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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Public Mutual wins Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Platinum Award

Public Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Public Mutual, has won the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Platinum Award for the Investment Fund Company category in Malaysia in 2010. Previously, Public Mutual won the Gold Award for four consecutive years, from 2006 to 2009.

Public Mutual’s Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow, expressed pride at this recognition of consumers’ trust. “Winning the Platinum award is a great honour as it signifies that Public Mutual has earned the confidence of Malaysian consumers in continuously delivering top value to investors,” he said.

The Reader’s Digest’s annual Trusted Brands survey in Malaysia reflects Malaysian consumers’ choice of their trusted and favourite brands. While most Trusted Brand Award winners achieve Gold status, brands with scores of more than three times that of their nearest competitor; or with a score at least double that of their nearest competitor and an average rating of at least 4 points (out of a possible 5) on the qualitative criteria, receive a Platinum Trusted Brand Award. These qualitative criteria include trustworthiness & credibility, quality, value, understanding of customer needs, innovative and social responsibility.

Tan Sri Teh dedicated the award to Public Mutual’s board of directors, management, staff and unit trust consultants for their dedication and commitment. He also thanked investors for their unwavering support and confidence. With the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Platinum Award, Public Mutual has, to-date won 158 awards, of which more than 90% are recognition for excellent fund performance.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 75 funds under management. It has over 2,320,000 accountholders and as at 31 March 2010, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company was RM36.6 billion.