Public Mutual’s new fund to focus on investing in 30 selected stocks

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual is launching a new fund, Public Select Alpha-30 Fund (PSA30) on 7 April 2009. The fund invests up to 30 high quality stocks listed primarily on Bursa Securities that have the potential for exponential growth when the investment climate turns favourable.
Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow said PSA30 will take advantage of current weak market conditions which have dampened the share prices of many quality stocks. “With stocks across the board trading at attractive market valuations, there are ample opportunities to pick and choose high quality stocks. Investors just need to buy and hold for the medium- to long-term to realise the full potential of the fund,” he said.
“To achieve increased diversification, the fund may invest in selected foreign markets if the returns are assessed to be promising,” he said. The selected foreign markets include Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and other markets. The equity exposure of PSA30 will generally range from 75% to 95% of its net asset value (NAV).
Tan Sri Teh also explained that as PSA30 concentrates on investing in a maximum of 30 stocks listed primarily on Bursa Securities, the fund is suitable for aggressive investors who can withstand extended periods of market volatility in pursuit of attractive long-term capital growth.
The initial issue price of PSA30 is at RM0.2500 per unit during the 21-day initial offer period from 7 April 2009 to 27 April 2009. During the offer period, a special promotional service charge of 5% of initial issue price per unit is extended to the purchase of units of PSA30 by investors. Investors who opt for Direct Debit Instruction with PSA30 during the offer period will enjoy a special promotional service charge of 5.25% of NAV per unit for as long as the Direct Debit is active. Terms and conditions apply. The minimum initial investment for the fund is RM1,000 and the minimum additional investment is RM100.
PSA30 is distributed by Public Mutual’s unit trust consultants. Interested investors can contact any Public Mutual unit trust consultant or call its Customer Service Hotline at 03-6207 5000 for more details of the fund.
Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 68 funds under management. It has over 2,000,000 accountholders serviced by over 40,000 unit trust consultants. As at 28 February 2009, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM23.5 billion.