About AIMS

In 1982 David Crichton-Watt set up Asian Investment Management Services (AIMS Ltd), a fund management and advisory business, in Hong Kong. Assets under management topped USD 250 million, including a 100m USD portfolio managed for Soros Fund Management.

In 1996, David moved the fund management business to Malaysia. Here he teamed up with Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah to establish AIMS Asset Management Sdn Bhd (AIMS) - one of the first foreign fund management companies to be licensed by the Malaysian Securities Commission. Wan Azmi may be best known for his times as CEO of various listed companies such as Maybank and Amway Malaysia, as well as his chairmanship of the Malaysian Financial Reporting Foundation. Currently, the major shareholders of AIMS are the family trust of David Crichton-Watt, Nik Hanim Nik Mahmood, Andrew Mark Limond (all three held via Seraya Investment Holding (Cayman) Ltd) and Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah.

Malaysia is an efficient and cost-effective base for an Asian fund management company. The rapidly developing financial services industry supported by a robust regulatory structure, making Malaysia a good place to locate our asset management business. Custodial and administrative services for portfolios under AIMS' management are provided by the global market leaders, generally from their offices in Singapore. This allows AIMS to focus on investing, while providing the appropriate security for clients' assets.

We are regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia and a member of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Center.