BIMB Investment Management Berhad (“BIMB Investment”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad is a leading Shariah-ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment management company, licensed and registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia. BIMB Investment was incorporated on 14 September 1993 and commenced its operations on 20 June 1994.

BIMB Investment has embraced financial technology (“FinTech”) through its partnership with Arabesque Asset Management UK in 2015 to embrace Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in the investment processes and portfolio management to offer a transparent, superior-performing product with a focus on delivering sustainable risk adjusted investment returns to individual and institutional investors. 

BIMB Investment has a wide range of Shariah-ESG funds in Malaysia across multiple asset classes that includes Global Equities, Asia Pacific Equities, Malaysia Equities and Global ESG Sukuk. The firm  launched the first machine learning and global Shariah-ESG equity fund in Malaysia in November 2015. The fund, a multi-currency Global Shariah-ESG equity fund is now the largest global shariah equity fund* in Malaysia with a fund size of more than RM600 million. In 2018, BIMB Investment launched the World’s First ESG Sukuk Fund, which is the largest Global Sukuk fund* in Malaysia with a fund size of more than RM600 million. The first Robo-Intelligence Shariah-ESG investing digital platform, ‘’BEST Invest’’ was introduced by the company on 26th March 2020 as part of its’ commitment to bringing sustainable investing to Malaysians from all walks of life. The firm  has also launched the First Wakaf Featured Unit Trust Fund; Makmur myWakaf Fund on 3rd March 2021, under the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Waqf-Featured Fund Framework that was introduced on 12 November 2020 and a Qualified Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Fund under the SC Guidelines on Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds.

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 incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions, to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns which ultimately to shape a sustainable future.

*Source: Refinitiv Lipper IM data as at 31 Dec 2021

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