Philip Tan

KIB is an active, fundamental research based manager which employs a bottom-up stock picking approach to invest across asset classes. The firm specializes in the Asia-Pacific region, with core competency in Asian equities and absolute return strategies. They focus on capital preservation and define risk as the probability of not being able to achieve a return above the prevailing cash or target return. KIB constructs portfolios following an absolute return approach where the emphasis for performance comparison is less on a market-related benchmark and more on a relatively stable target such as cash returns or inflation rate, believing that in the long run, this approach will yield returns superior to the underlying market benchmark and with lower volatility.

CMS Trust is a growth-oriented investment manager and specializes in the management of Malaysian equity and fixed-income as well as in Shariah-compliant investment vehicles. Their investment approach consists in bottom-up stock selection, combined with top-down risk management and control. When assessing potential investments the firm places emphasis on business model and earnings growth. The firm performs research in-house, which they complement with outsourced analysis.

KIIB is an active, Shariah-compliant manager which manages portfolios invested primarily in Malaysian equity, equity-related securities and money-market instruments with a long-term outlook. The firm focuses on companies with good growth potential and aims to outperform the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) or the Kuala Lumpur Syariah Index (KLSI), the latter composed of equities that comply with Islamic/Shariah requirements.