Principal Islamic Small Cap Opportunities Fund - Class MYR

Fund Performance

As at date : 28-02-2025
Fund
Year To Date Performance (%) 1Year (%) 3Year (%) 5year (%) Since Inception (%) NAV (MYR) Fund Size (million)
Principal Islamic Small Cap Opportunities Fund - Class MYR -12.91% 15.99% 26.40% 54.11% 251.00% 0.8427 287.34
Benchmark -11.99% -4.82% -2.41% 24.83% 180.56%
Benchmark : FTSE Bursa Malaysia Small Cap Index

General Information

Note: This fund under EPF Members’ Investment Scheme (EPF-MIS) is suspended with effect from 10 April 2023 and will cease to accept sales or switch-in after 4 April 2023, cut off time at 4.00pm. Existing fund holders may keep your monies in the fund, switch out or redeem.

The Fund is a Shariah-compliant equity fund issued by Principal Malaysia. The Fund aims to seek medium to long-term growth in capital by investing principally in emerging companies listed on Bursa Securities and this must be in accordance with the Shariah principles. The Fund is established with a multi-class structure and is allowed to establish new Class(es) from time to time without your prior consent. 

This is neither a capital protected nor capital guaranteed fund.

This Fund is suitable for investors who: 

  • have a medium-term to long-term investment horizon;
  • want a portfolio of exposure in Shariah-compliant equities in emerging companies listed on Bursa Securities;
  • seek capital appreciation over medium-term to long-term; and/or
  • can accept that investment returns may fluctuate over the investment period.

 

Fund Details

Distribution Policy

The Manager has the discretion to distribute part or all of the Fund’s distributable income. The distribution (if any) may vary from period to period depending on the investment objective and the performance of the Fund.

 

Investment Time Horizon

 

 

  • Medium-term refers to a period of more than one (1) year and less than three (3) years.
  • Long-term refers to a period of five (5) years or more.

 

Initial Investment

Non-Regular Savings Plan ("RSP") and RSP: MYR500 or such other amount as the Manager may decide from time to time.

 

Additional Investment

Non-Regular Savings Plan ("RSP") and RSP: MYR200 or such other amount as the Manager may decide from time to time.

 

Cooling off period

For first time individual investor investing with us, you have six (6) Business Days after your initial investment (i.e. from the date the completed application is received and accepted by us or any of our Distributors) to reconsider its appropriateness and suitability for your investment needs. Within this period, you may withdraw your investment at the same NAV per unit when the units were purchased or prevailing NAV per unit at the point of cooling-off (whichever is lower) (“Refund Amount”). We will pay the Refund Amount including the Application Fee (if any) to you in the currency of the respective Class within seven (7) Business Days from the date we receive the complete documentations. Please note that the cooling-off right is only given to first time investor investing with us or our Distributors. However, Principal Malaysia’s staff and person(s) registered with a body approved by the SC to deal in unit trust funds are not entitled to the cooling-off right.

If the Fund is an EPF-MIS approved fund and you have invested via EPF-MIS, your cooling-off right is subject to EPF’s terms and conditions.

 

Minimum Withdrawal

400 units or such other number of units as the Manager may decide from time to time.

 

Launch Date

30 April 2003

 

Fund Partner

  • Principal Distributors

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Fund Fees

Application Fees

Up to 6.50% of the NAV per unit.

 

Annual Fees

Management Fee:
Up to 1.85% per annum of the NAV of the Fund.

Trustee Fee:
Up to 0.045% per annum includes local custodian fee but excludes foreign sub-custodian fees and charges (if any) of the NAV of the Fund.

 

Switching Fees

Switching is treated as a withdrawal from a Class and an investment into another Class or Principal Malaysia’s fund (or its classes). You may be charged a switching fee equal to the difference (if any) between the Application Fees of the Class and the Application Fee of the other Class or Principal Malaysia’s fund (or its classes). You will not be charged a switching fee, if the Class or Principal Malaysia’s fund (or its classes) to be switched into has a lower Application Fee than the Application Fee of the Class. In addition to the switching fee, you may be charged MYR100 as the administrative fee for every switch. You may negotiate to lower the switching fee and/or administrative fee

 

Transfer Fees

A maximum of MYR50 may be charged for each transfer.