Building on the LTAT Platform, More AUMS Sought

Affin Fund Management Berhad CEO Datuk Mohamad Ayob Abu Hassan discusses: 

- AUMS - reasons behind relatively small size; 

- LTAT: Mandates - whether over-dependence; 

- Performance - Targets - methodology; - Distribution? Agency workforce - branches; 

- Products innovation - rollout plan; 

- Target market? Malay / rural savings - Institutionals - non-Islamic market; 

- Investmet philosophy - USPs; 

- Local - Equities - views; 

- Elections - issues - concerns; 

- QE-led rally - missing the boat; 

- Sectors / companies; 

- Invested / cash levels; 

- Foreign equities? Issues; 

- Foreign competition - Direct to market - opinion; 

- Examples like Templeton -- very fast - other big foreign houses - e.g. Nomura, Aberdeen etc; 

- Growth - M&A - issues; 

- If Hwang DBS - issues - cultural fit- Still-small component of overall Affin earnings -- whether board pressure - demanding KPIs.