Awards & Recognition
Explore our impressive collection of prestigious awards that highlight our commitment to delivering exceptional financial services.
*All awards showcased are granted by independent industry bodies unless otherwise stated.
2025
FinanceAsia Awards 2025
- Most Innovative Use of Technology – Banks
ESGBusiness Awards 2025
- Carbon Disclosure Award – Malaysia
- Digital Inclusion Award – Malaysia
The Edge Malaysia ESG Awards 2025
- Gold – Financial Services
Global Islamic LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2025
- Mixed Asset MYR Balanced – Malaysia Islamic Funds Awards Over 10 Years
Kenanga SyariahEXTRA Fund
FSMOne Recommended Unit Trust Awards 2024/2025
- Sector Equity – Malaysia Focused
Kenanga Growth Fund Series 2
Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025
- Malaysia’s Best Bank for ESG
- Malaysia’s Best Bank for Diversity & Inclusion
The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards 2024
- Governance, Reporting & Transparency Award (Silver) in the Large Companies category
Bursa Excellence Awards 2024
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation (Investment Bank) (Champion)
- Best Structured Warrants Issuer (Equity Warrants) (Champion)
- Best Structured Warrants Issuer (Index Warrants) (Champion)
- Best Remisier (Champion) – Chu Yee Seng
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Trading Participant Commodity Derivatives (Champion)
- Best Trading Participant Equity & Financial Derivatives (Champion)
- Special Award – Thought Leadership – Eq8 Capital Sdn Bhd
Morningstar Awards 2025
- Best Malaysia Large-Cap Equity Fund – Kenanga Blue Chip Fund
Global Banking and Finance Awards 2025
- Best Equity Broker – Malaysia 2025
- Best Market Maker – Malaysia 2025
- Best Investment Bank – Malaysia 2025
- Best Institutional Broker – Malaysia 2025
- Best Warrants Issuer – Malaysia 2025
- Best Research House – Malaysia 2025
AAM BotB Awards 2025
- Malaysia – Best Alternatives Manager
- Malaysia – Best Equity Manager
- Malaysia – Best ESG Engagement Initiative
- Malaysia- Fund Launch of the Year
- Malaysia – Best Impact Investing Manager
- Malaysia – Best Retail Asset Management Company
- Malaysia – CEO of the Year (Co-Winner), Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis
- Malaysia – CIO of the Year, Lee Sook Yee
- Best Impact Investing Manager in ASEAN
LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2025
- Best Equity Malaysia Diversified
Malaysia Funds Over 3 Years
Kenanga DividendEXTRA Fund (“KDEF”) - Best Equity Malaysia Diversified
Malaysia Provident Funds Over 10 Years
Kenanga Malaysian Inc Fund (“KMIF”) - Best Mixed Asset MYR Balanced
Malaysia Provident Funds Over 10 Years
Kenanga Balanced Fund (“KBF”) - Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible
Malaysia Provident Funds Over 10 Years
Kenanga Managed Growth Fund (“KMGF”)
The Edge Best Call Awards 2024
Best calls for:
- Icon Offshore
- Keyfield International
- Hong Leong Industries
2024
The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards 2024
- Brand of the Year – Wealth Management & Investment Solutions
Kenanga Investors Berhad
Future & Options World Asia Pacific Awards 2024
- Azila Abdul Aziz, Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director & Head of Listed Derivatives for Chief Executive of the Year
UN Women’s 2024 Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principle Awards
- Chuah Sze Phing, Group Chief Sustainablity Officer and Head of Group Marketing & Communications for Leadership Commitment
Alpha Southeast Asia 18th Annual Best Deal & Solution Awards
- Best Islamic Finance Deal in Southeast Asia & Best Green Sukuk 2024
- Best Small-Cap Equity Deal of the Year in Malaysia
The Digital Banker Awards 2024
- Outstanding Retail Sales Across Digital Channels (Highly Acclaimed)
- Loan Offering of the Year (Highly Acclaimed)
The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Awards 2024
- YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah Tengku Ismail, Founder Emeritus & Adviser for Legendary ICON
– Pride of the Nation Brand Icon Leadership Award
Malaysian Investment Banking Association Annual Games 2024
- Overall Champion
Malaysia Management Excellence Awards 2024
- Executive of the Year – Financial Services: Datuk Chay Wai Leong (Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad)
MFPC Excellence in Financial Planning Advancement Award 2024
- Financial Planning Educational Impact and Outreach in Malaysia
Kenanga Investors Berhad
FinanceAsia Awards 2024
- Winner – Most Innovative Use of Technology Banks – (Malaysia Domestic)
MARC’s Lead Managers’ League Tables Awards 2023
- 2nd Runner Up – Issue Count (Conventional & Islamic)
Bursa Excellence Awards 2023
- Best Overall Equities Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Online Retail Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Trading Participant Commodity Derivatives (Champion)
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Highest Number of New Accounts Opened – Shariah, Ahmad Faizal bin Mohamed Yusop (Top Remisier Category)
- Highest Traded Value – New Accounts, Ooi Yim Ee (Top Remisier Category)
- Highest Reactivation – Untraded Accounts, Yasmin Mae Abdul Karim (Top Remisier Category)
LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2024
- Equity Malaysia Diversified
Malaysia Provident Funds Over 10 Years
Kenanga Malaysia Inc Fund - Mixed Asset MYR Flexible
Malaysia Provident Funds Over 10 Years
Kenanga Diversified Fund
Asia Asset Management 2024 Best of the Best Awards
- Malaysia Best Equity Manager
- Malaysia Best Impact Investing Manager
- Best Impact Investing Manager in ASEAN
- Malaysia Best House for Alternatives
- Malaysia Most Improved Fund House
- Malaysia Best Investor Education
- Malaysia CEO of the Year – Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis
- Malaysia CIO of the Year – Lee Sook Yee
Loyalty & Engagement Awards 2024
- Best Use of Social Media (Bronze)
Campaign: 1-Minute Warrants
FTSE4Good
- 92nd Percentile with overall Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) score of 4.2
The Minority Shareholders Watch Group’s National Corporate Governance and Sustainability Awards 2024
- Overall Excellence Award – 13th
- Niche Cap Excellence Award
Euromoney Securities Houses Award 2024
- Best Securities House for ESG in Malaysia 2024
UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei Forward Faster Sustainability Awards 2024
- Sustainability Awareness and Employee Engagement Recognition
- Forward Faster Chief Sustainability Officer Award – Chuah Sze Phing
CDP Discloser 2024
2023
The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club 2023
- Winner – Highest Growth in Profit After Tax Over Three Years
- Winner – Highest Returns to Shareholders Over Three Years
Focus Economics Analyst Forecast Awards 2023
- 3rd Place: Malaysia – Interest Rate Category (Kenanga Research)
UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei Forward Faster Sustainability Awards 2023
- Partnership for the Goals
- Sustainability Awareness and Employee Engagement
National Energy Awards 2023
- Winner – Energy-Efficient Building in Retrofitted Building
Malaysia Technology Excellence Awards 2023
- Fintech – Investment Banking
FSMOne Recommended Unit Trusts Awards 2023/2024
- Sector Equity – Malaysia Focused Kenanga Growth Fund Series 2
- Sector Equity – Malaysia Small to Medium Companies (Islamic) Kenanga Shariah Growth Opportunities Fund
- Private Retirement Scheme – Growth (Islamic) Kenanga Shariah OnePRS Growth Fund
Sustainability & CSR Malaysia Awards
- Bank of The Year – Outstanding Sustainability Champion
Asian Business Review – Malaysia National Business Awards 2023 and Malaysia Technology Excellence Awards 2023.
- Best ESG Investment Bank
- Investment Banking award for the entry of Malaysia’s First Wealth Tech
SRP Asia Pacific Awards 2023
- Best Educational Initiative
Asia Asset Management’s 2023 Best of the Best Awards
- 2023 Malaysia Best Impact Investing Manager – Kenanga Investors Group
- 2023 Malaysia Best Equity Manager – Kenanga Investors Group
- 2023 Malaysia CEO of the Year – Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis
- 2023 Malaysia Best House for Alternatives – Kenanga Investors Group
- 2023 Malaysia Most Improved Fund House – Kenanga Investors Group
Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Malaysia 2023
- Best Equity Malaysia Diversified – Malaysia Provident Funds over 10 Years Kenanga Malaysian Inc Fund
- Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible – Malaysia Provident Funds over 3 Years Kenanga Managed Growth Fund
- Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible – Malaysia Provident Funds over 5 Years Kenanga Managed Growth Fund
- Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible – Malaysia Provident Funds over 10 Years Kenanga Managed Growth Fund
FTSE4Good
- 89th Percentile with overall Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) score of 4.0
The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards 2023
- Silver Award (Large Companies Tier) for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
2022
The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards 2022
- Innovative Partnership (Silver)
Bursa Excellence Awards 2022
- Best Overall Equities Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Online Retail Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Remisier, Margaret Heng (Champion)
- Best Remisier, Chew Yee Seng (2nd Runner Up)
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant (1st Runner Up)
Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2022
- Asia’s Best Sustainability Report (First Time) – Silver
Asiamoney Best Securities Houses Awards 2022
- Malaysia’s Best Securities House 2022
2022 Morningstar Fund Awards Malaysia
- Best Malaysia Large-Cap Equity Fund Kenanga Growth Fund – Series 2 (USD)
UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei Sustainability Performance Awards 2022
- Partnership for the Goals Recognition
- Sustainable Product Recognition
- Sustainability Awareness and Employee Engagement Recognition
2021
Bursa Excellence Awards 2021
- Best Overall Equities Participating Organisation (Champion)
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation – Investment Bank (Champion)
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant (2nd Runner Up)
2020
Bursa Excellence Awards 2020
- Best Overall Equities Participating Organisation – Champion
- Best Structured Warrant Issuer – Champion
- Best Trading Participant Equity & Financial Derivatives – Champion
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant – Champion
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation – 1st Runner Up
- Best Institutional Equities Participating Organisation Investment Bank – 2nd Runner Up
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant – 2nd Runner Up
Bursa Malaysia Salesforce Retail Investor Campaign 2020
- Top Dealer Category –
- Highest Traded Value for ETFs and
- Highest Traded Value for L&I ETFs
- Top Remisier Category –
- Highest Traded Value – New Accounts (Conventional)
- Highest Traded Value for ETFs
- Highest Reactivation of – Inactive & Dormant Accounts
Sustainability & CSR Malaysia Award 2020
- Company of the year award for environmental awareness and sustainability
ACES Awards 2020
- Industry Champions of the Year 2020
Marketing Events Awards 2020
- Best Use of Games/Contest – Silver Campaign: Rescue Raya by Kenanga
The Loyalty & Engagement Awards 2020
- Best Use of Gamification – Silver Campaign: Rescue Raya by Kenanga
- Best Employee Engagement Strategy – Silver Campaign: #GayaRayaKenanga
2019
MARC Lead Managers League Table Awards 2019
- Issued Value Category – Conventional & Islamic (Winner)
Bursa Excellence Awards 2019
- Best Trading Participant Equity & Financial Derivatives (Champion)
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant – Investment Bank (2nd Runner Up)
- Best Overall Equities Participating Organisation (2nd Runner Up)
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation – Investment Bank (1st Runner Up)
- Best Institutional Equities Participating Organisation – Investment Bank (2nd Runner Up)
- Best Remisier (Champion) and (2nd Runner Up)
CSR Malaysia Awards 2019
- CSR Award in the Investment Bank category
Marketing Events Awards 2019
- Best Business Event – Internal (Gold) Campaign: Kenanga Founder’s Day
- Best Business Event – Internal (Bronze) Campaign: Zero-Waste Your Lifestyle with #GreenAtWork
2018
Bursa Excellence Awards 2018
- Best Trading Participant Equity & Financial Derivatives
- Best Institutional Derivatives Trading Participant (Champion)
- Best Remisier (Champion)
- Best Overall Derivatives Trading Participant (1st Runner Up)
- Best Institutional Equities Participating Organisation – Investment Bank (2nd Runner Up)
- Best Retail Equities Participating Organisation – Investment Bank (2nd Runner Up)
Islamic Finance News Awards 2018
- Deal of the Year 2018 (Perpetual Sukuk category)
Best Under Billion Awards 2018
- Best Dividend Yield
Shariah Investing Fair 2018 by Bursa Malaysia
- Best Islamic Participating Organisation (Second (2nd) Runner-Up)
InvestSmart Fest 2017
- Creativity Award in Digitalising Its Investor Outreach Initiative
CSR Malaysia Awards 2018
- Investment Banking – #GreenAtWork campaign
- Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“Kenanga Investment Bank”) was awarded the coveted CSR Award for the Investment Bank category.
The Marketing Events Awards 2018
- Best Event, Games/Contests (Gold) – KenTrade Trading Challenge III campaign
- Best Event, Internal (Gold) – #GreenAtWork campaign