KUALA LUMPUR, 9 MARCH 2015 – Kenanga
Investors Berhad’s (Kenanga Investors), Kenanga Growth Fund won the Best
Performing Equity Malaysia Fund for the 5-year and 10-year categories at the
prestigious Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards 2015. This is the third consecutive
year that Kenanga Growth Fund has been recognised for its performance
specifically for the 5-year category. Datuk Chay Wai Leong, Group Managing
Director of K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad (“Kenanga Group”) was pleased
with Kenanga Investors’ positive start to the year. “Kenanga Growth Fund
delivered total return of 148.95%* (5 years) and 324.83%* (10 years) as at end
2014. This was largely due to Kenanga Investors’ investing philosophy, research
efforts and bottom-up stock picking approach. These wins also demonstrate the
Fund Management team’s commitment to deliver not only impressive returns but
consistent investment performance for our clients, year on year. In the shorter
term, the Fund continues to deliver above benchmark performances achieving
9.31%* (1 year) and 57.54%* (3 years) returns in 2014.” 2 Kenanga Investors’
Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ismitz Matthew De Alwis said, “In 2014, Kenanga
Investors saw its retail assets double its Asset Under Management (AUM) with
overall Collective Investment Schemes AUM growing by 68%. These were mainly new
fund flows. The consistency of our funds over the period also contributed to
the in-flows as investors began to look at a funds’ performance over a longer
duration i.e. five years. Kenanga Investors’ continuing efforts in improving
our distribution reach and customer experience along with consistent top performance
of our funds shall remain the main thrust moving forward.” The Lipper Fund
Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family
of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional
investment community. The Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards is a prominent yearly
event organised to honour top-performing unit trust funds in the country.
