Public Mutual declares distributions for 6 funds

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, declares distributions for six of its funds. The total gross distributions declared for the financial year ended 30 November 2010 are as follows:

Fund	Gross Distribution / Unit
Public Select Alpha-30 Fund	2.50 sen per unit
Public Natural Resources Equity Fund	1.50 sen per unit
Public Far-East Dividend Fund	0.50 sen per unit
Public Islamic Balanced Fund	1.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Sector Select Fund	1.00 sen per unit
Public Islamic Asia Leaders Equity Fund	0.75 sen per unit

According to The Edge-Lipper Fund Table dated 22 November 2010, Public Select Alpha-30 Fund and Public Natural Resources Equity Fund have generated one-year returns of 15.81% and 12.10% respectively for the period ended 12 November 2010. At the same time, Public Far-East Dividend Fund recorded a one-year return of 6.97%.

Meanwhile, both Public Islamic Balanced Fund and Public Islamic Sector Select Fund, which are open for EPF Members Investment Scheme, also recorded double digit one-year returns of 11.08% and 32.73% respectively for the period ended 12 November 2010. Public Islamic Asia Leaders Equity Fund, which was launched in January this year, generated a six-month return of 9.67% for the period ended 12 November 2010.

All of the above funds are distributed by Public Mutual unit trust consultants.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 82 funds under management. It has over 2,320,000 accountholders and as at 29 October 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM40.2 billion.