{"id":2983,"date":"2026-01-20T17:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/kenanga-investors-sweeps-multiple-awards-at-refinitiv-lipper-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:48:00","slug":"kenanga-investors-sweeps-multiple-awards-at-refinitiv-lipper-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/kenanga-investors-sweeps-multiple-awards-at-refinitiv-lipper-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"KENANGA INVESTORS SWEEPS MULTIPLE AWARDS AT REFINITIV LIPPER 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kuala Lumpur, 17 April 2020:<\/strong> Kenanga Investors Berhad (\u201cKenanga Investors\u201d) picked up a total of five (5) awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2020 (\u201cthe Awards\u201d). The fund house\u2019s Shariah flagship fund, Kenanga Syariah Growth Fund (\u201cKSGF\u201d), was named \u201cEquity Malaysia \u2013 Malaysia Islamic, 10 years\u201d.<\/em> Meanwhile, its Kenanga Diversified Fund (\u201cKDF\u201d), a mixed asset fund which seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation, was awarded a double honour; \u201cMixed Asset MYR Flexible – Malaysia Pension, 5 years\u201d<\/em> and \u201cMixed Asset MYR Flexible \u2013 Malaysia Pension, 3 years\u201d.<\/em> As a fund manager, KIB won the \u201cBest Mixed Asset Award \u2013 Malaysia Pension\u201d<\/em> and \u201cBest Equity Award \u2013 Malaysia Islamic\u201d <\/em>titles.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shortly after winning the \u201cMalaysia Best Equity Fund over 10-years\u201d<\/em> at the Refinitiv Lipper Global Islamic Fund Awards 2020, the asset management arm of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad met with success again at this year\u2019s much anticipated Awards in Malaysia. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of KIB, Ismitz Matthew De Alwis says that the fund house appreciates that the wins came during a difficult time, especially when market sentiment appears to be low due to local and global occurrences. \u201cIt is an honour to receive not just one, but five awards from Refinitiv Lipper, which will definitely spur us on to work even harder for our clients to ensure consistent top performance,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

This is the third time that KIB has won \u201cBest Equity \u2013 Malaysia Islamic\u201d<\/em> at the Awards. De Alwis credits this to KIB\u2019s strict adherence to its own investment philosophy of fundamental bottom-up stock picking across for all funds which is primarily driven by extensive research on undervalued stocks whose fundamentals are deemed superior and sustainable. \u201cOn top of never swaying from our investment philosophy, we have put in place stringent risk management policies and procedures which have led us to avoid taking unnecessary risks, a quality that is more critical than ever at present,\u201d says De Alwis.<\/p>\n

KIB\u2019s disciplined approach has resulted in the sustainability of its fund performances which saw the Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (\u201cMARC\u201d) assign investment manager ratings of IMR-2 to both KIB and KIIB for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Chief Investment Officer, Lee Sook Yee adds that in 2019, methodical quantitative and qualitative research led the fund house to investments in companies within the technology, semiconductor and export sectors. \u201cWe chose these companies for their strong earnings growth driven by positive secular growth and structural stories. Additionally, we maintained our conviction in certain small-cap stocks despite the selldown in 2018, guided by the sector\u2019s attractive valuations and superior earnings prospects which resulted in market-beating performances for all funds in various categories,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Addressing the current pandemic that has enveloped nations worldwide, De Alwis urges investors to remain calm and objective with their current investment holdings instead of resorting to panic-selling. \u201cInvestors need to revisit their original investment objectives; those that are long-term in nature, which includes most unit trusts, need time to achieve their stated objectives. By allowing your holdings to ride out market volatilities, your investments will be able to generate their expected returns at the end of their investment periods. Often times, when investors relinquish their holdings when the market is in a downturn, they miss out opportunities for future price increases,\u201d advises De Alwis.<\/p>\n

As at 31 December 2019, KSGF delivered returns of 18.18% (1-year), 14.17%* (3-years), 22.14%* (5-years) and 147.32% (10-years). For the same period, KDF\u2019s returns stood at 18.94% (1-year), 32.50% (3-years), 44.60% (5-years) and 119.94% (10-years).<\/p>\n

The Awards, granted annually, highlights funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. The Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months.<\/p>\n

For more information about Kenanga Investors, please visit www.kenangainvestors.com.my<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kuala Lumpur, 17 April 2020: Kenanga Investors Berhad (\u201cKenanga Investors\u201d) picked up a total of five (5) awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2020 (\u201cthe Awards\u201d). The fund house\u2019s Shariah flagship fund, Kenanga Syariah Growth Fund (\u201cKSGF\u201d), was named \u201cEquity Malaysia \u2013 Malaysia Islamic, 10 years\u201d. Meanwhile, its Kenanga Diversified Fund (\u201cKDF\u201d), a mixed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3698,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/3698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}