AmInvest, a unit of AmBank Group, was honoured with four fund management awards, namely, Best Pension Fund Manager (for the fourth consecutive year), Best Bond Manager (for the second year in a row), Best Sukuk Manager and Best Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Engagement Initiative for Malaysia awards at the Asia Asset Management’s Best of the Best Awards 2022.

The awards recognise the most outstanding fund management players for their excellence in managing investments in the Asia-Pacific region, AmBank said in a statement.

Commenting on the wins, Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, group CEO of AmBank Group, said, “To receive these acknowledgements is a huge honour for us as it is a testament to our over 40 years’ experience in managing funds and highlights the expertise, as well as the capabilities of our people.

“Currently, we manage assets under management of around MYR48 billion for both retail and institutional clients.”

As Malaysia’s Best Pension Fund Manager, AmInvest was chosen for registering the highest returns for its domestic pension mandates and its Private Retirement Scheme funds against relevant benchmarks, and the size of these mandates over three-year and five-year periods.

AmInvest offers a diverse ranges of retirement solutions in the market for Malaysian investors to choose from according to their respective retirement needs, goals and risk tolerances. The fund management house is also the only PRS Provider in the country to offer conventional bond and Shariah-compliant sukuk fund offerings; the AmPRS-Tactical Bond and AmPRS-Dynamic Sukuk.

For the second year in a row, AmInvest was lauded for its investment and research process, navigation of the local market conditions, value add to clients and performance and size of its bond assets over one-year and three-year periods under the Best Bond Manager, Malaysia category.

AmInvest also won the Best Sukuk Manager award, recognising its expertise in Shariah-compliant sukuk portfolio management.

In addition, AmInvest ventured into ESG and Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) realms with the introduction of two AmInvest’s “Sustainable Series” funds in year 2021 leading to the Best ESG Engagement Initiative for 2021. In line with industry trends and growing investors’ interest, these two funds invest in companies that adopt positive social impact and climate technology respectively.

“Our team applied appropriate investment strategies to mitigate the volatile market conditions during the pandemic of 2021. We would like to express our gratitude to our investors for their continued trust in our capabilities to be their investment partner of choice,” said CEO of AmInvest Goh Wee Peng.

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