PACRA Maintains Stability Rating of Faysal Islamic Special Income Fund

Faysal Islamic Special Income Fund ('FISIF' or the 'Fund') is a medium risk profile Fund. The Fund consists of two plans Faysal Islamic Special Income Plan-I and Faysal Islamic Special Income Plan-III. The primary objective of Faysal Islamic Special Income Fund is to provide competitive risk-adjusted returns to its investors by investing in a diversified portfolio of long, medium, and short-term Shariah Compliant instruments while taking into account liquidity considerations. At the end-Dec'24, in terms of asset class, FISIF-I was primarily invested in GOP Ijarah Sukuk ~76.6%, Cash ~15.5%, and Others ~7.9%. The credit quality of the Faysal Islamic Special Income Fund Plan I is, FISIF-I allocated ~76.64% in Govt Securities, ~15.2% in AA rated avenues, ~0.2% in A rated avenues and ~7.9% in other rated avenues. The net asset value of the Plan-I is ~PKR 141mln. The Weighted Average Maturity of the Plan stood at 635 days, exposing the fund to high credit rate risk. In comparison, the Faysal Islamic Special Income Fund Plan III had allocated ~94.31% in the form of cash and placements, and 2.71% in others as end Dec’24, from asset allocation standpoint. The Plan has about 94.31% invested in AA rated avenues, while the remaining portion is in other receivables, in terms of credit quality. The net asset value of fund is 718mln and WAM of the Fund stood at 0, limiting the exposure to credit risk. The average credit quality of the Fund was ~54.75% in AA rated avenues, ~38.32 in Govt. Securities, and remaining was in other receivables. The Fund had allocated ~54.9% in the form of cash and placements, 38.3% in GOP Ijarah Sukuk, and 6.79% in others. The total Net Asset of the fund is 859mln at end of Dec’24.
Going forward, any material changes in the investment policy or the devised rating criteria for the assigned rating would have an impact on the ratings.

About the Entity
Faysal Funds (Faysal Asset Management Limited) is a subsidiary of Faysal Bank Limited (FBL). FBL is holding 99.99% shares of Faysal Funds. Faysal Funds was incorporated in Pakistan under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 on August 6, 2003 as an unlisted public limited company and is licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to carry out asset management, investment advisory services, REIT management services and Private Equity and Venture capital funds. The Board of Directors of the Company comprises seven members, including the Mr. Yousaf Hussain has over 26 years of professional experience, primarily at ABN AMRO Bank where he held multiple senior managerial positions including those within the Corporate / Credit and Transaction Banking functions. He has been with Faysal Bank since August 2008, with a significant contribution to the franchise. Mr. Nadir Rahman is the Director and CEO and he has extensive, hands on experience of capital markets in Pakistan and internationally, stretching over 32 years, of which 16 years have been in C level positions, including board level experience with listed, unlisted, and international companies. His core areas of expertise are business development, operations, investment management, M&A and corporate restructuring. He has advised on numerous capital market transactions, including the largest de-listing in Pakistan's history.