KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s first Exchange-Traded Funds1 (“ETFs”), namely ABF Bond Index Fund (“ABF Malaysia”) and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI etf (“FBM KLCI etf”) have declared an income distribution of 4.65 sen and 2.80 sen per unit respectively for its financial year ended 31 December 2018. AmInvest manages both ETFs.
ABF Malaysia’s income distribution of 4.65 sen per unit in December 2018 represents an income distribution yield (the rate of the return of the ETF based on income distribution) of 4.06%, which was computed based on the ETF’s net asset value of RM1.1457 per unit as at 31 December 2018.2 ABF Malaysia is the only bond ETF in the market and its portfolio consists of mainly Malaysian government bonds. It tracks the performance of Markit iBoxx®ABF Malaysia Bond Index.
