Kumaravelloo Pillai

Eastspring Investments Bhd. (EIMY) is the Malaysian asset management subsidiary of Prudential Corporation Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Prudential plc (LSE: PRU, NYSE: PUK) in Great Britain. Formerly known as Prudential Fund Management Bhd., the firm was founded as Prudential Unit Trusts Bhd in 2000 and changed their name to Eastspring Investments in 2012. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, EIMY specializes in life insurance and mutual fund management for Malaysian institutional and retail investors.

Principal Asset Management Bhd. (Principal) is an independent, Malaysian investment management firm headquartered in Kuala Lumpur with additional offices in Singapore and Jakarta. Formerly known as CIMB-Principal Asset Management Bhd., the firm was founded in 1994 as a joint venture between CIMB Group Sdn Bhd and US-based Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG), the former being the majority shareholder. Principal manages a range of unit trust funds as well as discretionary portfolios for corporations, institutions, governments and pension funds.

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.

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.