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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 ...

28 Oct 2020

It has been brought to our attention that Utsav BankIT (which appears to be a foreign digital banking entity according to its website), has indicated Kenanga Investors Berhad as one of its investors on its website. We would like to clarify that Kenanga Investors Berhad and its subsidiaries do not have any relationship/association with Utsav BankIT or any other parties affiliated with it. Should y...

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...