The Investment Objective of Meezan Dividend Yield Plan (MDYP) is to provide competitive returns through investments in dividend yielding Shariah Complaint equity securities, Shariah Compliant Fixed Income Instruments, Shariah Compliant Money Market Instruments and any other Shariah Compliant instrument as permitted by the SECP and Shariah Advisor.
The Plan will actively allocate its portfolio between the equity asset classes and fixed income/money market asset classes based on the macroeconomic view of the fund manager on such asset classes.
For exposure to equities, this investment plan shall primarily be invested in Islamic Equity instruments. Whereas for taking exposure to Fixed Income/Money Market, the Plan shall invest in Islamic Money Market and Islamic Fixed Income instruments as well as in Cash at Bank Accounts of Islamic Banks and licensed Islamic Banking windows of conventional Banks.
The allocation between the Equity Component and the Debt/ Income Component may vary depending upon changes in the value of the Plan and macroeconomic changes.
Investments shall be made as per the authorized investment limits (as described in the term sheet) and may be made according to the following mode of Shariah Transaction such as; principles of Bai-Mu’ajjal, Bai’-Mussawwama, Bai’-Salam, Istisna’a, Mudaraba, Murabaha and Musharika or any other structure as approved by the Shariah Advisor from time to time.
The Management Company (Wakeel) can from time to time alter the weightings, subject to the specified limits as mentioned in Authorized Investments table below between the various types of investments if it is of the view that market conditions so warrant. The funds not invested in the foregoing avenues may be placed as deposit with scheduled Islamic banks / Islamic Divisions of conventional banks.