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10 KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN (DIPERBADANKAN) REALISING A FULFILLING FUtURE

MESSAGE FROM THE
CHAIRMAN

GROWING A SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Progressing our journey, we target to open up spaces Every year we welcome approximately 25,000 new
and opportunities to advance Malaysia’s retirement fund pensioners. Our role in securing their future is increasingly
ecosystem and create long-term sustainability. To this vital and the Board is honoured to helm KWAP through this
end, KWAP continues to drive ESG impact through its period of dynamic growth.
investing strategy which expanded to include fixed income I take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to the
asset class in 2022. This is referring to enhancement of KWAP family - the strong leadership team and capable
our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), with the workforce - for their steadfast service in growing KWAP’s
incorporation of ESG Credit Rating Impact Score in our stature as the trusted custodian of this pension fund and
investment analysis. their cooperation and willingness to transform for the better.
Regular ESG-specific engagements and ESG screenings On behalf of the Board, I would like to express our
were held with investee firms in accordance to the ESG gratitude to Datuk Seri Asri Bin Hamidon @ Hamidin for
tracking methodology. Companies with issues were placed his exemplary leadership during his tenure as Chairman.
on an ESG Watchlist for further monitoring and guidance to His commitment to excellence will be remembered and
align them with KWAP’s sustainability and ESG objectives. cherished as we move forward. We also acknowledge
the contributions of Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Bin Abd
In 2022, KWAP conducted four ESG engagements and one Rahman and Dato’ Sri Mohd Shafiq Bin Abdullah who
follow up ESG Engagement with its investee companies. have respectively retired and resigned as Board members
In addition, KWAP’s research analysts conducted a total during the year. We thank them for their dedicated service
of 811 engagements comprising 450 domestic and 352 to KWAP and wish them well in all future endeavours.
international throughout the year. KWAP is also signatory
to the United Nations Principles for Responsible On a final note, I would like to express my deepest thanks
Investment (UNPRI), which encourages investors and gratitude to the Government and regulators as well
to make responsible investments in order to increase as our industry partners for their continued support which
returns and more effectively manage risks. Additionally, have been crucial to our ongoing journey, and to our
we keep up active interactions with the authorities and stakeholders whose trust allow us to continue to improve
contribute to the conversations on climate change our performance.
in the financial sector through our participation in Moving forward, the Board is committed to review our
sustainability-related working groups and involvement business model and build our fundamentals to be able
as guest speakers in numerous ESG-related events to better serve KWAP’s mandate. In doing so, we build
throughout the year. a better tomorrow for the community and the nation as a
whole.

DATUK JOHAN BIN MAHMOOD MERICAN
Chairman