Established in 1848, Prudential plc is one of the UK’s leading financial groups with £2495 billion
funds under management worldwide.

For over 160 years, Prudential has played an important role in the finance industry and an even
more important role in the lives of millions of consumers. Throughout the region we have
operations offering a mix of life insurance, pension, mutual funds, consumer finance,
investment management and general insurance products and services to meet the specific
needs of our customers. And not so recently, we have also embarked on the mission to be a
key provider of Islamic finance products and services across the globe.

Alongside our successful life operations in UK, US, Asia and Europe, Prudential also owns
M&G, the UK’s and Europe leading mutual fund business and the first company to launch unit
trusts in Great Britain in 1931. At present, M&G is managing over £1416 billion funds under
management.

In Asia, Prudential has a rapidly growing mutual fund business including Prudential ICICI AMC,
the largest private sector fund manager in India and Prudential SIT in Taiwan, one of the top 5
mutual fund businesses. BOCI-Prudential is also one of the leading Mandatory Provident Fund
players in Hong Kong.

Alongside its wholly owned operations in Asia, Prudential has also forged successful joint
ventures and strategic alliances with some of the region’s leading financial institutions including
CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation), Bank of China International,
India’s ICICI and Standard Chartered Bank
Prudential in Malaysia
Prudential Fund Management Berhad (PFMB) is part of Prudential plc and was incorporated in
November 2000. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Malaysian resident holding company,
which is in turn a subsidiary of and controlled by the Prudential group of companies.

PFMB offers a range of investment products and services encompassing Unit trust, Portfolio
Management Services which entails customised structured products for institutional, corporate
and high net worth customers and Shariah Investment.

As the investment arm for Prudential’s group in Malaysia, PFMB is not limited to managing 40
unit trust funds but also responsible for managing the Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad
and Prudential BSN Takaful’s investment-linked funds since January 2008 bringing its total
funds under management to RM13 billion as at 31 December 2008.