Fund Goals / Features
Pheim Emerging Companies Balanced Fund aims to provide unit holders with steady income and potential for capital appreciation in longer term by investing in a balanced portfolio of Equities and Fixed Income Instruments.
The investor profile of Pheim Emerging Companies Balanced Fund consists of conservative equity investors, who are willing to accept a moderate level of risk, and have a preference for a steady income stream and have the potential for capital appreciation.
Balanced Fund
Asset Allocation & Benchmark
The Fund adopts an investment policy and strategy by investing in a Balanced portfolio of Equities and Fixed Income Instruments and Liquid Assets. The asset allocation of the Fund, as a percentage of the NAV of the Fund, is at 0% – 60% in Equities and Equity-Related Securities, and the remaining in Fixed Income Instruments and Liquid Assets. The performance benchmark of this Fund is the weighted average of 60% of FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS index, and 40% of Maybank 1-year fixed deposit rate at the beginning of the year (for fixed income portion).
Fund Performance – Last 5 Years
| Annual Return | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Fund | 10.53% | -11.95% | 10.83% | 23.59% | 0.30% |
| Benchmark | 8.92% | -5.32% | 0.23% | 2.91% | -2.03% |
| Outperformance | +1.61% | -6.63% | +10.60% | +20.68% | +2.33% |
|
Cumulative Return (1 year – 5 years) |
1 year
(2017) |
2 years
(2017 – 2018) |
3 years
(2017 – 2019) |
4 years
(2017 – 2020) |
5 years
(2017 – 2021) |
|
Fund (Since 1 January 2017) |
10.53% | -2.67% | 7.86% | 33.31% | 33.70% |
|
Benchmark (Since 1 January 2017) |
8.92% | 3.14% | 3.41% | 7.25% | 5.65% |
| Outperformance | +1.61% | -5.81% | 4.45% | 26.06% | 28.05% |
|
Cumulative Return (Since Inception) |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Fund | 182.91% | 149.11% | 176.08% | 241.21% | 242.22% |
| Benchmark | 124.65% | 112.71% | 113.27% | 121.20% | 117.89% |
| Outperformance | +58.26% | +36.40% | +62.81% | +120.01% | +124.33% |
Source: Lipper IM & Bloomberg
Fund Awards & Accolade – Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards
Fund Performance – Since Inception
Source: Lipper IM & Bloomberg
Fund Performance: 3-, 5-, 10-year and total return since inception
Cumulatively, Pheim Emerging Companies Balanced Fund registered a total return of 242.22% for almost 20 years since inception, outperformed the cumulative benchmark return (117.89%) by a good margin of +124.33%, as at 31 December 2021.
The annualized return since inception was 6.38 % (versus benchmark of 4.00%), outperformed by +2.38% as at 31 December 2021. The balanced fund has a maximum of 60% equity exposure, and yet the Fund was still able to generate such an outstanding performance and track record.
As at 31 December 2021
| Period | Fund Performance | Benchmark* | Outperformed By |
| 3-Year | 37.38% | 2.40% | +34.98% |
| 5-Year | 33.70% | 5.65% | +28.05% |
| 10-Year | 80.81% | 19.38% | +61.43% |
| 15-Year | 120.76% | 62.38% | +58.38% |
| Since Inception | 242.22% | 117.89% | +124.33% |
| Annualised Return
Since Inception |
6.38% | 4.00% | +2.38% |
Source: Lipper IM & Bloomberg
* Weighted Average of 60% of FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index Return and 40% of Maybank 1-year FD Rate
Fund Historical Income Distribution
Over its 20 years of operation, PECBF has consistently produced income distributions every year without fail (thanks to the cash reserves it accumulated via realized profits arising from stock disposals).
Fund Key Information
| Pheim Emerging Companies Balanced Fund | |
| Category/Type of Fund | Mixed Asset/ Balanced |
| Launch Date | 28 January 2002 |
| Fund Size @ 31 Dec 2021 | MYR 19.5 million |
| Investment Manager | Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd |
| Trustee | Maybank Trustees Bhd |
| Maximum Sales Charge | 5% |
| Annual Management Fee | 1.5% |
| Annual Trustee Fee |
0.055% (Effective 1st Mar 2022) |
| Initial Offer Price | RM 1.00 |
| NAV/Unit @ 31 Dec 2021 (Adjusted for distribution since inception) | RM 1.1193
(RM 3.2511) |
| Min. initial investment | RM 1,000 |
| Min. Additional investment | RM 100 |
| EPF Member’s Investment Scheme | Yes |