Cover Story: Filling the Retirement Gap
This issue’s cover story explores how private pensions can complement the existing national pension framework to enable individuals to have enough set aside for retirement.

Global Outlook
Reviews global and local issues and its impact on the local share, fixed income and global equity markets for 2011 by Raymond Tang, Chief Investment Officer, CIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad.

Islamic Corner: Shariah Investing: Resilient Performance Through Black Swan Incidences
Datuk Noripah Kamso, Chief Executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management, examines the resilient performance of Shariah-compliant equity indices versus their conventional index counterparts as a result of unexpected events and their effects on markets.

Fund Performance
Performance of the funds as at 31 July 2011.