BNIS Proteksi Pundi Rupiah I ready to launch

Irvin Avriano A.

BNIS Proteksi Pundi Rupiah I ready to launch

JAKARTA: PT BNI Asset Management will offer their new protected mutual fund namely BNIS Proteksi Rupiah Pundi I.

The plan indicated from a statement posted in Indonesia Central Securities Depository (PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia/KSEI) website today, related to international securities identification number (ISIN code) given to the new securities.

Hence, every new securities that obtain ISIN should have pocketed effective statement from Capital Market and Financial Institution Supervisory Agency (Badan Pengawas Pasar Modal dan Lembaga Keuangan/Bapepam-LK).

The data also reveals that the indirect subsidiary of the state controlled PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (BNI) use PT Bank Mega Tbk's service as custody to their new investment product.

BNI Asset Management, commandeered by Idhamsyah Runizam, is an investment management company which pocketed lisence from Bapepam-LK as a part of separation of asset management division from its holding company, PT BNI Securities. BNI Securities also act as the BNI subsidiary.

Protected fund is a mutual fund that have fixed income securities as its underlying assets. The fund locked its fair value that makes the investment product's market value is protected and less affected by any market movement.

Such product also have a wide interest from potential investors because its offers alomost-fix return per annum that is caused by fixed income coupon from its bond's interest.

Previously, BNI Asset Management Director Isbono M.I. Putro said the entity intend to launch several protected fund, one of a kind is BNIS Proteksi XXIV. Each investment product seeks asset under management around IDR100 bio--200 bio.

Previously, the company also pocketed effective statement for their new managed protected fund namely BNIS Proteksi XXIV.