US-based B Capital may set up an office locally, enabling it to become a direct investor in companies based in Malaysia, according to its co-founder and co-CEO Raj Ganguly.

B Capital is an investment firm based in Manhattan Beach, California, led by Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of US tec...

Feature: US-based B Capital to set up office in Malaysia

It is April 2024, and we are well into the second quarter of the Year of the Dragon. Let’s take stock of the year so far for Malaysian investors. Asset class returns have been respectable, with volatility of returns being the key observation.

For example, the S&P 500 index is up 9.1...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: So far, so good in 2024?

The Malaysian Association of Asset Managers (MAAM) announced the election of its new committee members and principal officers for the 2024 to 2026 term.

Malaysian Association of Asset Managers announces leadership for 2024-2026 

Moomoo Malaysia, an online trading platform, garnered 100,000 clients within six weeks of its launch, making it one of the most downloaded financial mobile applications in Malaysia.

Moomoo Malaysia surpassed 100,000 clients within six weeks of its debut in Malaysia

RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd (RHBAM) on Monday launched a wholesale fund that puts investors’ money in an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed by JPMorgan Asset Management.

RHB Asset Management launches Global Equity Premium Income Fund

Maybank on Monday unveiled its goal-based investment feature that simplifies digital retail investment for beginners and first-time investors, available on the MAE App and Maybank2U, for its Malaysia and Singapore customers.

Maybank introduces digital goal-based investing 

Grant Bowers, a senior vice-president and portfolio manager at Franklin Equity Group, is excited about the healthcare and industrial sectors.

US healthcare stocks look attractive, says Franklin’s Bowers

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): HSBC has announced a US$1 billion Asean Growth Fund in six of the fastest growing countries in Asean, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

HSBC launches Asean Growth Fund, supporting growth in the region

LAST month, I wrote in this column about the conflict in the Middle East that started in October last year and its impact on shipping through the Suez Canal. The emerging geopolitical risks took markets near to the year’s low in October 2023.

However, since then and in just over fo...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: What is a strawman?

Airo Malaysia, the robo-advisory platform that prides itself as an active investment manager, launched its shariah-compliant portfolio to meet rising demand among investors for investments aligned with Islamic principles.

Robo-advisory firm Airo launches shariah-compliant portfolios

Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) unveils their robo investment adviser (RIA) on March 11 within its myASNB app, aimed at simplifying investment decision making for unitholders.

Unveiling-RIA, a new feature within myASNB app

Financial education and literacy are often seen as catalysts for financial inclusion, but they are quite sorely lacking among children below 18 years old, says Financial Industry Collective Outreach (FINCO) chief executive officer Clare Walker.

Financial literacy programmes needed in schools, says FINCO

Gold, an asset class to hedge against inflation and risk events, is expected to perform well in 2024 on the back of central banks’ purchases and strong demand from the China market.

The asset class has performed well in the past three years, owing to fast-rising inflation and market unc...

Gold continues to glitter

Datuk Ng Yih Pyng, managing director of Tomei Consolidated Bhd, is a big believer in gold, one of the oldest asset classes in the world. This is not unexpected, given the business that Tomei is in.

Yih Pyng has travelled the world to build his network and learnt from the best. Just as g...

Cover Story: Preserving golden values

The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday.

UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Monday (April 29):

QSR Brands and KFC Malaysia confirmed it suspended operations of its outlets to manage costs, amid news that over 100 of its outlets have ceased...

QSR Brands, Nestle, ViTrox, LPI Capital, Ajiya, YTL REIT, Tex Cycle, Gadang, HHRG, Sapura, MSC, Capital A, BSL, Oppstar

YNH Property Bhd on Monday made a belated announcement about transactions involving its 6.49-acre land in Segambut, which it had inked an agreement in September last year to sell for RM59.58 million but revoked last week to have Chin Hin Group Property Bhd develop the plot in return for at least RM52 million.

YNH makes belated announcement about transactions involving its Segambut land

Shares of YTL Power International Bhd and YTL Corp Bhd rose to fresh highs on Monday as investors piled on stocks with exposure in artificial intelligence (AI).

YTL Power, YTL Corp touch new highs

Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has clarified that the fire at a paint factory in Meru Industrial Park, Klang on Monday (April 29) had no impact on operations at its rubber glove factories.

Fire outbreak at paint processing plant 'has nothing to do with Kossan Rubber Industries', says MD

A vessel that reported on Monday an explosion in its proximity, 54 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's Mokha, has sustained damage but the ship and crew are safe and proceeding to next port of call, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said.

Vessel sustains damage near Yemen's Mokha after explosion in its proximity, says UKMTO 

HHRG Bhd was slapped with a RM58.18 million suit by Ooi Chieng Sim, in relation to a loan given out by the former executive chairman to the company.

HHRG faces RM58 mil suit over alleged default of loan by ex-chairman

Integrated circuit (IC) design service provider Oppstar Bhd is collaborating with South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for the production of industrial ICs manufactured using Samsung’s 14 nanometre (nm) FinFET technology foundry process.

Oppstar partners with Samsung to produce industrial integrated circuits

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting here on Monday.

PM meets Pakistani counterpart, Turkiye foreign minister

The ideas and initiatives of the National TVET council and the National Entrepreneur Development Council will be coordinated to ensure the rapid development of the technopreneur section, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahd Hamidi said.

TVET, entrepreneur development councils to be coordinated to ensure rapid development — DPM

Shares of YTL Power International Bhd and YTL Corp Bhd rose to fresh highs on Monday as investors piled on stocks with exposure in artificial intelligence (AI).

SUPERMAX Holdings Sdn Bhd (SHSB), which holds 40.3% in Supermax Corp Bhd, is the subject of a winding-up petition.

SHSB is the private company of Datuk Seri Stanley Thai and his wife, Datuk Wira Cheryl Tan Bee Geok. The couple, who have been and still are having differences in their rel...

Newsbreak: Supermax's Cheryl Tan seeks to wind up holding company

Shares of Capital A Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) climbed further during Monday’s morning trading session, riding on a proposal announced last Thursday to merge the short- and long-haul airline operations of both companies.

AAX, Capital A lift off on merger proposal to extend rally

Saudi Arabia-based renewable energy giant ACWA Power has expressed interest in investing more than&nbsp;US$10 billion (RM47.64&nbsp;billion) in Malaysia over a 10-year period.

Among the proposed projects are those to be undertaken through collaboration with a local company, Cypark Resources Bhd.

Saudi-based ACWA Power keen on investing over US$10b in M'sia, some projects in collaboration with Cypark

Permodalan Kedah Bhd (PKB) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Royal Eco Train Development, Republic of Korea (RETD Korea), for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Langkawi.

Permodalan Kedah inks MOU with Korean firm for LRT in Langkawi

Sime Darby Property Bhd has achieved a 100% take-up rate for The Corak freehold commercial hub at the Serenia City township in Sepang, according to a press statement issued on Monday. The Corak is the township's first commercial hub.

Sime Darby Property achieves 100% take-up for The Corak commercial hub in Serenia City

Following reports that over 100 KFC outlets have been temporarily closed after about half a year of boycott movement, QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFC Malaysia) said they suspended the operations of the outlets to manage increasing business costs amid challenging economic conditions, and to focus on high engagement trade zones.&nbsp;

QSR confirms temporary closure of KFC outlets, says it is to manage rising costs

theedgemalaysia.com&nbsp;highlighted three with positive momentum and two stocks with negative momentum at Bursa Malaysia's afternoon close on Monday.

Supercomnet Technologies, MyEG, BP Plastics, LGMS, Turiya

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Capital A Bhd said on Monday that the number of passengers it carried rose 17% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 15.4 million in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q2024), on the back of strong travel demand during the school holidays and Chinese New Year.

Capital A’s passenger volume rises 17% in 1Q, load factor climbs to 90%

Twenty-eight National Service Training Programme operators nationwide have filed a multimillion-ringgit suit against the government for purported breach of the main contract resulting in losses of rental for 27 months and total losses of RM108.737 million to them.

Twenty-eight National Service Training Programme operators sue govt for RM108.74m in losses

Engineering services firm Kawan Renergy Bhd, en route to list on Bursa Malaysia's ACE Market next month, said on Monday it will pass higher cost from escalating steel prices to its customers.

ACE Market-bound Kawan Renergy to pass higher cost from rising steel prices to customers

Gadang Holdings Bhd has called off its planned acquisition of a 21.08-acre land in Kwasa Damansara — known as R3-1 — for RM114.78 million from Kwasa Development (3) Sdn Bhd (KD3), to be developed into a residential project.

Gadang fails in appeal to EPU for Bumi equity waiver to buy Kwasa Damansara land

Tex Cycle Technology (M) Bhd said on Monday it has partnered with Evolusi Bersatu Sdn Bhd to invest RM100 million in Sabah’s first integrated scheduled waste management facility.

Tex Cycle in JV to invest RM100m to build Sabah waste management facility

Automated test equipment maker ViTrox Corp Bhd, which has just seen its net profit halve in the first quarter of 2024, is expecting a gradual recovery in the semiconductor sector towards the second half of the year (2H2024) and is continuing to ramp up its research and development (R&amp;D) investments in anticipation of that.

ViTrox to continue to ramp up R&D investment on anticipated semiconductor recovery in 2H2024

SEPANG (April 29): The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) is aiming for a full implementation of its quality standard framework for the country’s two main airports by the end of this year.

Mavcom to fully implement Airports Quality of Service Framework at KLIA T1, T2 by year end

Tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) on Monday declared a final dividend of seven sen per share, amounting to RM29.4 million, for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023).

Malaysia Smelting Corp announces final dividend of seven sen per share

Sapura Energy Bhd has landed a five-year contract from PTTEP Sabah Oil Ltd and PTTEP Sarawak Oil Ltd to provide underwater services.

Sapura Energy bags underwater service contract from Thai-owned PTTEP group

HULU SELANGOR (April 29):&nbsp;Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Pang Sock Tao on Monday uploaded her&nbsp;academic results in the&nbsp;Ujian Pencapaian&nbsp;Sekolah Rendah&nbsp;(UPSR) and&nbsp;Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in reply to the challenge raised by PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari recently.

KKB by-election: Pang takes up challenge to reveal academic results

SEPANG (April 29): The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) does not expect any further delays to the implementation of the Airports Quality of Services (QoS) Framework at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) beyond this year. &nbsp;

No more delays for full implementation of Airports QoS Framework at KLIA, says Mavcom

KK Supermart &amp; Superstore Sdn Bhd Group founder and executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Chai Kee Kan&nbsp;and his wife, Datin Seri Loh Siew Mui, who are facing two counts of intentionally wounding the religious feelings of others over&nbsp;the sale of socks bearing the word 'Allah', will submit a representation to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC).

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