Awards & Recognition
Explore our impressive collection of prestigious awards that highlight our commitment to delivering exceptional financial services.
2025
The Edge Best Call Awards 2024
Best calls for:
- Icon Offshore
- Keyfield International
- Hong Leong Industries
2024

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
- Financial Planning Educational Impact and Outreach in Malaysia

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
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)

United Nations Global Compact 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
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)
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