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BIMB Investment Managemet Berhad (''BIMB Investment'' or ''the Company''), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (‘‘Bank Islam’’), is an Islamic fund management company, licensed and registered with the SC. BIMB Investment was incorporated on 14 September 1993 and commenced its operations on 20 June 1994. To date, the Company proudly stands as a local fund house, pioneering in sustainable investment with a focus on Shariah-ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance). Since 2015, the company has embraced financial technology (“FinTech”) through its’ partnership with Arabesque Asset Management Ltd., a global asset management company in the United Kingdom, with several funds leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (‘‘AI’’) in investment processes and portfolios to offer transparent, superior-performing products, aiming to deliver sustainable risk-adjusted investment returns to individual and institutional investors.

Outsourced Functions

BIMB Investment has delegated the following functions to the respective service provider:

Kfin Technologies Private Limited (Kfintech)

Registrar and Transfer Agents appointed by BIMB Investment to store and manage investor's data in a secured space, real-time data replication capability to ensure zero impact on business and customers in case of exigencies.

BIMB Investment launched the first machine learning and global Shariah-ESG equity fund in Malaysia in November 2015. In 2018, the Company launched the World’s First ESG Sukuk Fund in Malaysia. The first Robo-Intelligence Shariah-ESG investing digital platform, ‘‘BEST app’’ was introduced by the Company on 26 March 2020 as part of its’ commitment to bringing sustainable investing to Malaysians from all walks of life.

Furthermore, BIMB Investment is the first bank-backed Islamic asset manager in Malaysia and Southeast Asia to be a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (‘‘UNPRI’’). Through UNPRI, BIMB Investment is committed to incorporating ESG factors into investment decisions, to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns that will ultimately shape a sustainable future.