Al Meezan Investment Management (Al Meezan) announced the launch of Meezan Strategic Allocation Plan-I (MSAP-I), an allocation plan under the newly launched fund of funds scheme, Meezan Strategic Allocation Fund. According to Al Meezan CEO Mohammad Shoaib, the plan has an initial term of two years and is now open for subscription. He added that the previous plan with two years duration was very well received by the investors as it gained a cumulative return of 26.21% since its inception. He said the new MSAP-I plan was an ideal investment for those who wished an active asset allocation between Shariah-compliant equity and money market schemes. Al Meezan is the largest private sector asset management company in Pakistan with total assets under management of Rs 86.96 billion in 11 funds and has investor base of 47,000 clients.
Al Meezan Investments CEO Mohammad Shoaib announced the launch of the Meezan Asset Allocation Fund (MAAF), an open-end Shariah compliant asset allocation scheme. MAAF has an initial offering from April 18- 20, 2016 with no load and would be open for subscripion subsequently. MAAF aims to earn a potentially high return through asset allocation between Shariah compliant equity, fixed income and money market instruments. MAAF has an initial offering from April 18- 20, 2016 with no load and would be open for subscripion subsequently.
In an interview with The Express Tribune, Mohammad Shoaib said that high levels of interest rate and inflation will continue to affect savings and investment until the government tackles these problems.
He said the company is trying to offset the negative impact of inflation on investors, but if the high inflation persists, investors and companies will continue to be affected.