AmInvest: Best Investment Fund Manager Malaysia 2022
Digital and fintech disruptions are moving the market, and AmInvest is keeping pace with strategic investments in tech infrastructure and human capital. AmInvest, the brand name for AmFunds Management Berhad Berhad and AmIslamic Funds Management Sdn Bhd leverages on decades of industry experience to help investors optimise their investments. The company offers conventional and Shariah-compliant retirement funds across asset classes and geographical exposures — nearly 100 in total — in addition to managing exchange traded funds and private retirement schemes. AmInvest evaluates many factors when making investment decisions, with increasing consideration for ESG performance. AmInvest sees the pandemic as the catalyst that quickened the digitalisation transition, forcing organisations and individuals to become more versatile and digitally adept. The company has experienced a boom in digital onboarding. Despite working remotely, AmInvest’s fund managers carried on with business as normal, following a consistent investment philosophy that reflects the company’s mission and vision. Over the past few years, AmInvest has applied institutional investing expertise to better serve retail clients. It has invested its resources to expand distribution channel from traditional public-agency channels to an online platform with open architecture facilitating industry-leading partnerships. AmInvest places a priority on developing home-grown talent and complements the team through external recruitment. It has some 200 professionals staff, many of whom have made a career at the company, starting as analysts, and climbing ranks over the years. The CFI.co judging panel congratulates AmInvest, winner of the 2022 Best Investment Fund Manager (Malaysia) award.