Press Release

JCR-VIS Reaffirms Fund Stability Rating of ABL Cash Fund at ‘AA (f)’

Karachi, January 16, 2018: JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Ltd. (JCR-VIS) has reaffirmed the Fund Stability Rating of ABL Cash Fund (ABL CF) at ‘AA(f)’ (Double A(f)). Previous rating action was announced on 30th December 2016.

Established in July’2010, ABL Cash Fund operates as an open end money market fund. Credit quality of the fund has remained in line with set limits with no allocation of funds to below ‘AA’ rated entities. The fund has also remained compliant with weighted average maturity (WAM) limits. Liquidity profile of the fund is supported by high proprtion of total assets in cash.

Net assets of the fund amounted to Rs. 7.6b at end FY17 (FY16: Rs. 2.6b); while retail portion of the fund has significantly decreased by end-FY17.

For further information on this rating announcement, please contact the undersigned at 021-35311861-70 or Maimoon Rasheed at 042-35723411 or fax to 021-35311872.



Jamal Abbas Zaidi
Advisor

Applicable Rating Criteria: Fund Stability Ratings (December 2017)
http://jcrvis.com.pk/docs/FSRMeth-201712.pdf

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