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i-VCAP Management is expecting US$50 million (RM198 million) to be subscribed upon its initial subscription period via an initial public offering on Feb 9. The MyETF-US50 will be the first US dollar-denominated Syariah-compliant security to be listed on Bursa Malaysia. i-VCAP CEO Khairi Shahrin Arief Baki said ETFs are one of the fastest growing investment products in the world. The MyETF-US50 is aimed at providing investment results that closely correspond to the performance of the benchmark index, the Dow Jones Islamic market US Titans 50. According to i-VCAP chairman Tuan Haji Rosli Abdullah, the MyETF-US50 enables investors to access the US equity market in US dollars, marking a new chapter in the Malaysian capital market.

Malaysian fund manager i-VCAP Management has launched Southeast Asia’s first fully Sharia-compliant ETF, which will track equities in markets including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. Malaysia is arguably the planet's top market for Islamic and Sharia-compliant products, with an estimated US$135 billion or so in such assets. The MyETF MSCI SEA Islamic Dividend ETF is i-VCAP Management's third ETF, following the launch of two other similarly-themed Sharia-compliant ETFs.

The world’s first Islamic Asean Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is enroute for listing on Bursa Malaysia on May 7. Investment management provider, i-VCAP Management Sdn Bhd (i-VCAP), today launched the prospectus for the Shariah-compliant ETF, which will be known as MyETF MSCI SEA Islamic Dividend (MyETF-MSEAD). Chief executive officer Mahdzir Othman explained that MyETF-MSEAD was an open-ended fund with an approved fund size of 500 million units. Investors can subscribe to the fund until April 22, at RM1 per unit with a minimum subscription size of 100 units.