Public Mutual Swept 7 Awards

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual emerged for the sixth consecutive year as the biggest winner at The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards 2009 by winning 7 of the 24 awards, including the prestigious “Best Overall Group” award. Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow expressed pride that once again Public Mutual emerged as the biggest winner at The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards 2009. “These awards reflect Public Mutual's commitment to do its utmost to give value to our investors,” he said. He dedicated these awards to Public Mutual’s board of directors, management, staff, agency force and the investors for their unwavering support and trust over the years. Tan Sri Teh and the management team were on stage to receive the awards from YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Hj Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 1 during the award presentation ceremony held at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 67 funds under management. It has over 2,000,000 accountholders serviced by over 40,000 unit trust consultants. As at 31 December 2008, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM23.3 billion.