Philip Tan

Kenanga Investors Bhd. (KIB) is the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd. (KLSE: 6483) in Malaysia. Formerly known as CMS Trust Management Bhd., the firm was founded in 1995 and became Kenanga Investors Bhd. in 2010. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, KIB provides a range of investment solutions including collective investment schemes, portfolio management services and alternative investments, for retail, corporate and institutional clients. Their flagship funds are the Kenanga Growth Fund and the Kenanga Syariah Growth Fund. The firm delegates the investment management functions for all their Shariah-compliant funds to their wholly-owned subsidiary, Kenanga Islamic Investors Berhad.

CMS Trust Management Bhd. is a subsidiary of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd., which in turn is a subsidiary of K & N Kenanga Holdings Bhd. (KL: 6483). CMS Trust was formerly a subsidiary of CMSB-Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd. (KL: 2852), and was acquired by Kenanga in 2010. The firm provides investment advisory and management services. They manage discretionary accounts and commingled funds. Their clients are retail investors as well as high-net worth individuals and institutions including corporations, pension funds, insurance companies and government agencies. CMS Trust also manages funds for third-parties and investment-linked products for insurance companies.

Kenanga Islamic Investors Bhd. (KIIB) is the asset management subsidiary of Kenanga Investors Bhd., itself a subsidiary of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd. (KIB) (KLSE: 6483) in Malaysia. The firm was founded in 1997 as Kenanga Unit Trust Bhd. and renamed in 2009 as Kenanga Fund Management Bhd. They changed their name to Kenanga Islamic Investors Bhd. in 2011 to reflect their status as an Islamic fund management firm. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, KIIB provides Islamic investment solutions in portfolio management services to both domestic and regional markets and is currently the appointed external fund manager for KIB’s designated Islamic mandates.