islah are exposed to credit or default risk, interest rate risk, security risk and reclassification of Shariah status risk. Investments in Eastspring Investments Dana Wafi are exposed to credit or default risk and interest rate risk. Investors are advised to consider these risks and other general risks as elaborated in the Prospectuses as well as fees, charges and expenses involved before investing.
 
All fees, charges and expenses payable by the unit holder are subject to Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) at a rate of 6% or such other prescribed rate as may be imposed from time to time, and incurred by the unit holder directly when purchasing or redeeming units of the Funds and indirectly when investing in the Funds. The fees, charges and expenses disclosed are exclusive of GST or any other taxes or duties that may be imposed by the government or other authorities from time to time.
 
Eastspring Investments companies (excluding JV companies) are ultimately wholly-owned/indirect subsidiaries of Prudential plc of the United Kingdom. Eastspring Investments companies (including JV companies) and Prudential plc are not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.

Source : Eastspring Investments Berhad