02 Dec 2019

Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”) the asset management arm of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad has completed its business consolidation exercise with its wholly owned subsidiary, Libra Invest Berhad (“LIB”)....

13 Nov 2019

Smart Investor recently interviewed Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer Ismitz Matthew De Alwis on the importance of wealth management. In the resultant article, De Alwis discusses various money-managing vehicles as well as clears up the general confusion that many have on the differences between “wealth management” and “financial planning”. He advocates long-term investing at an e...

06 Nov 2019

Kenanga Investors Berhad has launched Kenanga Global Unicorn 2 (“KGU2”, “the Fund”), the second tranche to the highly subscribed Kenanga Global Unicorn 1 (KGU1). Similar to its predecessor, KGU2 aims to provide medium-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the securities of globally recognised technology companies who have undergone transformational change from start-up ...

16 Jul 2019

Kenanga Investors’ Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Ismitz Matthew De Alwis was recently interviewed by Smart Investor for the FSMOne Recommended Unit Trusts Awards 2019/2020 (“Awards”) issue. He spoke about KIB’s fund management style and philosophy which have contributed to our consistent top performance at the Awards, most notably, in winning the “Most Outstanding Unit ...

12 Jul 2019

We are pleased to announce that Kenanga Investors Berhad (Kenanga Investors) walked away with three awards at the FSMOne Recommended Unit Trusts Awards 2019/2020 (“Awards”) recently. Its flagship fund Kenanga Growth Fund (“KGF”) received the “Most Outstanding Unit Trust for 10 Years” award in a special award segment this year. On top of winning the much coveted title, KGF was also rec...

08 Jul 2019

Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”) today completed the acquisition of 100% equity stake in Libra Invest Berhad (“Libra Invest”), a fund management arm of ECM Libra Financial Group Berhad, in accordance with the conditional share purchase agreement dated 28 March 2019....

17 Jun 2019

Kenanga Investors Berhad (“Kenanga Investors”) has launched Kenanga Global Unicorn 1 (KGU1, “the Fund”). The Fund feeds into the Ericsenz-K2 Global Unicorn Fund (“Target Fund”) which is a unitised fund targeting superior medium term returns by investing primarily in the securities of unicorn companies....

16 May 2019

Kenanga Investors Berhad was awarded Best Equity Manager, Best Wealth Management Platform & Best Investor Education at 2019 Best of the Best Awards by Asia Asset Management awards ceremony....

09 Apr 2019

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 third consecutive year. It is a testament to both entities' well-established investment processes, sound risk management and strong operating track record. ...

01 Apr 2019

Kenanga Investors was awarded the Best Malaysia Large-Cap Equity Fund for the Kenanga Blue Chip Fund (“KBCF”) at the Morningstar Awards 2019 ceremony. Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer said “We are proud to have been recognised by Morningstar, a globally recognised investment research entity. No matter which quadrant the market currently resides in, we ...

28 Mar 2019

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“Kenanga Investment Bank”) today announced that its asset management subsidiary, Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”) has entered into a conditional Share Purchase Agreement with ECM Libra Financial Group Berhad to acquire its fund management arm, Libra Invest Berhad (“Libra Invest”)....

19 Mar 2019

The fund management industry, which has been a key pillar of the Malaysian capital markets, has seen multiple challenges of late. Factors such as globalisation, along with the onset of new technologies and investment platforms, mean that local investors have more options than ever. Against this backdrop, Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, CEO and Executive Director of Kenanga Investors Berhad offers his vi...