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Govt to set up RM500mil Ekuinas investment fund

June 30, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: A new investment institution, Ekuiti Nasional Bhd (Ekuinas), will be set up soon with an initial capital of RM500 million.

The fund will focus on investing in high-growth potential sectors and bumiputera companies, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“The government will provide the funds and appoint experts to manage it.

“It will focus on investing in companies with potential. We will focus on bumiputera companies which have the potential to be successful. So, it is more specific,” Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said at Invest Malaysia 2009 here today.

The private equity fund would subsequently be enlarged to become a RM10 billion fund, he said.

At the same time, Najib said, Ekuinas would invest jointly with private-sector funds in order to promote genuine partnership and adopt a fully commercial approach.

Najib said this initiative was part of the overall new economic model that was still being drafted by the government.

Asked if the fund was similar to Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), he said PNB focussed on investment in unit trusts but Ekuinas was a private equity fund. — Bernama

See also:
Foreign ownership of stockbroking firms raised to 70%

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bumiputera, Ekuinas, Finance Minister, fund, high-growth, investment, Najib Razak, new economic model, Permodalan Nasional Bhd, prime minister

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  1. kip says

    June 30, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    “…high-growth potential sectors and bumiputera companies”

    Only bumiputera companies again? When will they ever learn that the economy needs everyone’s involvement? Some high-growth companies belong to non-bumiputeras…then how? Sideline them first? Is that market-friendly or economically smart?

    Wonder how they obtained their economic degrees.

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