Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (Axis-REIT) has stayed resilient and showed steady growth momentum, and has rewarded its shareholders favourably as a result. It won The Edge Billion Ringgit Club award for the highest returns to shareholders over three years as well as the highest growth in prof...

Highest returns to shareholders over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: REIT: Axis Real Estate Investment Trust - Largely insulated from short-term volatility

The article has been edited to take into consideration Heineken Malaysia Bhd’s name change.

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way people work, interact and celebrate key events. This year, The Edge Media Group and its partners are celebrating Corporate Malaysia’s best-performing companies at the 11th annual The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) Awards — sans the prestigious gala awards dinner for the first time, owing to the ongoing Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in the Klang Valley.

Recognising corporate excellence for the 11th year

Kuan Kam Hon, founder and executive chairman of Hartalega Holdings Bhd, could still have made it big if he had stayed at his father’s company and continued to build homes around Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia, however, may not have seen the kind of innovation in nitrile gloves had he remained at Kuan Yue...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years, Highest return on equity over three years: SUPER BIG CAP (ABOVE RM40 BILLION MARKET CAPITALISATION) - Healthcare: Hartalega Holdings Bhd -  Making profits responsibly

Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Bhd (STMKB) has scored its second consecutive double win in the financial services category for companies with a market capitalisation of below RM10 billion.

For the second year in a row, STMKB took home The Edge Billion Ringgit Club award for the high...

Highest return on equity over three years, Highest returns to shareholders over three years: Financial Services (below RM10 billion market capitalisation): Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Bhd - Delivering sustainable shareholder value with another doub

On Jan 7, Mega First’s prized project and cash cow, the 260mw Don Sahong hydropower project, commenced operations — 15 years after the group first signed a memorandum of understanding for the project with the Laos government.

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: Utilities: Mega First Corp Bhd - Don Sahong hydropower project scores home run

RHB Bank Bhd seems to be on the right path, judging by the growth of its profits. The group’s earnings were stellar for the three-year period of FY2017 to FY2019 ended Dec 31.

The steady growth of its earnings also whetted investors’ appetite for the counter, lifting its share price dur...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: FINANCIAL SERVICES (RM10 billion and above market capitalisation: RHB Bank Bhd - Star performer in financial services sector

2019 was a year of records for Guan Chong Bhd. The cocoa grinder not only achieved another record financial performance but it also took significant steps to set the group up to achieve significant global growth in the future.

The group achieved a second consecutive year of record grind...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: Consumer Products & Services: Guan Chong Bhd - Poised for next stage of growth

Supermax Corp Bhd has walked away with The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) award for highest returns to shareholders over three years in the healthcare sector.

Looking at its share price performance, it is not hard to fathom how the rubber glove maker, which has also ventured into conta...

Highest returns to shareholders over three years: Big cap (RM10 billion to RM40 billion market cap) - Healthcare: Supermax Corp Bhd - Making super profits

Intense competition among telecommunications operators is showing in their bottom lines globally but early investors of Digi.Com Bhd are still getting decent total returns despite its share price being off its peak in 2015.

Its consistent dividend payments made Digi the winner of The Ed...

Highest return on equity over three years: BIG CAP (RM10 BILLION TO RM40 BILLION MARKET CAPITALISATION) - Telecommunications & Media: Digi.Com Bhd - Still generating decent returns 

Almost all oil and gas equity analysts view Dialog Group Bhd in a positive light. And the optimism is understandable, considering that it has grown from a company with a market capitalisation of RM55 million at the time of its floatation exercise in 1996, to its current level exceeding RM20 billi...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: BIG CAP (RM10 BILLION TO RM40 BILLION MARKET CAPITALISATION) - Energy: Dialog Group Bhd - Tank terminals pay off

Public Bank Bhd has won the award for the highest return on equity (ROE) over three years, for the period between the financial year ended Dec 31, 2017 (FY2017) and FY2019.

This is the third consecutive year that Public Bank has bagged the prestigious The Edge Billion Ringgit Club award...

Highest return on equity over three years: FINANCIAL SERVICES (RM10 billion and above market capitalisation): Public Bank Bhd - Highest ROE three years in a row

It has been a tough few years for banks, so it is to Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB)’s credit that it has managed to register solid earnings growth over the last three years.

It was only a few years ago that MBSB, previously a non-bank lender, became a full-fledged bank. It obtaine...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: Financial Services (below RM10 billion market capitalisation): Malaysia Building Society Bhd - solid earnings growth before Covid-19 impact 

Prai-based electronic control systems maker Uchi Technologies Bhd walked away with the award for highest return on equity (ROE) over three years for the industrial products and services sector at The Edge Billion Ringgit Club Corporate Awards.

Uchi’s return on shareholders’ equity was 2...

Highest return on equity over three years: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Uchi Technologies Bhd - ROE never stops growing

Dufu Technology Corp Bhd is a Taiwanese-run firm that supplies disk spacers and other precision components to the hard disk drive (HDD) industry.

The Penang-based, Main Market-listed company walked away with The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) award for the highest returns to shareholde...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Dufu Technology Corp Bhd - Joining The Big Boys’ Club

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the government had no plans to temporarily suspend the service of Fennec and HOM helicopters.

Govt not suspending service of Fennec and HOM helicopters, says minister

It will be a four-way fight in the upcoming Kuala Kubu Bahru by-election between Pakatan Harapan’s pick Pang Sock Tao, Hulu Selangor Bersatu action division head Khairul Azhari, Parti Rakyat Malaysia’s Hafizah Zainudin and independent Nyau Ke Xin.

NEWS: Four-cornered fight in KKB by-election

Parti Rakyar Malaysia’s Hafizah Zainudin says that if elected, PRM will stand on a platform of increased transparency in government.

NEWS: Parti Rakyat Malaysia will run on more transparency

The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said there is an urgent need to accelerate replanting to address the issue of ageing oil palm trees, and urges the government to provide replanting tax incentives to support such efforts.

Ageing oil palm trees: MPOA calls for govt incentives to speed up replanting

Pakatan Harapan’s Pang Sock Tau, who will be representing her party in the Kuala Kubu Bahru by-elections, says that amid all the noise, her focus will be on the rakyat’s issues, especially those concerning the youth and women.

NEWS: PH campaign to focus on core issues

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was never confronted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on whether Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners — which received millions from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and transferred it to his private banking account — was controlled or owned by fugitive Eric Tan Kim Loong, an alleged associate of Low Taek Jho or Jho Low.

Court told MACC never asked Najib if he knew who owned shell company that transferred US$30 mil to his account

PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident of the coalition’s odds in the Kuala Kubu Bahru by-election, and says the experience of its candidate, Khairul Azhari Saut, gives him an edge over the others.

NEWS: PN confident of wresting KKB seat

BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it is time to repay PH’s favour in the Kuala Kubu Bahru by-election. He is also hopeful that MCA will still join the unity coalition's campaign.

NEWS: Time for BN to repay PH’s favour, says Zahid

Bank of Singapore Ltd, the private-banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), has fired up to 40 employees over the misuse of medical benefits, according to a CNA report.

Singapore bank fires workers over misuse of medical claims — CNA

The Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state by-election is the time for Barisan Nasional (BN) to return Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) favour in assisting Umno candidates in the previous elections, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Time for BN to return PH's favour in Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, says Zahid

The creation of Flexible Account 3 for anytime withdrawals from May 11 means Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members can choose to take out up to a third of the balance in their existing Wellbeing Account 2.

Who pays for anytime EPF withdrawals?

The Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state by-election will see a four-cornered fight between the candidates of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Perikatan Nasional (PN), Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), and an independent.

A four-way bout in Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was never confronted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on whether Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners — which received millions from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and transferred it to his private banking account — was controlled or owned by fugitive Eric Tan Kim Loong, an alleged associate of Low Taek Jho or Jho Low.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) is investigating allegations of unethical recruitment practices made against the sub-agents of SOS Manpower Service, its appointed agent to recruit Nepalese foreign workers for its subsidiary&nbsp;KL-Kepong Rubber Products Sdn Bhd.

The allegations, according to KLK, were made by Sajha Sabal Media, a news portal in Nepal.

KLK investigating allegations of unethical practice linked to its foreign worker recruitment agent

Global&nbsp;stocks were higher on Friday, as Big Tech gains lifted Wall Street shares, while Japan's yen&nbsp;sank to a&nbsp;34-year low after the Bank of Japan (BOJ)&nbsp;kept&nbsp;monetary policy loose.

Global stocks gain on Big Tech lift; yen slides to 34-year low

Alphabet Inc&nbsp;closed decisively above a US$2 trillion (RM9.54 trillion) market capitalisation for the first time on Friday, as a powerhouse earnings report reassured investors that the Google parent would be a major player in artificial intelligence (AI).

Alphabet joins US$2 trillion club as results show AI strength

Bank of Singapore Ltd, the private-banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), has fired up to 40 employees over the misuse of medical benefits, according to a CNA report.

The Perak government is expected to establish cooperation with Star Group Industries (SGI), a leading South Korean company with experience in the production of downstream products of rare earth elements (REE).

Perak to collaborate with rare earth elements company from South Korea, says MB

Richly valued US&nbsp;stocks are leaving investors with little tolerance for disappointment, raising the stakes ahead of a week in which two more technology and growth giants are set to report.

Lofty US stocks leave investors punishing earnings disappointments

The nomination centre&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election closed at 10am on Saturday.

The announcement was made by returning officer Yuhanas Auree Kamaruddin&nbsp;at the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.

Nomination centre for Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election closes at 10am

Candidates contesting the upcoming Kuala Kubu Bharu by-election, a semi-urban seat located in the Hulu Selangor district, have started executing their campaign strategies over the weekend. The by-election is being held following the demise of its incumbent, Lee Kee Hiong from DAP, on March 21 due to cancer.

The Week Ahead: Attention on KKB by-election, FOMC decision, trade data in Asia

Singapore will introduce a new law this year that will help so-called gig-economy workers plan for their retirement needs and get work injury protection, Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng said.

Singapore plans law to support gig workers’ retirement needs

The Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state by-election&nbsp;is the time for Barisan Nasional (BN) to return Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) favour in assisting Umno candidates in the previous elections, said&nbsp;Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said&nbsp;there is an urgent need to accelerate replanting to address the issue of ageing oil palm trees, and urges the government to provide replanting tax incentives to support such efforts.

US&nbsp;regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to Fulton Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing regional banks a year after the collapse of three peers.

US regulators seize troubled lender Republic First, sell it to Fulton Bank

Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.

The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.

Taiwan rattled by quakes again, no immediate reports of damage

China's industrial profits posted smaller gains for the first quarter compared to the first two months, official data showed on Saturday, adding to evidence of an uneven recovery for the world's second-biggest economy.

China's first-quarter industrial profits rise at slower pace

Apple Inc&nbsp;has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the start-up’s technology to power some new features coming to the iPhone later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.&nbsp;

Apple intensifies talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features

Nomination&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election opened at 9am on Saturday at&nbsp;the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.

Nomination opens at 9am for Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened an&nbsp;operations room for&nbsp;the public to channel information and complaints of corrupt acts and power abuse in the Kuala Kubu Baharu&nbsp;state by-election.

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