First to list a Syariah-compliant healthcare REIT in the world, in Asia and in Malaysia (KPJ Al-`Aqar REIT)

First to issue call warrants on infrastructure and construction stocks (Gamuda Berhad and IJM Corporation Berhad)

First to sponsor the private debt securities issue of a supranational body in Ringgit Malaysia (Asian Development Bank RM3.8 billion Medium-Term Notes programme, with cross-currency swaps)

First retail, office and hospitality REIT in Malaysia, the largest initial public offering by any REIT in Malaysia, and the first Malaysian REIT to be offered on an international level (Starhill REIT)

First cash management trust (AmCash Management), first exchange-traded fund (ABF Malaysia Bond Index Fund), first feeder fund which is also the first global property equity fund (AmGlobal Property Equities Fund), first Islamic equity fund (AmOasis Global Islamic Equity) first European equities fund (AmSchroder European Equity Alpha), and first global agribusiness fund (AmGlobal Agribusiness) in Malaysia

First in the world to lead manage the issuance of Islamic residential mortgage backed securities (Cagamas MBS Berhad, RM2.05 billion)

First to list exchange traded funds (We listed Malaysia’s first exchange traded fund and South East Asia’s first bond exchange traded fund, the ABF Malaysia Bond Index Fund, in 2005. Total funds raised RM558.9 million.)

First floating rate Islamic securities issuance in Malaysia (Jimah Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd, RM3.402 billion BaIDS)

First municipal bonds and parallel Mudharabah bonds in Malaysia (PG Municipal Assets Berhad, RM 80.0 million)

First to sponsor a US Dollar equity-linked issue to be solely listed on the Labuan International Financial Exchange (AmCorpGroup Berhad issued the first benchmark USD exchangeable bonds listed only in Malaysia with the highest conversion premium ever achieved by any Malaysian issuer)

First international equity offering from Malaysia (Joint Bookrunner for Telekom Malaysia Berhad, RM2.91 billion)

First to advise on a detachable warrant with shares for an lPO (Malton Berhad became the first company to offer ordinary shares with free detachable warrant pursuant to its Initial Public Offering on Bursa Malaysia)

First in Malaysia to offer a complete asset classes Islamic facility for unit trusts (Al-Syamil)

First to complete the issuance of an asset-backed security (Collaterised Bond Obligation Programme for Prisma Assets Berhad)

First to advise on a repackaged loan obligation programme in Malaysia (Time Dotcom Berhad, RM1.6 billion)

First to list more than 200 companies on Bursa Malaysia

First to launch a property trust to be listed on Bursa Malaysia (Arab-Malaysian Property Trust, in 1989)

First merchant bank to be listed on Bursa Malaysia (Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad, in 1988)

First to launch a tax-exempt, open-ended unit trust called Arab-Malaysian Gilts with funds invested primarily in Malaysian Government Securities

First venture capital company in Malaysia to be launched (Malaysian Ventures Berhad, to undertake private investments, in 1984)