FINANCIAL STATEMENT & OTHER INFORMATION 142 Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT | Annual Report 2024 THE FUND AND ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE (CONT’D) The key objective of the Fund is to provide unitholders with stable distributions per unit and the potential for sustainable long-term growth of such distributions and net asset value per unit. The objective is sought to be achieved by optimising the performance and enhancing the overall quality for a large and geographically diversified portfolio of Shariah-compliant real estate assets through various permissible investment and business strategies. THE MANAGER AND ITS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY The Manager is a company incorporated in Malaysia and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Damansara Assets Sdn Bhd, a company incorporated in Malaysia. The Directors of the Manager consider Johor Corporation as the ultimate holding corporation of the Manager, a body corporate established under the Johor Corporation Enactment No 4, 1968 (as amended by the Enactment No. 5, 1995). “The principal activity of the Manager is that of managing real estate investment trusts. There has been no significant change in the nature of the activity during the financial year. MANAGER’S INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND POLICIES To achieve the Fund’s primary objective, the Manager will seek to achieve the following strategies: (i) Portfolio composition The Fund’s investments may be allocated in the following manner, as prescribed by the Guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trust (“Guidelines on REITs”) and the Guidelines for Islamic Real Estate Investment Trust (“Guidelines on Islamic REITs”): (a) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the total assets value must be invested in Real Estate that generates recurrent rental income at all times; (b) the Fund may invest in Real Estate where it does not have a majority ownership and control provided that the total value of these Real Estate does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total assets value at the point of acquisition, as the case may be; and (c) the aggregate investments in Property Development Activities (Property Development Costs) and Real Estate under construction must not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total assets value. For avoidance of doubt, such investments cannot be accounted towards meeting the requirement under Clause 6.3.1(a) of this Deed. (ii) Diversification The Fund will seek to diversify its Shariah-compliant real estate portfolio by property and location type. The Fund will primarily be focused on investing in real estates which are primarily used for healthcare purposes and will continue to look for opportunities that will provide attractive returns. (iii) Leverage The Fund will be able to leverage on its financing to make the permitted investments. Leveraging on its financing will enable the returns to unitholders to increase. MANAGER’S REPORT
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