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A Snapshot of HwangDBS IM’s Milestones:

Date Funds
January 2001 Kicked off the business by securing HwangDBS IM’s first institutional client, an insurance company.
7 September 2001 HwangDBS Select Opportunity Fund (SOF), flagship fund launch.
8 October 2002 HwangDBS Dana Izdihar Fund (DI), first Islamic equity fund launch.
2003
  • SOF - Best Overall Performance award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2002
  • SOF - No. 1 in Equity and Income Funds over 1-Year award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2002
  • SOF - 1-Year Best Performing Equity Malaysia Fund award by The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Award Malaysia 2002
25 April 2003 HwangDBS Capital Guaranteed Fund I (CGF I), first of its kind in the Unit Trust industry.
28 July 2003 HwangDBS Select Balanced Fund (SBalF) launch, HwangDBS IM’s first mixed asset fund.
28 July 2003 HwangDBS Select Bond Fund (SBoF) launch, the first of HwangDBS IM’s fixed income based funds.
2004
  • SOF - No.1 in Equity Income Funds over 1-Year award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2003
  • DI - No.1 in Equity Islamic / Syariah Funds award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2003
  • SOF - 1-Year Best Performing Equity Malaysia Fund award by The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Award Malaysia 2003
  • DI- 2003 1-Year Best Performing Sector – Islamic Syariah Fund award by The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Award Malaysia 2003
15 April 2004 HwangDBS Select Small Caps Fund launch, HwangDBS IM’s first equity/small companies fund.
28 June 2004 HwangDBS Dana Fahim (DF), HwangDBS IM’s first mixed asset/Islamic/Syariah Balanced fund.
15 September 2004 Following the success of CGF I, the HwangDBS Capital Guaranteed Fund II (CGF II) was launched.
13 October 2004 HwangDBS Capital Guaranteed III Fund (CGF III) launch.
6 January 2005 HwangDBS Select Income Fund, HwangDBS IM’s second fixed income-based fund.
2005 SOF – No.1 in Equity Income Funds over 3 Years award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2004.

SBalF –
No.1 in Mixed Asset Income Funds over 1-year award by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Unit Trust Fund Awards 2004.

SOF –
3-Year Best Performing Equity Malaysia Funds award by The Star/Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Award Malaysia 2004.

CGF II & CGF III -
Asia Asset Management Award Best of the Best Achievement Awards 2004 - ‘Most Innovative Product in Malaysia’.
31 March 2005 HwangDBS Select Cash Fund Launch, HwangDBS IM’s first money market fund targeted at corporate investors and high net worth individuals.
18 April 2004 Received EPF ‘Approved Fund Manager’ status.
18 April 2005 HwangDBS Enhanced Deposit Fund launch, HwangDBS IM’s fixed income based fund targeted specifically at corporate investors.
1 June 2005 HwangDBS Investment Management Berhad – First Unit Trust Management Company (UTMC) in the industry to consolidate the Asset Management business under the Unit Trust business.
28 June 2005 Launched the HwangDBS IM Guaranteed Fund, HwangDBS IM’s first fund under as a consolidated entity.
19 April 2006 Launch of HwangDBS IM’s first global fund, the HwangDBS Global Property Fund.
19 July 2006 Launch of HwangDBS IM’s first global equity fund, the HwangDBS Global Opportunities Fund.
22 August 2006 Launch of HwangDBS IM’s first Islamic Institutional fund, the HwangDBS Islamic Cash Fund.
15 November 2006 Launch of HwangDBS IM’s first structured fund, the HwangDBS Greater China Structured Fund.
15 December 2006 Launch of HwangDBS IM’s second money market fund, the HwangDBS Money Market Fund.
8 January 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Banks Structured Fund, a 2 year unit trust structured product, first of its kind to be introduced in Malaysia.
11 January 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Emerging Markets Fund, HwangDBS IM’s 3rd feeder fund.
2007 SOF – Best Equity Malaysia Fund over 5 years award – for the period ending December 31, 2006 – by The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards 2007.
11 April 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Indochina Fund, a wholesale fund that feeds into a Collective Investment Scheme, the DBS Indochina Fund.
25 April 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Infrastructure Fund, the first of its kind in the Malaysian and South East Asian Market.
20 August 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Commodity Fund, the first of its kind unit trust fund in Malaysia with primary exposure to commodity futures.
18 September 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Environmental Opportunities Fund, an equities/ growth global fund which focuses on renewable energies, water and waste management.
18 December 2007 Launch of the HwangDBS Ascendur RIS (1), a first unitised fund with a performance benchmark and fee factored into the fund coupled with lower sales charges.
27 March 2008 Launch of the HwangDBS Asia Aspire Capital Protected Fund, a capital protected fund that taps into rising Asian consumerism.
10 July 2008 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Financials Capital Protected Fund, a capital protected fund that taps into global financial institutions investment window.
10 July 2008 Launch of the HwangDBS Global Financial Institutions Fund, an open-ended growth fund with a limited subscription period of two (2) years that taps into global financial institutions investment window.