KUALA LUMPUR: Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) has declared an income distribution of 6.50 sen per unit and a bonus of 0.50 sen per unit for its flagship fund, Amanah Saham Bumiputra (ASB) for financial year ending Dec 31, 2018.
This represents a total distribution payout of seven sen per unit with total estimated payout being RM10.7bil that will benefit 9.6 million unit holders who owned 155 billion units in ASB.
For its first variable- price fund, Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN), ASNB declared an income distribution of 3.25 sen per unit for FY2018 representing a dividend yield of 5.1% based on the net asset value of the fund as at Dec 20, 2018.
The total estimated payout is RM59.7mil will benefit more than 1.2 million unit holders with more than 1.8 billion units in the fund.
Meanwhile, despite the challenging market environment, the period up to Nov 30, PNB's total assets under management increased by 6.8% to RM295.2bil and the proforma net income of PNB and its unit trusts was sustained at RM15.3bil.
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