Azzad Portfolios Again Achieve ‘Top Guns’ Status from Informa Investment Solutions

Falls Church, Virginia, Nov. 20, 2018 — Azzad Asset Management announced today that three of its investment portfolios have been recognized as PSN Top Guns for time periods ending September 30, 2018. The firm’s small cap growth, small cap value, and REIT (real estate investment trust) strategies received the distinction from Informa Investment Solutions’ PSN manager ranking database. This highly anticipated quarterly ranking is widely used by asset managers and investors. “PSN Top Guns, which ranks products in six categories in over 50 universes, is a go-to resource for institutional asset managers and investors in their decision-making process,” said Ryan Nauman, vice president at Informa Financial Intelligence. “Congratulations to Azzad on being named a PSN Top Gun. This highly respected ranking spotlights the performance of leading investment managers each quarter.” Achieving the Top Guns distinction means that the Azzad strategies are among the top 10 performers within one or more peer groups reporting to Informa, the longest-running investment manager database in North America. About the small cap growth portfolio Azzad’s small cap growth portfolio has been managed by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management since its inception in August 2013. The investment philosophy focuses on the “high-quality” subset of the small

November 20, 2018 No Comments

How halal investing can impact your bottom line

Did you know that Azzad’s portfolio managers start with a smaller investable universe than most conventional money managers? That’s because we apply halal investing or Islamic investment screens to the investable universe before each manager even begins his or her investment process. This screening eliminates nearly all financial and utilities stocks. It also eliminates companies with greater than 30% debt compared to market capitalization, as well as other financial ratios. Halal portfolios are generally more weighted in the information technology and healthcare sectors with little to no exposure to financials. As a result, the performance of a halal portfolio may be different than that of a conventional portfolio. Below is the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index, which is a total portfolio index with exposure to major market sectors. Besides it is an Islamic version of the same index. Although this is not an Azzad portfolio (and it’s not possible for anyone to invest in an index), it can give you an idea of how our products might look in comparison to their conventional counterparts. The most glaring difference between these pie charts is the relatively small exposure to financial services in the Islamic index compared to the traditional

February 28, 2017 No Comments

Azzad recognized again as ‘Top Guns Manager’ by Informa Investment Solutions

Falls Church, Va., 8/18/16 – Azzad Asset Management today announced that it has been recognized with Top Guns status by Informa Investment Solutions’ PSN manager database. Four of the firm’s strategies were among the top 10 performers within one or more peer groups reporting to PSN, the longest-running investment manager database in North America. “We congratulate Azzad Asset Management on their distinction as a PSN Top Gun. This highly anticipated quarterly ranking recognizes elite performers on the leading investment manager database in North America and is widely used by institutional asset managers and investors across our platform,” said Leno Toich, Managing Director of Informa Investment Solutions. Azzad’s PSN Top Guns products for the second quarter 2016 include: Large cap growth strategy, 5 stars (top 10 in the large cap growth universe for past 5 years out of 309 products) Small cap growth strategy, 2 stars (top 10 in the small cap growth universe for past year out of 197 products) Small cap value strategy, 2 stars (top 10 in the small cap value universe for past year out of 266 products) REIT strategy, 2 stars (top 10 in the REIT universe for past year out of 53 products) REIT strategy,

August 18, 2016 No Comments