L-R:Jamzidi Khalid, Deputy Managing Director, Wholesale Banking and Head, Group Treasury & Markets, AmBank Group, Ho Mei Vern, Senior Vice President, Corporate Client Group, Group Treasury & Markets, AmBank Group and Siddiq Bazarwala, Chief Executive Officer & Publisher, Alpha Southeast Asia at the Alpha Southeast Asia Treasury & FX Awards 2019 held on Thursday, 26 September 2019.

AmBank Group was recognised as the Best FX Bank for Corporates and Financial Institutions for the eighth consecutive time and Best FX Bank for Structured Products: Commodities, Credit, Equity, FX and Multi-Assets for FX & Treasury segment at the Alpha Southeast Asia Awards 2019. AmInvestment Bank’s fund management arm, AmInvest, was also named Malaysia’s Best Overall Asset & Fund Manager and Malaysia’s Best Asset Manager for Money Market Funds under the Fund Management category. The awards ceremony was held on Thursday, 26 September 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.

Jamzidi Khalid, Deputy Managing Director, Wholesale Banking and Head, Group Treasury & Markets, AmBank Group said,” This recognition reaffirms our capability to leverage on our position as a leading FX house. Our inaugural win in the Best FX Bank for Structured Products category demonstrates our commitment to deliver innovative financial solutions for our esteemed clients especially in this exciting and challenging era.”

“It is an honour and privilege to be recognised as Malaysia’s Best Overall Asset & Fund Manager and Malaysia’s Best Asset Manager for Money Market Funds. AmInvest has been managing funds for the past 38 years and we are grateful for the trust our investors have in our capabilities and expertise,” said Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Group.

Alpha Southeast Asia is a Hong Kong-based regional institutional investment publication. It has a readership following among pension funds, asset managers as well as institutional investors across Asia, Europe and the United States.