MAYBANK WINS BIG AT ASNB STARZ AWARDS
Annual event held to recognise hard work, achievement of agents
AMANAH Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), a wholly-owned unit trust management company of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), honoured 50 winners from 16 categories at its ASNB Starz Awards 2018, here, recently.
Themed “Night for the Starz”, the award night marked the fifth consecutive annual ceremony to recognise the hard work, support and achievement of ASNB’s agents and the relevant government agencies.
“The awards aim to recognise the key role of our agents in the ASNB and the investing community ecosystem. In partnering with ASNB to drive and mobilise savings among Malaysians, it is important for our agents to share PNB’s aspirations of increasing the level of financial literacy among Malaysians,” said PNB president and group chief executive of Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad.
ASNB also announced a number of key agent partnership innovations to help transform its sales and distribution as part of its five-year Strategic
Plan 2018-2022, which is aimed at sustaining ASNB’s leadership position in the unit trust industry.
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) was the biggest star of the night, bagging the two main awards, namely the PNB Award and Top Starz Award, for being the highest performing agent for all variable products and best performance in terms of highest cumulative points obtained for all awards.
Maybank head of community financial services Malaysia Datuk Hamirullah Boorha said the secret to success was in the time invested to provide potential unitholders with a basic understanding of ASNB products as well as the risks and potential of the funds.
“We will put in more efforts to reach potential unitholders. We need to educate them on the importance and benefit of investing with ASNB. It is crucial to start their investment now as that will help them in the future,” he said.