13 Apr 2021

Kenanga Investors Berhad has launched the Kenanga Waqf Al-Ihsan Fund (“Fund”) together with Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia as the Fund’s appointed recipient and administrator. The fund is an open-ended investment vehicle investing in a diversified portfolio of Shariah-compliant investment instruments. In accordance with waqf principles, half of the fund’s returns will be contributed towards secto...

09 Apr 2021

Kenanga investors Berhad (“Kenanga Investors”) has declared a final income distribution of RM256.0 million for 21 retail funds till March 2021 adding to the earlier RM275.7 million that has been distributed and also income repatriation during the course of 2020, making it a record-breaking total distribution amount of RM531.7 million for its clients for financial year 2020. Ismitz Matthew De ...

06 Apr 2021

Kenanga Investors has collaborated with the Malaysian Financial Planning Council (“MFPC”) to offer programmes for the purpose of the professional qualification for the Registered Financial Planner (RFP) and the Shariah Registered Financial Planner (Shariah RFP) certifications. This will see Kenanga Investors assisting MFPC in educating participants on their responsibilities as financial plann...

06 Apr 2021

Kenanga Investors has won four (4) awards at this year’s Asia Asset Management Best of the Best Awards; Malaysia Best Equity Manager, Malaysia Best Islamic Fund (Equity), Malaysia CIO of the Year and Malaysia Best House for Alternatives. Our Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, and our Chief Investment Officer, Ms Lee Sook Yee, sat down for a special award...

23 Feb 2021

Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Investors Berhad, recently published an article in Focus Malaysia entitled Catching the ‘Raging Bull’ in the Metal Ox Year. He discusses various factors or ‘elements’ which he believes would be vital and important to the current investment climate in Malaysia. De Alwis touches on a wide range of topics, from C...

04 Feb 2021

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad announced that it is acquiring i-VCAP Management Sdn Bhd (“i-VCAP”), via Kenanga Investors Bhd, its fully owned subsidiary, following approval by the Securities Commission of Malaysia. i-VCAP is an award-winning, Shariah-compliant investment management services provider primarily focused on Islamic exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). This step represents swift p...

15 Jan 2021

Smart Investor’s latest issue features Lee Sook Yee, Chief Investment Officer of Kenanga Investors in an article entitled Charting the Path to a Synchronised Global Recovery. Commenting on the prospects of a new year, Lee believes there is a synchronised global recovery in the horizon; with all regions bouncing back from the pandemic-induced recession in 2020 and heading onto a path of recovery...

30 Dec 2020

This article by The Edge Malaysia entitled ‘Do Fund Managers Need to Reinvent Themselves?’ which features Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, discusses technological disruptions within the industry and how passive funds are eroding the position of actively managed funds, while external factors such as political instability and lower-for-longer rate environment...

24 Dec 2020

Kenanga Investors Berhad (KIB) and Kenanga Islamic Investors Berhad (KIIB) have been affirmed investment manager ratings (IMR) of IMR-2 by the Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) for the 4th consecutive year since first rated in 2017. The IMR rating reflects the fund management company’s well-established investment processes and sound risk management practices. For 2020, the average one-...

08 Dec 2020

Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and CEO of Kenanga Investors Berhad, provides his thoughts on the economic outlook for Malaysia in 2021. The economy continues to be challenged by prospects of high unemployment and uncertainties over the containment of the spiralling infection rate. However, with the recent vaccine breakthroughs and various external influences, he is of the opinion tha...

18 Nov 2020

In this article by Smart Investor entitled “The Art of Diversity”, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Investors, Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, discusses the company’s impressive growth, and how the pandemic has impacted its fund management strategies. The firm’s success isn’t a singlehanded effort, however. Rather, De Alwis attributes it to the organisation’s capable...

02 Nov 2020

According to The Edge, an increasing number of asset management firms are working with fintech firms – in particular, robo-advisors or digital investment managers (DIM) – to transform the way they distribute products through new platforms. In this article, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Investors, Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, shares that the asset management company is ...