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United Income Plus Fund United Income Plus Fund Annual Report 31 July 2020 UNITED INCOME PLUS FUND Audited Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Financial Year Ended 31 July 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO (A) MANAGER’S REPORT 2 (B) TRUSTEE’S REPORT 10 (C) STATEMENT BY MANAGER 11 (D) INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE UNIT HOLDERS 12 (E) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 16 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 17 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSET VALUE 18 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 19 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 20 (F) CORPORATE INFORMATION 47 1 (A) MANAGER’S REPORT Dear Unitholders, We are pleased to present you the Manager’s report and the audited accounts of United Income Plus Fund (the “Fund”) for the financial year ended 31 July 2020. (1) Key Data of the Fund 1.1 Fund name United Income Plus Fund (the "Fund") 1.2 Fund category Fixed Income 1.3 Fund type Income & Growth 1.4 Investment The Fund seeks to provide investors with income and capital appreciation over objective the Medium to Long Term (i.e. a period of three (3) years or more) by investing primarily in fixed income securities with the remaining investing in equities and equity-related securities. 1.5 Performance With effective from 13 August 2015, the performance benchmark of the Fund benchmark has been changed as follows: • 70% 12 month fixed deposit rate by Malayan Banking Berhad; (available at www.maybank2u.com.my) • 30% FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) (available at www.bursamalaysia.com) Prior to that, the performance benchmark of the Fund was: • 35% Quantshop All MGS Index; (available at www.quantshop.com) • 35% J.P. Morgan Asia Credit Investment Grade Index; (available at www.jpmorgan.com) • 15% FBM KLCI; and (available at www.bursamalaysia.com) • 15% MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan (available at www.msci.com) 1.6 Duration The Fund was launched on 9 February 2015 and shall exist for as long as it appears to the Manager and Trustee that it is in the interests of the unit holders for it to continue. In some circumstances, the unit holders can resolve at a meeting to terminate the Fund. 1.7 Distribution policy Subject to the availability of income, distribution will be paid on a quarterly basis. Distribution declared (if any) will be automatically reinvested into the unit holders’ accounts in the form of additional units in the Fund at no cost. 1.8 Breakdown of unit As at 31 July 2020 holdings by size Size of holding No. of No. of units held unit holders • 5,000 and below 0 0.00 • 5,001 to 10,000 5 45,400.18 • 10,001 to 50,000 3 56,262.84 • 50,001 to 500,000 7 1,033,796.00 • 500,001 and above 7 89,030,848.74 Total 22 90,166,307.76 2 (2) Performance Data of the Fund 2.1 Portfolio Details of portfolio composition of the Fund for the financial years as at 31 composition July are as follows: Sectors, category of As at 31 As at 31 July As at 31 July investments & cash holdings July 2020 2019 2018 (%) (%) (%) Consumer Products 11.07 5.91 4.92 Financials 27.46 29.70 43.62 Industrial Products 3.31 4.54 3.35 Trading / Services 14.98 14.11 9.71 CIS 16.73 10.45 -- Infrastructure 6.26 4.67 10.45 Construction -- 7.96 5.64 Technology 4.08 4.61 -- Real Estate 1.96 -- 9.39 Information Technology -- -- 6.21 Telecommunication 4.53 2.59 1.36 Government -- -- -- Transport -- -- -- Trusts -- -- -- Energy -- 1.88 1.68 Utilities -- -- -- ETF -- -- 0.63 Cash 9.62 13.58 3.04 Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 2.2 Performance Performance details of the Fund for the three audited financial years are as details follows: As at As at As at 31 July 2020 31 July 2019 31 July 2018 Net Asset Value ("NAV") (RM) 50,526,967 38,060,547 53,308,439 NAV per unit (RM) 0.5604 0.5498 0.5208 Units in circulation 90,166,308 69,222,499 102,357,400 Highest NAV per unit (RM) 0.5652 0.5599 0.5732 Lowest NAV per unit (RM) 0.5092 0.5020 0.4999 Total return (%) 5.76 10.17 0.28 • Capital growth (%) 1.95 5.57 -3.88 • Income distribution (%) 3.81 4.60 4.16 Gross distribution (sen per unit) 2.03# 2.28 2.26 Net distribution (sen per unit) 2.03# 2.28 2.26 Management expense ratio 1.431 1.63 1.56 ("MER") (%) Portfolio turnover ratio 1.022 1.12 1.06 ("PTR") (times) Notes: # Date of distribution is shown in part 2.7 - Income distribution / Unit splits. 1 MER is lower against previous financial year mainly due to increase in average NAV. 2 PTR is lower against previous financial year mainly due to lower trading activity. 3 2.2 Performance Average total return details As at 31 July 2020 (%) (continued) (annualised) Since commencement 6.97 (2 March 2015) 1 year 5.74 3 years 5.32 5 years 5.84 Annual total return Financial year ended 31 July (%) 2020 5.76 2019 10.17 2018 0.28 2017 2.89 2016 10.52 Since commencement (2 March 8.48 2015) - 31 July 2015 Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance and that unit prices and investment returns may go down, as well as up. 2.3 Has the Fund The Fund registered a return of 44.10% since commencement, outperforming achieved its the benchmark return of 13.06%. The Fund achieved its investment objective investment of providing investors with income and capital appreciation. The Fund objective? declared an income distribution of 2.03 sen per unit for the financial year under review. 2.4 Performance For the financial year under review, the Fund registered a return of 5.76% review outperforming the benchmark return of 1.35%. The outperformance was due to stock selection within the equity portion of the portfolio and higher bond prices on the back of declining bond yields. Among the top contributors to the portfolio performance included Top Glove, TSMC and Amazon. Additionally, the portfolio's duration positioning and credit selection also contributed to the outperformance. For the financial year under review, the NAV per unit of the Fund increased by 1.95% from RM 0.5495 to RM 0.5604. The line chart below shows comparison between the performance of the Fund and its benchmark, 70% 12 month fixed deposit rate by Malayan Banking Berhad and 30% FBM KLCI as at the commencement date of the Fund to 31 July 2020. 4 2.4 Performance review (continued) 1- 3- 6- 12- Since month months months months commencement The Fund 2.42% 5.70% 4.47% 5.76% 44.10% Benchmark* 2.17% 4.54% 2.25% 1.35% 13.06% Source: UOBAM(M), Lipper and Bloomberg as at 31 July 2020. * The benchmark of the Fund is 70% 12 month fixed deposit rate by Malayan Banking Berhad and 30% FBM KLCI with effective from 13 August 2015. * Prior to that, the benchmark of the Fund was 35% Quantshop All MGS Index; 35% J.P. Morgan Asia Credit Investment Grade Index; 15% FBM KLCI and 15% MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan. Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance and that unit prices and investment returns may go down, as well as up. 2.5 Strategies and Equities policies employed We focused on global market leaders to form core of equity holdings. Despite the volatile market conditions during the financial year under review, the fund managed to outperform due to stock selection. Among the top contributors to the portfolio performance included Top Glove, TSMC and Amazon. 5 2.5 Strategies and Fixed Income policies employed (continued) For fixed income, we invested mainly in Ringgit corporate bonds and Asia credits. We continued to favour Ringgit corporate debts as we expect the market to be supported by demand from local investors due to ample market liquidity and expectations of a prolonged low interest rate environment. In addition, we also invested in Asia credits, especially investment grade issues, that offer relatively attractive yields compared to the developed markets. 2.6 Asset allocation This table below shows the asset allocation of the Fund for the financial years ended 31 July. Assets As at 31 As at 31 July Changes July 2020 2019 (%) (%) (%) Equities 26.67 19.53 -5.94 Fixed income securities 63.71 66.89 -4.60 Cash 9.62 13.58 10.54 Total 100.00 100.00 -- Reason for the differences in asset allocation As at 31 July 2020, the asset allocation of the Fund stood at 26.67% in equities, 63.71% in fixed income securities and 9.62% in cash. We capitalized on market weakness to add to our equity positions. 2.7 Income For the financial year under review, the Fund has declared the following distribution/ income distribution: Unit splits Distribution Date Gross/Net Cum - NAV Ex - NAV per Distribution per unit unit (RM) per unit (RM) (RM) 29 October 2019 0.0042 0.5490 0.5448 22 January 2020 0.0041 0.5533 0.5492 14 April 2020 0.0040 0.5348 0.5308 14 July 2020 0.0040 0.5634 0.5594 22 July 2020 0.0040 0.5635 0.5595 Total 0.0203 The Fund did not carry out any unit split exercise during the financial year under review. 2.8 State of affairs There has been neither significant change to the state of affairs of the Fund nor any circumstances that materially affect any interests of the unit holders during the financial year under review.
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