The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in more frequent cybersecurity attacks, forcing cybersec...

Offence And Defence: The new arms race in cybersecurity

A few weeks back, an old friend asked me this over some pints. “Do you think ChatGPT will replace us one day?” Both of us are in the creative industry, an area initially assumed to be technologically resilient. But like truck drivers and self-driving vehicles, it is now our heads that may be on the chopping block.

Disruption: Adapting to new age of AI tools

Social media giants such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube have long occupied the livestreaming space, catering to the general public with content ranging from mukbang (where the host broadcasts his or her binge eating) to business webinars. A large segment of internet dwellers may, however, fin...

Local Twitch streamers carve out personal space on internet

Some companies are choosing to cut the cost of digitalising by purchasing pirated software. However, this opens them to greater cybersecurity threats, not to mention reputational damage.

For instance, in early 2020, hackers broke into Texas-based SolarWind’s systems and added malicious ...

Cybersecurity: No savings from pirated software

Shaking off a dismal 2020, most fund managers are looking towards the new year with optimism, expecting 2021 to be a year of recovery for both the global economy and financial markets.

Aggressive fiscal and monetary policies are expected to continue next year, especially in Europe and t...

Wealth: Key investment themes in a recovery year

Match-fixers have been having a field day since the pandemic broke out, posing a threat to sporting organisations around the world. However, the good guys are fighting back with technology. They are employing a combination of advanced algorithms and data gathering tools to help identify suspiciou...

Integrity Tech: Tackling match-fixing with tech

The local housing rental market in urban areas is in an unusual state. On the one hand, the lack of affordability is driving the younger generation to rent at steadily increasing rates. On the other, many properties remain vacant, with the property overhang gnawing at owners for many years.
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Proptech: Using data to optimise the rental market

Over the past year, fintech firms that are involved in person-to-person (P2P) and business-to-customer (B2C) payments saw a boom in business — as evidenced in the rapid adoption of e-wallets, online payment gateways and QR code payments. When it comes to the business-to-business (B2B) sector, how...

Digital Payments: B2B segment slow to adopt cashless methods

Since Uber’s exit from Malaysia in 2018, there has been no mistaking Grab’s dominance of the local e-hailing landscape. The company commanded 72% of the local e-hailing market in 2020, as stated in its latest initial public offering (IPO) documents. Still, new market entrants like AirAsia Ride (l...

E-hailing: Is AirAsia Ride coming in at the right time?

Just last month, a Samsung Galaxy A21 phone caught fire on a plane in New Orleans. Shortly after the plane landed, the passenger’s cellphone began overheating and generating sparks, prompting the use of fire extinguishers and the immediate evacuation of everyone on board. Thankfully, no one was s...

Tech Myths: Do Samsung phones still explode?

The government is studying a proposal to introduce a phased implementation of the automatic fuel adjustment (AFA) mechanism beginning in 2027 to ensure that electricity bill protection is fairer and better targeted according to consumer categories.

Govt studying phased implementation of automatic fuel adjustment for electricity bills from 2027, says Fadillah

AME Elite Consortium Bhd (KL:AME) has secured a RM120 million contract to build a manufacturing and testing facility in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, for sustainable cooling solutions provider Baltimore Aircoil Co (BAC).

AME Elite bags RM120 mil contract to build BAC’s Nilai manufacturing facility

Dufu Technology Corp Bhd (KL:DUFU) reported its highest quarterly net profit in four years driven by stronger hard disk drive (HDD) component sales and a fair value gain of  RM2.8 million from investments in listed shares.

Dufu posts highest quarterly profit in four years on stronger sales, fair value gain

The initiative to expand electricity bill protection threshold for domestic customers until December 2026 will not affect Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (KL:TENAGA) ability to fulfil its dividend payment commitment to shareholders.

Electricity bill protection expansion will not affect Tenaga dividend payout, says Fadillah

Malaysia’s swelling palm oil inventories are straining storage capacity in the country’s top-producing state, as a bumper harvest piles pressure on the government to clear excess supplies.

Malaysian palm oil glut swamps storage in top producer Sarawak

The government has approved a requirement for data centres to use at least 30% renewable energy, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said on Tuesday.

Data centres to be required to source at least 30% renewable energy — Fadillah

Malaysia may experience hotter and drier weather towards the end of the 2026/2027 Northeast Monsoon (MTL), especially from late January to March next year, following expectations of a Super El Niño phenomenon that could lead to reduced rainfall across the country.

Super El Niño: Malaysia at risk of hotter, drier weather from late January to March 2027

Precision-machined parts maker CPE Technology Bhd (KL:CPETECH) is acquiring a factory property in Ulu Tiram, Johor, for RM14.5 million to expand its manufacturing capacity, marking its second property acquisition in the area in less than three months.

CPE Technology to acquire Johor factory for RM14.5 mil to expand production capacity

Kylian Mbappe was dropped on Tuesday by major Chinese brands after a video circulated of the Real Madrid and France superstar apparently joking about Mao Zedong.

China brands drop Mbappe for 'offending national sentiments'

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) has issued RM4.8 billion in Islamic medium-term notes under its RM10 billion sustainability sukuk wakalah programme to finance or refinance eligible transition projects as part of its sustainability goals.

Tenaga Nasional issues another RM4.8 bil sukuk to fund transition projects

The government is pursuing legal action, including a civil suit, against Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) over its failure to remit RM314 million in revenue collected on behalf of the Road Transport Department (JPJ).

Govt to sue Zetrix AI over RM314m JPJ arrears

While global tech stocks teeter, in China they have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about AI demand and curbs on Chinese exports.

In China, the AI bubble has already burst

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy by adapting to changing employment patterns while continuing to deliver sustainable returns, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

EPF must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy, says Amir Hamzah

(Oct 27):&nbsp;Malaysia is expected to attract more interest as a data centre hub following the outbreak of the US-Iran war, according to SD Guthrie Bhd (KL:SDG), giving the palm oil giant and the country’s biggest landowner an opportunity to capitalise on the boom.

Iran war boosts Malaysian data centre appeal, SD Guthrie says

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd’s (KL:CIMB) planned sale of its business in the Philippines has drawn interest from local rivals including Bank of the Philippine Islands and Metropolitan Bank &amp; Trust Co, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

CIMB attracts BPI, Metrobank for Philippine unit sale — Bloomberg

Kylian Mbappe was dropped on Tuesday by major Chinese brands after a video circulated of the Real Madrid and France superstar apparently joking about Mao Zedong.

Malaysia's technology stocks outperformed on Tuesday, catching the buzz over artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic, which has officially filed for its listing.

Malaysia's tech stocks rally amid Anthropic listing buzz, ViTrox extends gain 

<h2>Notable filings</h2>

From Oct 5 to 9, notable filings at Bursa Malaysia-listed companies included those at Salutica Bhd (KL:SALUTE), in which Singapore-based Fortune Innovative VCC Sub-Fund GEMS High Yield Investment Fund ceased to be a substantial shareholder after dispos...

Insider Moves: Salutica Bhd, Tambun Indah Land Bhd, Lee Swee Kiat Group Bhd, Solarvest Holdings Bhd, Excel Force MSC Bhd, Zetrix AI Bhd

Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:NESTLE) reported a 73% jump in net profit for the third quarter, thanks mainly to stronger sales and lower input costs.

Nestlé Malaysia reports 73% jump in 3Q earnings, raises dividend to 80 sen per share

The prosecution on Tuesday concluded its case against Bagan Member of Parliament and DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng in the Penang undersea tunnel graft trial at the Sessions Court here.

Prosecution concludes Guan Eng’s Penang undersea tunnel case

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): The government is considering a proposed Government-Owned Entities Bill to tighten governance of government-linked companies (GLCs) and related agencies, while preventing misappropriation such as that which occurred in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Felda and Tabung Haji.

PM: Proposed Government-Owned Entities Bill to tighten governance, prevent misappropriation

Public Bank Bhd's (KL:PBBANK) investment holding unit LPI Capital Bhd (KL:LPI) saw its net profit drop 15.7% in the third quarter, weighed down by lower investment returns and net fair value losses.

LPI Capital 3Q net profit down almost 16% on lower investment returns

The nexus between business and politics in Corporate Malaysia has always produced a number of casualties. Whenever there was a change in the alignment of power in the government, businessmen who were seen to have been close to the ousted politicians were often punished.

On that score, P...

Alternative Views: What happens after the corporate mafia probe is crucial

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Datuk Seri Stanley Thai to intervene in the winding-up proceedings against property unit Sunimax Development Sdn Bhd (SDSB).&nbsp;

Appellate court dismisses Stanley Thai’s bid to intervene in RM37m Sunimax Development winding-up

Nearly two months after Yinson Holdings Bhd’s (KL:YINSON) largest shareholder, the Lim family (27.7%), and MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) confirmed preliminary talks with another shareholder Employees Provident Fund (17.09%) to take the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) company private, a firm intention has yet to be announced.

Frankly Speaking: Yinson privatisation sees longer runway

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Impact Capital Holdings Bhd, a Sarawakian technology firm, has launched its ACE Market listing that will raise RM27.6 million for the company and its shareholders.

Sarawak tech firm Impact Capital launches ACE Market IPO at 22 sen per share

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): Singaporean state gas buyer GasCo has launched its first procurement exercise to secure term supplies of liquefied natural gas, said Gan Siow Huang, the country's minister of state for energy, trade and industry.

Singapore launches first LNG term supply tender, weighs third import terminal

<h3>Banks</h3>

NOMURA RESEARCH (OCT 13): We are turning increasingly bullish on Malaysian banks as the recent bond yield spike-driven derating appears overdone, in our view. Our positive stance is based on three key reasons: 1) we think conc...

Brokers Digest: Local Equities - Banks, MN Holdings Bhd, IJM Corp Bhd, Deleum Bhd

GDB Holdings Bhd (KL:GDB) rose on Tuesday to the highest in over four months after the builder bagged its biggest housing contract to date while Apex Securities raised its outlook.

GDB shares rise to four-month high after record contract win, Apex raises target price

Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman&nbsp;Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said MCA will contest the Melaka state election, polling for which is on Nov 14.

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