Principal Asset Management Bhd outperformed its previous record at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2025, winning nine awards including one for Best Islamic Mixed Assets Group. This is the highest number of awards that the asset management firm has clinched in the last five years, since its ownership was realigned and the firm was renamed in 2019.

Principal’s biggest win in recent years

Manulife Investment Management (M) Bhd won one group and six fund awards at the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards 2025, thanks to its ability to respond to market cycles and economic conditions, says Manulife CEO Jason Chong.

Manulife adopts well-diversified strategy

After more than two decades of working in the industry, Emily Farnworth has witnessed how businesses began to regard climate action as part of their responsibilities and how the practice became mainstream in recent years. 

She started her career at environmental consultancy firms i...

Trends: More serious work in sustainability to be done

Nine years ago, Nor Arlina Amirah Ahmad Ghani (Arlina) was working with Rimba, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Terengganu, monitoring patrolling data for a tiger conservation project.

Her team, which planned the forest patrols and logged data from camera traps, were soon confro...

Profile: Fighting for wildlife justice

Financial institutions, especially fund managers and banks, were one of the first movers of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement in the private sector. As the purveyor of funds, these institutions began imposing ESG requirements on businesses that wanted financing or investment...

Cover Story: Is ESG investing over? 

An effective forest restoration project requires a good supply of high-quality seeds, which is a challenge in many countries currently, including Malaysia, said speakers at the launch of the Seed to Tree project at the Elmina Rainforest Knowledge Centre on Tuesday.

Seed supply and quality a challenge for restoration efforts

Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad’s new book, Saving the Planet: Climate and Environmental Lessons from Malaysia and Beyond, is an easy read about the young minister’s experience in handling the portfolio the first time and his thoughts on w...

Book Review: A layman’s textbook on the climate crisis

In the 1990s, Sabina Alkire faced an uphill battle trying to convince economists that traditional poverty measurements were not comprehensive enough.

She had conducted her doctoral field work in Pakistan, spending time with women who were part of an income generation project run by non-...

Social: Important to measure multidimensional poverty

One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions when he took office last month was to cut the US resettlement programme for refugees and freeze funding for foreign aid.

These actions have had ripple effects throughout the world and in Malaysia, where many refugees are awaiting resettle...

Politics: Trump’s new policies will impact refugees and sustainability initiatives in Malaysia

Despite the withdrawal of the US — the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases — from the Paris Agreement, Malaysia and the rest of the world must continue the battle against climate change, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad at the Post-COP29 Forum 2025 held on Saturday at Sunway University.

Natural resources minister: The battle against climate change must continue

A rocky US stock market will be tested in the coming week by a pivotal deadline for US President Donald Trump's tariff plans and an employment report that could reveal a slowing economy.

Wobbly Wall Street faces test with tariffs, jobs data

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is looking for ways to help restore pig farming that has been impacted by the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, particularly in Selangor.

Govt striving to restore pig farming after African Swine Fever outbreak, says Mat Sabu

Malaysia’s approach to retirement system reform by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has been cited by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a model for building long-term retirement systems in an emerging economy.

World Economic Forum highlights EPF as model for sustainable retirement reform

US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that the two would meet after Canada’s election, amid an intensifying tariff war between the neighbouring allies and major trading partners.

Trump, Carney talk about new deal, plan meeting after Canada’s election

US President Donald Trump said he is open to negotiations that would reduce the tariffs he’s planning to implement on countries next week, but that he does not expect deals ahead of his April 2 announcement.

Trump open to tariff negotiations, will hit drug imports ‘soon’

UEM Edgenta Bhd’s (KL:EDGENTA) wholly owned subsidiary Edgenta Mediserve Sdn Bhd (EMSB) has entered into an interim agreement with the government of Malaysia to provide hospital support services.

UEM Edgenta unit secures interim agreement to provide hospital support services

Malaysia will deploy two teams from the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) to Myanmar to support ongoing humanitarian and disaster relief efforts, following the deadly earthquake that struck central Myanmar, northern Thailand, and parts of southern China.

Malaysia to deploy Nadma teams to aid Myanmar's earthquake relief operations

Safe-haven gold hit a fresh record high on Friday, as an index of global shares fell, weighed down by worries over a looming trade war sparked by tariff decisions from US President Donald Trump.

Stocks lose ground amid inflation, trade war worries; gold at record high

OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full US$40 billion (RM177.41 billion) funding led by SoftBank it is in the final stages of raising, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year end to raise full US$40b — Reuters

In 2024, the local stock market posted its first annual return since 2020, outperforming the MSCI Asia Pacific and MSCI Asean indices, and raised hopes that the trend would continue into 2025. It has not — at least not in the first three months of the year.

Seeking opportunities in a risk-off market

Elon Musk said his xAI artificial intelligence start-up has acquired the X platform, which he also controls, at a valuation of US$33 billion (RM146.36 billion), marking a surprise twist for the social network formerly known as Twitter.&nbsp;

Musk’s xAI start-up swallows up X social network in surprise deal

President Volodymyr&nbsp;Zelenskiy&nbsp;said Ukraine would not accept any mineral rights deal that threatens its integration with the European Union, but said it is too early to pass judgement on a dramatically expanded minerals deal proposed by Washington.

Zelenskiy cautious about new minerals deal but says past US aid not a loan

In 2024, the local stock market posted its first annual return since 2020, outperforming the MSCI Asia Pacific and MSCI Asean indices, and raised hopes that the trend would continue into 2025. It has not — at least not in the first three months of the year.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, a 33-year-old former minister of industry and minerals, was sworn in as the youngest prime minister of Greenland on Friday to face the challenges posed by US President Donald Trump's ambitions to control the Arctic island.

Greenland's new prime minister takes office facing challenge from Trump

A&nbsp;powerful earthquake&nbsp;killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand.

Powerful earthquake kills more than 140 in Myanmar, death toll likely to rise

US President Donald Trump said he is open to negotiations that would reduce the tariffs he’s planning to implement on countries next week, but that he does not expect deals ahead of his April 2 announcement.

Safe-haven gold hit a fresh record high on Friday, as an index of&nbsp;global&nbsp;shares fell, weighed down by worries over a looming trade war sparked by&nbsp;tariff&nbsp;decisions from US&nbsp;President&nbsp;Donald Trump.

Malaysia’s approach to retirement system reform by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has been cited by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a model for building long-term retirement systems in an emerging economy. &nbsp;

This year’s Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive season has seen smoother air travel, particularly for those returning to Sabah and Sarawak.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this was due to the absence of complaints from the public about difficulties in securing flight tickets to their hometowns.

Smoother air travel this Aidilfitri, no complaints over flight tickets — Loke

Apple Inc and Meta Platforms Inc are set to be hit by fines under the European Union’s (EU) Big Tech competition rulebook towards the end of next week, with the iPhone maker facing the added threat of recurring penalties under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Apple, Meta face modest fines as EU seeks to avoid US spat

US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that the two would meet after Canada’s election, amid an intensifying tariff war between the neighbouring allies and major trading partners.

UEM Edgenta Bhd’s (KL:EDGENTA) wholly owned subsidiary&nbsp;Edgenta Mediserve Sdn Bhd (EMSB) has entered into an interim agreement with the government of Malaysia to provide hospital support services.

Malaysia will deploy two teams from the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) to Myanmar to support ongoing humanitarian and disaster relief efforts, following the deadly earthquake that struck central Myanmar, northern Thailand, and parts of southern China.

OpenAI&nbsp;must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to&nbsp;secure the full US$40 billion (RM177.41 billion) funding&nbsp;led by SoftBank it&nbsp;is in the final stages of raising, a&nbsp;person&nbsp;familiar with the matter&nbsp;said on Friday.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is looking for ways to help restore&nbsp;pig farming that has been impacted by the&nbsp;African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, particularly in Selangor.

A rocky US&nbsp;stock market will be tested in the coming week by a pivotal deadline for US President Donald Trump's tariff plans and an employment report that could reveal a slowing economy.

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