Top 10 Performing Asia excluding Japan Unit Trust Funds as of 1st July 2015

Fund Review : Category Asia excluding Japan

The best performing Asia excluding Japan funds are compared according to these 4 criteria:
a. Ranking according to 5 Year Annualized returns
b. 4 weeks fund Gain/Loss ranking
c. Comparison against the MSCI Asia excluding Japan Index
d. Ranking according to Year to Date (YTD) returns

a) Top 10 funds ranked according to 5 Year Annualized Returns

Top 10 Unit Trust Funds Asia Excluding Japan (ranked by annualized returns)

5 Years Annualised Ranked 1 (Non-Islamic)

- TA Asian Dividend Income Fund (+8.30% per annum)

5 Years Annualised Ranked 1 (Islamic Equity)

- Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund (+9.73% per annum)

b) 4 Weeks Funds Gain/Loss Table

Fund Name	YTD as of 28^th May 2015	YTD as of 1^st July 2015	4 Weeks Gain / Loss (%)	4 Weeks Gain/ Loss Rankings	Previous 4 Weeks Gain/Loss Rankings
Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund	14.2	32.46	18.26	1	N/A
Public Islamic Asia Dividend Fund	7.95	8.31	0.36	5	9
Public Asia Ittikal Fund	10.02	11.44	1.42	2	8
TA Asian Dividend Income Fund	10.9	9.45	-1.45	6	1
PB Islamic Asia Equity Fund	9.12	10.13	1.01	4	7
Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Equity MY Fund	9.97	6.8	-3.17	9	5
CIMB Islamic Asia Pacific Equity Fund	New	12.56	N/A	N/A	N/A
Affin Hwang Select Asia (Ex Japan) Opportunity Fund	12.84	11.11	-1.73	7	2
PB Islamic Asia Strategic Sector Fund	9.35	10.66	1.31	3	6
Pheim Asia Ex-Japan Islamic	6.71	4.81	-1.9	8	4
AVERAGE 4 WEEKS GAIN/LOSS (%)			1.57

Best Performing Fund over 4 weeks period:

Non Syariah : TA Asian Dividend Income Fund (Loss : -1.45%)
Syariah : Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund (Gain : +18.26%)

Worst Performing Fund over 4 weeks period:

Non Syariah : Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Equity MY Fund (Loss : -3.17%)
Syariah : Pheim Asia Ex-Japan Islamic (Loss : -1.90%)

c) Comparison against the MSCI Asia Excluding Japan Index between 28 May 2015 to 1 July 2015

MSCI Asia Ex Japan Index (28 May 2015 - 1 July 2015)

MSCI Asia Exc Japan Index (%) Gain/Loss : -4.28%

Comparison With:

Average Top 10 Unit Trust (%) Gain/Loss:

(Gain : +1.57% - Out performed the MSCI Index)

Non Syariah Best Performing Fund:

TA Asian Dividend Income Fund (Loss : -1.45% - Out performed the MSCI Index)

Syariah Best Performing Fund:

Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund (Gain : +18.26% - Out performed the MSCI Index)

d) Top 10 funds ranked According to Year To Date (YTD) returns:

Top 10 Unit Trust Fund - Asia Exc Japan (Year To Date)

YTD Ranked 1 (Non-Islamic)

- MAAKL Pacific Fund (YTD : +16.06%)

YTD Annualised Ranked 1 (Islamic Equity)

- Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund (YTD : +32.46%)

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Asia excluding Japan Funds listed under the "Invest for as low as 0% Sales Charge Promotion"	Status as of 1st July 2015
Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund	No.1 ranked Islamic fund over 5 Years Annualized Return No.1 ranked YTD fund at +32.46%
Eastspring Investments Asia Pacific Equity MY Fund	No.2 ranked non-Islamic fund over 5 Years Annualized Return
AmCumulative Growth Fund	No.10 ranked YTD fund at +12.1%