Public Bank’s wholly-ownedsubsidiary, Public Mutual swept 10 out of the 29 awards, including themost prestigious “Best Overall Fund Group” award, at The Edge-LipperMalaysia Fund Awards 2010 held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on23 February 2010. This is the 7th consecutive year Public Mutual hasemerged as the biggest winner at the annual awards event. Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan SriDato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow expressed pride at the outstandingachievement despite a challenging year in 2009. “These awardsdemonstrate Public Mutual's commitment in continuously delivering topvalue as well as meeting the diverse needs of our unitholders,” hesaid. By winning these awards, PublicMutual has to date received a total of 148 industry awards. Tan Sri Tehdedicated these awards to Public Mutual’s board of directors,management, staff, unit trust consultants and investors for theirunwavering support and confidence over the years. The 10 awards won by Public Mutual are: No | Fund / Company | Category | 1 | Public Mutual Berhad | Best Overall Fund Group Award | | 2 | Public Regional Sector Fund | Equity Asia Pacific | 3 years | 3 | Public Far-East Dividend Fund | Equity Asia Pacific Ex Japan | 3 years | 4 | Public SmallCap Fund | Equity Malaysia Small and Mid Caps | 3 years | 5 | Public SmallCap Fund | Equity Malaysia Small and Mid Caps | 5 years | 6 | Public Bond Fund | Bond Malaysian Ringgit | 10 years | 7 | PB Balanced Fund | Mixed Asset MYR Balanced | 10 years | 8 | Public Islamic Bond Fund | Bond Malaysian Ringgit - Islamic | 3 years | 9 | Public Islamic Bond Fund | Bond Malaysian Ringgit - Islamic | 5 years | 10 | Public Ittikal Fund | Equity Malaysia - Islamic | 10 years |
Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largestprivate unit trust company with 73 funds under management. It has over2,000,000 accountholders and as at 31 December 2009, the total netasset value of the funds managed by the company was RM35.6 billion. |