KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Bernama) -- AmInvest was recently honoured with two company awards, Malaysia’s Best Investment Management Company for the sixth time at the World Finance  Investment Management Awards 2017 (“World Finance Awards”)¹ and Malaysia’s Best Pension Manager at the inaugural World’s Best Pension Managers Awards 2017(“World’s Pension Awards”).²

As Malaysia’s Best Investment Management Company at the World Finance Awards, AmInvest stood out in judging areas which included performance, service, leadership, consistency, targets and objectives on both the equities and fixed income fronts. Winners were chosen through a two-tiered exercise: firstly, a voting system and then judged by a panel of industry experts.³

World Finance is a quarterly print and online magazine based in the United Kingdom that provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of the financial industry, international business and the global economy.⁴ 

Malaysia’s Best Pension Manager² award from Global Finance focused on AmInvest’s institutional business and acknowledged AmInvest as an asset management firm that sets the standard for performance, expertise and  customer service.² Winners were determined with the help of readers and an advisory panel of consultants such as Mercer (an International Investment Consultant) and pension management professionals.² Global Finance is a monthly print magazine which focuses on international financial markets news, data and analysis headquartered in New York. ²

AmInvest is focused on providing relevant investment solutions to our investors throughout the whole risk-return spectrum. For retirement solutions, AmInvest offers and manages a broad range of conventional and Shariah-compliant pension mandates and Private Retirement Scheme (PRS) funds across asset classes. AmInvest is the only PRS Provider in the country which offers unique PRS non-core fund offerings in its suite of PRS non-core offerings, Real Estate Asia Pacific and bond funds⁵ to help investors build and customise their investment portfolios for a comfortable retirement. 

About AmInvest
AmInvest is the brand for the funds management business of AMMB Holdings Berhad which manages both conventional and Shariah-compliant funds. It is a multiple award-winning funds management house based in Malaysia with more than 35 years of investing experience. To date, AmInvest manages unit trust funds, wholesale funds, institutional mandates, exchange-traded funds (ETF) and Private Retirement Scheme (PRS) funds, encompassing both conventional and Shariah-compliant funds. 

Sources:
 
¹ World Finance Management Awards 2016, July 2017.
² Global Finance Press Release titled ‘Global Finance Names the World’s Best Pension Managers 2017’ dated 17 May 2017.
³ Email from World News Media and World Finance titled ‘World Finance Investment Management Awards 2017’ dated 7 February 2017.
⁴ World Finance website extracted from www.worldfinance.com. Data extracted 2 June 2017.
⁵ Based on Lipper for Investment Management by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company under Global Lipper Classification: Bond Global (AmPRS-Dynamic^# Sukuk D), Bond Asia Pacific (AmPRS-Tactical Bond D) and Equity Sector Real Estate Asia Pacific (AmPRS-Asia Pacific REITs D). Data extracted 5 June 2017.
^#The word “Dynamic” in this context refers to the Fund’s investment strategy which is active management, not buy-and-hold strategy.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Name: Nancy Chow
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications, Marketing & Global Business Development, AmInvest 
Tel : 03 - 2036 1881 
Email : nancy-chow@ambankgroup.com

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