Press Release

JCR-VIS Reaffirms Fund Stability Rating of Meezan Cash Fund at AA(f)

Karachi, December 09, 2010: JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited has reaffirmed the Fund Stability Rating (FSR) of Meezan Cash Fund (MCF) at ‘AA(f)’ (Double A (f)).

Net assets of MCF have witnessed significant growth amounting to Rs. 6.65b at end-October 2010. The fund is primarily invested in bank deposits of AA and above rated banks, signifying sound credit profile. Moreover, duration of fund’s assets was low at 25 days at end-Oct’10. By policy also, exposures taken by the fund are subject to minimum credit rating of AA and maximum time to maturity of six months with weighted average time to maturity of the fund not to exceed 90 days.

Return posted by the fund is in line with the risk profile of assets and has remained consistent. Daily product accounts represent a sizeable proportion of the asset mix, which is expected to facilitate timely redemptions, without impacting return.

For further information on this rating announcement, please contact Ms. Sabeen Saleem. CFA (Ext: 510) or Ms. Sobia Maqbool, CFA (Ext: 506) at 35311861-70 or fax to 35311872-3.



Javed Callea
Advisor

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