Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Public Mutual Declares Distributions for 10 funds - total RM573 Millions

Fund Name - Gross Distributions/Units
Public Ittikal - 8.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Equity Fund - 2.00 sen per unit
Public Dividen Select Fund - 3.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Selelct Treasures Fund - 1.50 sen per unit
Public Far-East Select Fund - 1.75 sen per unit
Public Regional Sector Fund - 1.75 sen per unit
Public Global Select Fund - 0.75 sen per unit
Public Balance Fund - 7.00 sen per unit
Public Select Bond Fund - 4.50 sen per unit
PB ASEAN Dividen Fund - 1.50 sen per unit

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Public Mutual declares distributions for 4 funds

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, declared distributions for four of its funds. The total gross distributions and unit split declared for the financial year ended 31 January 2011 are as follows:
Fund - Gross Distribution / Unit - (Unit Split)
Public Index Fund - 6.00 sen per unit - ( - )
Public Islamic Optimal Growth Fund- 1.25 sen per unit - ( - )
Public Enhanced Bond Fund - 3.00 sen per unit - ( 1:20 )
Public Money Market Fund - 2.50 sen per unit - ( - )

Public Mutual’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong said according to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 17 January 2011, Public Index Fund and Public Islamic Optimal Growth Fund have generated a one-year return of 23.7% and 20.19% respectively for the period ended 7 January 2011. Both funds are open for EPF Members Investment Scheme.

As for Public Enhanced Bond Fund, it has generated a one-year return of 8.59% for the period ended 7 January 2011, while Public Money Market Fund, generated a one-year return of 2.32% for the same period.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 84 funds under management. It has over 2,380,000 accountholders and as at 30 December 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM40.6 billion.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Public Mutual declares over RM236 million of income distributions for 9 funds

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual declares distributions for nine of its funds. The total gross distributions and unit split declared for the financial year ending 31 October 2010 are as follows:

Fund - Gross Distribution / Unit - Unit Split
Public Industry Fund 5.00 sen -
Public Equity Fund 4.50 sen -
Public South-East Asia Select Fund 1.00 sen -
Public Sector Select Fund 2.50 sen -
Public Asia Ittikal Fund 1.00 sen -
Public Islamic Asia Balanced Fund 0.75 sen -
PB Australia Dynamic Balanced Fund 3.00 sen -
PB Asia Real Estate Income Fund 0.75 sen -
Public Islamic Bond Fund 5.00 sen 1:25

Public Mutual’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Yeoh Kim Hong said that the above funds have performed well and delivered respectable returns for one year period ended 8 October 2010.

According to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 18 October 2010, Public Industry Fund, Public Equity Fund, Public South-East Asia Select Fund and Public Sector Select Fund have generated double-digit one-year returns of 12.67%, 20.06%, 21.97% and 31.34% respectively for the period ended 8 October 2010.

At the same time, Public Asia Ittikal Fund and Public Islamic Asia Balanced Fund generated one-year returns of 4.51% and 3.30% respectively for the same period.

As for PB Australia Dynamic Balanced Fund and PB Asia Real Estate Income Fund, both funds have generated one-year returns of 9.89% and 6.32% respectively for the period ended 8 October 2010.

Public Islamic Bond Fund, which is an award-winning fund, has produced a respectable one-year return of 7.59% for the period ended 8 October 2010. The fund has garnered a total of 16 awards in its category from Failaka Islamic Fund Awards (Dubai), The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards, Morningstar Fund Awards (Malaysia) and The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Fund Awards Malaysia.

All the funds are distributed by Public Mutual unit trust consultants, with the exception of PB Australia Dynamic Balanced Fund and PB Asia Real Estate Income Fund which are distributed via Public Bank branches nationwide.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 80 funds under management. It has over 2,320,000 accountholders and as at 30 September 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM39.3 billion.