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 ...

16 Oct 2020

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad confirms that one of its non-client facing employees, based at Kenanga Tower on Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee has been on medical leave since 14 October 2020, and is currently being treated at a government hospital. ...

07 Oct 2020

Kenanga Investors was recently featured in 4E Journal's article entitled "Kenanga Investors Consistently Outperforms". Spurred by its philosophy of Consistent Top Performance, the firm mandates a transformation at all levels. This encompasses streamlining its entire suite of offerings to ensure investors’ needs are met, launching new alternative strategies and products, and sourcing for new inv...

06 Oct 2020

Ignites Asia's article on ETFs explores the reasons why ETFs are lacking distributors who are willing to market and promote exchange traded funds. Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Investors, said many people assumed that since ETFs were passively managed the returns would be low, but that was not the case. Kenanga Investors partnered with Taiwan�...

30 Sep 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has served as a wake-up call for a myriad of people not only in Malaysia but around the world. In this article, Smart Investor talks to Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Investors, for his thoughts on this event which has caught many completely by surprise. De Alwis agrees that it will take time, some wise investment decisions...