MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND CONTENTS PAGE 1 General Information 1 2 Manager’s Report 3 3 Policy On Stockbroking Rebates And So Commissions 9 4 Statement By The Manager 10 5 Trustee’s Report 11 6 Shariah Adviser’s Report 12 7 Statement Of Comprehensive Income 13 8 Statement Of Financial Position 14 9 Statement Of Changes In Equity 15 10 Statement Of Cash Flows 16 11 Summary Of Signicant Accounting Policies 17 12 Notes To The Financial Statements 22 13 Corporate Information 38 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 THE TRUST The Fund commenced operations on 4 January 2002 and will continue its operations until terminated as provided under Clause 12 of the Deed. 1.2 FUND TYPE / CATEGORY Index Tracking / Equity Index (Islamic) 1.3 BASE CURRENCY Ringgit Malaysia (RM) 1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE FUND The Fund is an Islamic equity index-tracking fund. Its primary investment objective is to track the performance of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Shariah Index (FBMSHA). The Fund also aims to generate annual distribution. Note: Any material change to the Fund’s investment objective would require Unit Holders’ approval. 1.5 DISTRIBUTION POLICY Income distribution (if any) is annually. 1.6 PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK The performance of the Fund is measured against the FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Shariah Index (FBMSHA) (obtainable via Bursa Malaysia’s website: www.bursamalaysia.com). 1.7 CHARACTERISTIC AND GENERAL COMPOSITION OF THE FBMSHA The FBMSHA comprises constituents of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index (FBMEMAS) that are Shariah-compliant according to the Securities Commission's SAC (Shariah Advisory Council) screening methodology and FTSE’s screens of free oat, liquidity and inevitability. The index has been designed to provide investors with a broad benchmark for Shariah-compliant investment. The index was developed with a base value of 100 as of 31 March 2006. Each component Shariah-compliant security is weighted by means of free-oat adjusted market capitalisation so that it will inuence the index in proportion to its relative market importance. Shariah-compliant securities are free-oat weighted to ensure that only the investable opportunity set is included within the index, and are also liquidity screened to ensure that the index is tradable. Bursa Malaysia denes this methodology based on its own rules and therefore, any error or adherence thereof may aect the accuracy and completeness in the calculation of the FBMSHA Investors may obtain more information about the FBMSHA’s calculation mode and rules from Bursa Malaysia’s website. The FBMSHA is a useful summary measure of current expectation of future outlook. The FBMSHA gives a big-picture view of the movement in prices of the key Shariah-compliant securities and more oen than not, serves as a broad indicator of the economic performance of the country mainly because it represents the breadth and depth of Shariah-compliant securities which are involved in the various sectors of the economy. 1 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND 1.8 INVESTMENT STYLE AND STRATEGY The Fund Manager employs an index sampling approach to track the performance of the FBMSHA. The Fund typically invests up to 98% of its assets in the top-tier Shariah-compliant securities of the target index (covering nearly 80% of FBMSHA’s market capitalisation) and in a representative sample of the remaining constituents. The Fund holds a range of Shariah- compliant equities, predominantly in FBMSHA stocks that in aggregate, approximate the full FBMSHA in terms of key characteristics, including industry weightings and market capitalisation. Islamic liquid assets such as Islamic money market instruments and Islamic deposits are only used to maintain liquidity position. The Fund’s portfolio composition is rebalanced when necessary to take into account changes in weightings or corporate activities in order to minimise tracking errors. During the six months nancial period under review, the Fund remained guided by its investment objective to track the performance of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Shariah Index by investing predominantly in the index-linked stocks. 2 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND 2 MANAGER’S REPORT 2.1 FUND PERFORMANCE For the six months nancial period ended 31 December 2020, the Fund’s return increased by 9.17%. The Fund marginally underperformed its benchmark return, the FBMSHA, which increased by 9.30%. The Fund’s marginal underperformance was mainly due to cash position. The graph below compares the 6-month performance of the Fund against its benchmark return: Fund Performance vs. Benchmark Index Return 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Manulife Investment Syariah Index Fund Return Benchmark Index Return Source: Lipper, MorningStar & RIMES Fund Size The Fund’s total NAV decreased to RM32.81mil from RM34.48mil during the six-month nancial period under review. Fund Returns (a) The graph below compares the 5-year performance of the Fund against its benchmark return: Fund Performance vs. Benchmark Index Return 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15% -20% -25% Jun-17 Jun-16 Jun-18 Jun-19 Sep-17 Dec-17 Sep-16 Sep-18 Sep-19 Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-18 Dec-19 Mar-17 Mar-16 Mar-18 Mar-19 Jun-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Mar-20 Manulife Investment Syariah Index Fund Return Benchmark Index Return Source: Lipper, Morningstar, Bloomberg & RIMES 3 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND (b) Average Total Return of the Fund: Fund Benchmark For the nancial period ended 31 December 2020 (% p.a.) (% p.a.) 1 year 11.19 10.14 3 years 1.16 (0.36) 5 years 1.81 0.55 Commencement Date: 4 January 2002 Source: Lipper, Morningstar & RIMES (c) Annual Total Return of the Fund: Fund Benchmark For the nancial period ended: (% p.a.) (% p.a.) 31 December 2020 11.19 10.14 31 December 2019 4.89 3.85 31 December 2018 (11.25) (13.52) 31 December 2017 11.22 10.72 31 December 2016 (4.98) (6.14) Commencement Date: 4 January 2002 Source: Lipper, Morningstar & RIMES BASES OF CALCULATION 1. Net Asset Value (NAV) Net Asset Value of the Fund is determined by deducting the value of all the Fund’s liabilities from the value of all the Fund’s assets, at the valuation point. 2. Net Asset Value per unit Net Asset Value per unit is the net asset value of the Fund divided by the total number of units in circulation, at the valuation point. 3. Fund’s Return Fund’s return can be calculated based on the computation methods as follows: Daily Total Fund’s = {[End NAV (Ex-distribution) - Beginning NAV + Return Dividend Distribution] / Beginning NAV} X 100% Total Fund’s Return = Total fund's return for the period is derived from geometrically linking together the daily total fund's returns. The linking formula is = [(1+ R 1 ) X (1+ R 2 ) X …(1+ R n )]-1 where: R 1 is the rst daily return for the period, R 2 is the second daily return for the period, and R n is the last daily return for the period. Average Total Return = Annualised Total Return [(1+ Total fund's return for the period (Actual number of days in a period/number of days during the period) -1] X 100% 4 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND The following table shows other nancial and performance data of the Fund for the past three nancial periods: Fund Data 31 December 2020 31 December 2019 31 December 2018 Net Asset Value (RM) 32,805,382 36,683,469 40,621,456 Units in Circulation (’000) 48,506 58,395 67,828 NAV (RM per unit) 0.6763 0.6282 0.5989 Highest / Lowest NAV 0.6986 / 0.6272 0.6445 / 0.6101 0.6660 / 0.5773 (RM per unit) Total Fund Return (%) 9.17 (1.04) (3.88) NAV Return (%) 9.17 (1.04) (3.88) Income Return (%) - - - Management Expenses 0.45 0.45 0.77 Ratio (%) Portfolio Turnover Ratio 0.11 0.07 0.20 (times) NOTES (i) Management Expenses Ratio (MER) MER is computed based on the total fees and expenses excluding transaction costs incurred by the Shariah-compliant unit trust fund divided by the average fund size of the Shariah-compliant unit trust fund calculated on a daily basis. Fees of the unit trust fund + Recovered expenses of the unit trust fund x 100 Average value of the unit trust fund calculated on a daily basis Where: Fees = All ongoing fees deducted / deductible directly from the unit trust fund in respect of the period covered by the management expenses ratio, expressed as a xed amount, calculated on a daily basis. This would include the annual management fee, the annual trustee fee and any other fees deducted / deductible directly from the unit trust fund; Recovered = All expenses recovered from/ charged to the unit trust fund, as a expenses result of the expenses incurred by the operation of the unit trust fund, expressed as a xed amount. This should not include expenses that would otherwise be incurred by an individual investor (e.g. brokerage, taxes and levies); and Average = The NAV of the unit trust fund, including unit trust net income value value of of the fund, less expenses on an accrued basis, in respect of the the unit period covered by the management expenses ratio, calculated on a trust fund daily basis. The MER for the nancial period remaines consistent with previous nancial period. 5 MANULIFE INVESTMENT SYARIAH INDEX FUND (ii) Portfolio Turnover Ratio (PTR) PTR can be calculated based on the ratio of the average sum of acquisitions and disposals of the Shariah-compliant unit trust fund for the nancial period to the average value of the Shariah-compliant unit trust fund for the nancial period calculated on a daily basis.