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ASN Unitholders Get 6 sen Dividend for 2010


ASN

Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), announced an income distribution of 6.00 sen per unit for Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) scheme for the financial year ending 31st Dec 2010. It was 0.80 sen higher when compared 5.20 sen per unit declared in 2009.

The income distribution would involve a total payment of RM89.88 million compared with the RM81.52 million paid last year.

Generally, ASN’s performance in 2010 was better than last year due to better country’s economy and the stock market. In the same period, gross income was RM112.02 million. Profit from the sale of shares contributed RM63.07 million or 56.30 percent, followed by dividend income from investee companies of RM39.18 million or 34.98 percent.

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ASB & ASN Dividend for 2010 will be Announced Soon


ASNB

Based on information obtained from Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB) webpage, ASNB will suspended all Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) & Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) transaction soon to facilitate the issuance and computation of ASB & ASN Dividend for year 2010.

ASB transaction will be suspended from 20th December 2010 to 2nd January 2011 while ASN transaction will be suspended from 27th December 2010 to 2nd January 2011. Both ASB & ASN have similar financial year of 31st December.

Based on history, ASB dividend will be declared between 14th to 19th December while ASN dividend will be declared around 23rd to 24th December.

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Comparison Between Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad Funds

ASNB

Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). At the time of writing, ASNB managed nine funds. The latest fund is Amanah Saham 1Malaysia which was launched in August 2009.

If you intend to invest in ASNB funds and find it difficult which fund to choose, you may look at the comparison tables below for a quick comparison. Table 1 is showing fixed price funds while table 2 is showing variable price funds. Bear in mind that ASG consists of 3 different funds, namely ASG-Pendidikan, ASG-Kesihatan and ASG-Persaraan.

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