Petaling Jaya, 1 October 2009 – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd, one of the leading investment management companies in Malaysia, has announced the following income distributions for five of its Funds for their financial year/interim period ended 30 September 2009:

Pacific Premier Fund                         – 4.00 sen per unit
Pacific Income Fund                         – 3.30 sen per unit
Pacific Focus18 Fund                         – 3.00 sen per unit
Pacific Cash Fund                             – 0.38 sen per unit
Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund   – 0.10 sen per unit

This translates to the following distribution yields for investors based on the net asset value (NAV) per unit of the respective Funds prior to the distribution:

Pacific Premier Fund                         – 5.58 %
Pacific Income Fund                         – 5.80 %
Pacific Focus18 Fund                         – 5.48 %
Pacific Cash Fund                             – 0.75 %
Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund   – 0.10 %

“Our equity funds, the Pacific Premier Fund and Pacific Focus18 Fund, have achieved a total return of 24.70% and 11.91% respectively for the one-year period ended 29 September 2009, a decent achievement given the volatile market conditions both locally and abroad over the past year. In fact, our maiden fund, the Pacific Premier Fund, which has gone through three major economic and financial crises, inclusive of the Asian Financial Crisis and the Tech bust, still achieved a total return of 130.74% since its inception in 1995. This adds to our on-going testament and investment philosophy of consistent above-average performance over the long term,” says Gary Gan, General Manager, Business Development & Marketing of Pacific Mutual.

Gan continues, “We are also proud that our balanced fund, the Pacific Income Fund, besides achieving a commendable total return of 98.53% since its inception in 2000, has also emerged as the best fund for the Malaysian Ringgit Balanced category at the Morningstar 2008 Fund Awards (Malaysia) this year.”

“Our money market fund, the Pacific Cash Fund, has performed equally well in the past year achieving a total return of 3.14% for the one-year period ended 29 September 2009. The Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund has generated decent returns in spite of the very low interest rates scenario at the time it was launched earlier this year,” says Gan, adding that the consistent and stable performance over time, the hallmark of Pacific Mutual's investment style, has made the regular income payouts possible and hence, benefiting the investors of the five Funds.

Pacific Mutual now manages a total of 21 Funds, including seven global Funds and three wholesale Funds. The Company also manages private mandate funds under its asset management business. As at end September 2009, Pacific Mutual manages RM1.83 billion on behalf of its unit trust investors and private mandate clients

Petaling Jaya, 1 July – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd, one of the leading private investment management companies in Malaysia, has announced the following income distributions for five of its Funds for their financial year/interim period ended 30 June 2009:

Pacific Millennium Fund           – 3.5 sen per unit
Pacific Recovery Fund             – 3.0 sen per unit
Pacific SELECT Balance Fund   – 2.5 sen per unit
Pacific SELECT Income Fund    – 1.5 sen per unit
Pacific Cash Fund                   – 0.4 sen per unit

This translates to the following distribution yields for investors based on the net asset value (NAV) per unit of the respective Funds prior to the distribution:

Pacific Millennium Fund            – 6.51%
Pacific Recovery Fund              – 6.27%
Pacific SELECT Balance Fund    – 4.86%
Pacific SELECT Income Fund     – 2.96%
Pacific Cash Fund                    – 0.79%

“Generally, we are pleased to be able to offer another round of consistent annual payouts to valued investors of our four local equity Funds amidst the ongoing global financial and economic crisis which severely affected all markets including Malaysia over the past year,” says Gary Gan, General Manager, Business Development & Marketing of Pacific Mutual.

“Our existing investors and especially those who have stayed with us and accumulated these Funds for the longer term would have definitely benefited from our fund distribution consistency over the years irrespective of market conditions,” Gan continues, adding that investors should continue to stay the course by building a diversified portfolio via top up’s and regular investing, more so as market conditions become more volatile with many sharp short term fluctuations, whether on the upside or downside.

Gan further comments, “With the declaration of the third interim income distribution of 0.4 sen per unit for investors of the Pacific Cash Fund on 30 June 2009, the Fund has successfully declared a total of 5.60 sen per unit since its launch in October 2005.”

Pacific Mutual now manages a total of 20 Funds, including seven global Funds and two wholesale Funds. The Company also manages private mandate funds under its asset management business. As at end of June 2009, Pacific Mutual manages RM1.7 billion on behalf of its unit trust investors and private mandate clients.

Petaling Jaya, 19 May 2009 – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd (“Pacific Mutual”), one of the leading investment management companies in Malaysia, has teamed up with Lion Global Investors Limited (“Lion Global Investors”), one of the largest asset management companies in Singapore and the region, to launch Pacific Focus China Fund for the Malaysian investing public. Both investment managers share the common belief that China is the global economic engine of the present and the future which will lead to the realisation of the Asia Pacific Century. The current economic crisis has only served to accelerate China’s rise to the forefront of the world economic stage, and given China the opportunity to take the reins and drive this point home. The growth prospects and investment opportunities are immense.

The Pacific Focus China Fund is an aggressive growth fund that invests predominantly in equities and equity-related securities of companies listed in the greater China region. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in stocks of Greater China-based companies or those that have significant business revenues/profits or assets in Greater China but listed elsewhere.

The external investment manager of the Fund is Lion Global Investors, a Singapore based asset manager which is also one of the largest in the Asian region with RM63 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2009 via insurance and pension funds, segregated mandates and unit trusts. They have managed this strategy under their unit trust, LionGlobal China Growth Fund (“Fund”) since 1994. This Fund has won accolades in 2007 from S&P Singapore Fund Awards, and in 2008 & 2009 at The Edge – Lipper Singapore Fund Awards.

According to CEO and CIO of Pacific Mutual, Michael Auyeung, the introduction of the new China-focused Fund is timely. “We only introduce products at times when the investment case is promising and when we feel we can bring tremendous value and true product distinction to our investors and business partners. With the China related markets having fallen over 60% from their peaks in 2008, we believe this is an opportune time to pick up quality assets on the cheap and to select out the survivors of the current crisis which will go on to become market leaders.”

Auyeung says, “China’s rapid transformation from a state directed economic quagmire to a world beating command economy is nothing short of spectacular. As the country’s model evolves and improves, there will sprout a huge array of investment prospects to parallel China’s macro progress. This Fund should richly reward investors for taking part in the excitement and dynamism of the Middle Kingdom.”

“Investors will gain access to China’s long-term industrial capacity and capability as the manufacturing hub of the world, unrivalled commercial and infrastructure growth potential, exploding domestic consumption from a growing middle class, backstopped by robust country financials inclusive of the world’s largest foreign exchange and gold reserves, massive foreign direct investments, and a very high personal savings rate,” adds Auyeung.

“Currently the third largest economy after the US and Japan, China is likely to remain among the fastest growing major economies of the world for the foreseeable future. China sits on the largest foreign exchange reserves of US$1.95 trillion (as at end December 2008), is politically stable and has demonstrated astute macro economic management skills,” comments CEO & CIO of Lion Global Investors, Daniel Chan, who is a 30-year veteran in asset management with global experience and also the Chairman of Pacific Mutual.

Daniel says, “The recent improvement in cross-strait relations with Taiwan is significant and will likely lead to greater economic integration with the Mainland. Hong Kong too stands to benefit in the longer term from favourable developments in China more specifically with the Pearl River Delta economies which would likely be an early beneficiary of any recovery in the global economy.”

The Fund has an approved fund size of 600 million units and is being offered to investors at the net asset value (NAV) per unit of RM0.2500 during the offer period, which will end on 8 June 2009. Investment can start with as little as RM100.

Pacific Mutual now manages a total of 20 Funds, including seven global Funds and two wholesale Funds. The Company also manages private funds under its asset management business. As at 30 April 2009, Pacific Mutual manages RM1.5 billion on behalf of its unit trust investors and private mandate clients.

Lion Global Investors is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a holder of Capital Markets Services Licence for Fund Management. The company is 70% owned by Great Eastern Holdings Limited and 30% owned by Orient Holdings Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank. Lion Global Investors is now one of the largest asset management companies in Singapore and the region, with total assets under management of about S$26 billion* as at 31 March 2009.

* Lion Global Investors and subsidiaries

Petaling Jaya, 1 April 2009 – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd, one of the leading private investment management companies in Malaysia, has announced the following income distributions for five of its Funds for their financial year/interim period ended 31 March 2009:

Pacific Pearl Fund           – 2.5 sen per unit
Pacific Dana Aman         – 0.50 sen per unit
Pacific Dana Murni          – 1.5 sen per unit
Pacific Cash Fund            – 0.4 sen per unit
Pacific Asia Brands Fund  – 1.0 sen per unit

This translates to the following distribution yields for investors based on the net asset value (NAV) per unit of the Funds prior to the distribution:

Pacific Pearl Fund            – 4.42%
Pacific Dana Aman          – 1.40%
Pacific Dana Murni           – 2.84%
Pacific Cash Fund            – 0.79%
Pacific Asia Brands Fund   – 3.17%

“2008 was truly a tumultuous year for investors as global markets capitulated, in some cases, wiping out the entire gains from the previous five-year bull run in a single year of economic distress amidst an unprecedented financial crisis” comments Gary Gan, General Manager, Business Development & Marketing of Pacific Mutual. “Despite the obvious tough investment conditions, we are again pleased to be able to offer consistent payouts to our valued investors who continue to stay with us through these trying times.”

“We are also delighted that our first Shariah fund, Pacific Dana Aman emerged as the best Equity Malaysia Islamic Fund for the 10-year period ended 31 December 2008 at The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards 2009,” adds Gan. “This is a testament to our continuing investment philosophy of consistent above-average performance over the long term.

Gan continues, “Besides our three equity Funds, namely the Pacific Pearl Fund, Pacific Dana Aman and Pacific Asia Brands Fund, investors of our Shariah bond Fund, Pacific Dana Murni, and money market Fund, Pacific Cash Fund, will receive income distributions as well.” He adds that the payouts are possible as consistent and stable performance over time has always been the hallmark of Pacific Mutual’s investment style.

Pacific Mutual now manages a total of 19 Funds, including six global Funds and two wholesale Funds. The Company also manages private funds under its asset management business. As at end March 2009, Pacific Mutual manages RM1.34 billion on behalf of its unit trust investors and private mandate clients.

Petaling Jaya, 5 February – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd, the fund management arm of PacificMas Berhad, kicked off the New Year with the introduction of a wholesale Islamic money market fund, which would be of great interest to private corporations in Malaysia.

The Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund aims to provide capital protection as well as constant, steady returns comparable to Shariah-based deposits with licensed financial institutions. This new Shariah-compliant investment is ideal for investors with a conservative risk profile and who are seeking regular and decent returns from a relatively safe investment which complies with Shariah requirements.

CEO/CIO of Pacific Mutual, Michael Auyeung, said, “Cash-type or Money market funds have, especially over the past five years, become a hugely popular and viable cash management tool for medium to large corporate investors as an alternative to traditional deposit instruments. Particularly in times of market uncertainties, many corporate investors will be very interested in an open-ended, protected, stable, and highly liquid investment with regular distributions whether to fulfil their short-to-medium term investment objectives or to temporarily park their monies while they look for other investment opportunities or perhaps even to diversify their present more aggressive investment portfolios.”

Auyeung added, “By investing in the Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund, corporate investors can benefit from the advantages of principal preservation, regular income and easy access to their cash whenever they need them. Corporate investors can also benefit from the tax exemption on returns from investments in Islamic money market instruments via the Fund. Other investors, such as individuals, may also find the Fund a suitable alternative to savings and current accounts owing to its higher short-term returns potential.”

Auyeung further commented, “Our first money market fund, the Pacific Cash Fund, launched in 2005, has generated a total return of 10.52% since its inception in October 2005 (compared to its benchmark, the Maybank Overnight Repo Rate, of 10.10%), about 3.14% compounded p.a. With our prudent risk and investment management strengths, we are positive that we can deliver stable above-average returns while protecting the capital for investors of this new Islamic money market fund as well.” (Source: Lipper)

The Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund aims to generate regular income by investing predominantly in a highly conservative portfolio of short-term Shariah-based deposits and Islamic money market instruments issued by licensed financial institutions that carry a minimum credit rating of A2 by RAM or an equivalent local or foreign rating agency. The objective of principal preservation is to be achieved through this highly conservative portfolio where the investment value is generally not subject to downside market valuations.

Being a wholesale fund, the Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund is open only to Qualified Investors, namely individuals with total net personal assets exceeding RM3 million, corporations with total net assets exceeding RM10 million, unit trust schemes and pension funds.

The Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund information memorandum is currently available at all Pacific Mutual’s offices. The Fund has an approved fund size of one billion units and is being offered to qualified investors at the net asset value (NAV) per unit of RM1.0000 during the offer period, which will end on 8 February 2009. Minimum initial investment is RM50,000.

Pacific Mutual is currently managing a total of 19 Funds, inclusive of the Pacific Protected Islamic Cash Fund. The Company also manages private funds under its asset management business. As at mid January 2009, it has a total combined fund size of RM1.4 billion under its unit trust fund management.

Petaling Jaya, 2 January – Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd, one of the leading private unit trust management companies in Malaysia, has announced the following income distributions for two of its Funds for their financial year/interim period ended 31 December 2008 respectively:

Financial Year Ended 31 December 2008
Pacific Dividend Fund - 4.0 sen per unit

Interim Period Ended 31 December 2008
Pacific Cash Fund - 0.4 sen per unit

This translates to the following distribution yields for investors based on the net asset value (NAV) per unit of the respective Funds prior to the distribution:

Pacific Dividend Fund - 8.03%
Pacific Cash Fund - 0.79%

"It was a very tough year for equity markets around the world with Malaysia not being exempted from the impact of the ongoing global financial crisis and economic slowdown. However, Pacific Mutual’s prudent risk management and investment management strengths has once again enabled Pacific Dividend Fund to outperform peer funds and its benchmark despite the exceedingly trying times,” said Gary Gan, General Manager, Business Development & Marketing of Pacific Mutual, adding that the Fund’s total accumulated gross distribution has increased to RM0.236 per unit since inception five years ago. This translates to 47.20% of distribution over its launch price of RM0.5000 per unit.

Gan continued, “Pacific Dividend Fund was awarded the highest ranking in the Lipper Global Equity Malaysia class scheme for overall fund Total return, Consistent return and Preservation categories respectively under the Lipper Leader Fund Ratings (source: Lipper table as at 28 November 2008), reflecting its strong performance exceeding its benchmark as well as peers and its consistency in achieving its investment objective since its launch in 2003."

"As for Pacific Cash Fund, the declaration of 0.4 sen per unit for its investors is the Fund’s first interim income distribution since its final income distribution in September 2008. The Fund aims to provide its investors up to four times of income distributions in a financial year,” Gary further expressed.

Pacific Mutual now manages a total of 18 Funds, of which six are Funds with global exposure. The Company also manages private funds under its asset management business. As at mid December 2008, it has a total combined fund size of RM1.4 billion under its unit trust fund management.