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Affin Hwang Asset Management Bhd (AHAM) won four awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021. For the fourth year running, its Affin Hwang Select Opportunity Fund won the award for Best Equity Malaysia Diversified (Provident) in the 10-year category. Other funds in the limelight were the Affin Hwang Aiiman Growth Fund for Best Equity Malaysia (Islamic) in the 10-year category and Affin Hwang Select Balanced Fund for Best Mixed Asset MYR Balanced Global (Provident) in the three- and five-year categories. Gan Eng Peng, senior director of equity at AHAM, says it is an honour to be recognised by the industry standard. He attributes the success of the Select Opportunity fund to the quality and cohesion of its enlarged investment team, which was critical to navigating a modern investment climate. ....
Companies can no longer pay lip service to these guide lines that many investors are embracing WHILE the concept of ESG, which stands for environmental, social and governance, is relatively well established, its significance here came to the fore recently. Two particular developments led to this. One was the Top Glove Corp Bhd saga. After it was revealed that the glove making giant had paltry workers’ housing conditions that led to high Covid-19 infections, some analysts lowered their target prices thereby impacting the stocks’ value. And then BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager that held a 1.61% equity stake in Top Glove, voted against the re-election of six independent directors at the rubber glove maker’s annual general meeting. ....
Hitting reset button IT was a year full of surprises and of many unprecedented events. Who knew a virus outbreak could shut down global economies, force countries to close their borders and ground airlines? The market crash in March was a pandemic-induced one rather than a market failure like what happened during the Global Financial Crisis, Asian Financial Crisis and the dotcom bubble. But the recovery in the stock market was surprisingly quick and investors are now looking at further pricing in an economic recovery, on the back of the hope that the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available. Three fund managers spoke to StarBizWeek on their take on the outlook and challenges for 2021. ....
TWO words sent global markets and economies on a roller coaster ride in 2020 and it is the similar two words that will set the tone in 2021. Covid-19 and vaccine will still be the main themes that shape 2021, dubbed the year of recovery as economies emerge from the pandemic beatdown. The vaccine is literally the shot in the arm that is needed now because it provides not only the immunity to Covid-19, it is also the master key to the reset button to fully reopen economies and borders. Various countries have gone through lockdowns and gradual easing of movement restrictions, only to reimplement lockdowns when cases spike or when there is a new outbreak. ....