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AWARD WINNING ARECA equityTRUST FUND (AeTF) DECLARES INCOME DISTRIBUTION AMID YTD 29% RETURNS
 
Petaling Jaya, 27th July, 2020
 
Areca Capital Sdn. Bhd. has declared an income distribution of 3.50 sen per unit today for Malaysia’s Top Equity Fund, Areca equityTrust Fund (AeTF).
 
As it boasts its agile and flexible management, the fund has achieved a total return of 459.17% as of 24th July 2020 since its launch, as compared to its peers’ average returns at 102.65%.
 
CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE (%)
 

Return

YTD

 1mth 

 3mth 

 6mth 

  1yr

  3yr

   5yr

10 yr

 Since     Launch 

AeTF

 28.81 

 22.84 

 47.52 

 26.92 

 42.85 

 77.50 

 122.99 

 319.63 

 459.17

Benchmark 

  7.79

   9.73

 23.24 

  7.04

  6.39

  3.82

  17.40

  78.80

 102.65

Source: Lipper for Investment Managers as at 24th July 2020.

*Benchmark: Average Returns of the funds under “Equity Malaysia” Non-Islamic category

Despite the COVID-19 sell-off in March, AeTF managed to maintain its returns of 28.81 YTD and has consistently maintained a strong track record since its inception. The fund’s performance even managed to beat its benchmark by 4.47 times since its launch. As of the 24th of July, the current NAV stands at 0.6572.

AeTF was initiated on the 23rd of April 2007. It seeks to provide investors with medium to long term capital growth. It has held its ranking as the best performing fund in the Equity Malaysia category for three consecutive years under the 3 years, 5 years and 10 years category for the year ended on the 31st of December, 2019 by Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards.

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