Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd (HLAM) continued its winning streak by taking home 15 fund awards and one group award at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022. It won the award for Best Equity Group (Provident) for the third year running.

HLAM wins big with 15 fund awards and a group award

Kenanga Investors Bhd’s emphasis on sustainability in performance and long-term value generation has been pivotal to the firm’s continued success at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022.

Kenanga Investors wins multiple awards

If fund managers found themselves riding a roller coaster two years ago after the pandemic struck, 2021 was akin to walking a tightrope. The market was calmer than in the previous year, giving it more time to think and react, but it had to stay vigilant at all times.

Cover Story: From roller coaster ride to tightrope walk

Last year was not an easy one for bond fund managers to navigate, given the rising interest rate environment. However, AmFunds Management Bhd’s (AmFunds) fund managers managed to find opportunities, leading to the firm winning the Best Bond Group (Provident) award and three other awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022.

AmFunds navigates challenging bond market to win group award

Affin Hwang Asset Management Bhd (AHAM) won the group award for Best Equity Malaysia (Islamic) while Affin Hwang Select Balanced took home the awards for Best Mixed Asset MYR Global (Provident) in the three- and five-year categories.

Affin Hwang wins group award and two fund awards

By staying true to its investment philosophy of never being fully invested at all times, Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd bagged four awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022.

Pheim wins mixed-asset awards for seven consecutive years

Areca Capital Sdn Bhd took home three awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022. It was the fifth year in a row that Areca equityTrust won the award for Best Equity Malaysia (Malaysia) in the three-, five- and 10-year categories.

Areca wins Best Equity Malaysia awards five years in a row

Eastspring Investments Bhd bagged two awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022. Eastspring Investment Asia Select Income won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Global (Malaysia) in the 10-year category, while Eastspring Investments Small Cap won the award for Best Equity Malaysia Small and Mid-Caps (Provident) in the 10-year category.

Eastspring bags two awards with research-driven investment style

UOB Asset Management (M) Bhd once again landed a winning spot at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022, with two fund awards this year.

UOB Asset Management bags two awards with bottom-up approach

Inter-Pacific Asset Management Sdn Bhd’s (InterPac) InterPac Dana Safi Fund won the award for Best Mixed Asset MYR Flexible (Islamic) in the three-year category, after seeing returns of 126.2%.

Inter-Pacific Asset Management wins Best Mixed Asset Award

AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd (ARIM) broke its record by winning six awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022. AmanahRaya Syariah Trust won Best Bond MYR (Islamic) awards in the three-, five- and 10-year categories while AmanahRaya Unit Trust won the awards for Best Bond MYR (Malaysia) in the same categories.

AmanahRaya has a smashing year

Principal Asset Management Bhd clinched four awards in the Asia Pacific ex-Japan category in the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022.

Principal Asset Management wins four awards in regional categories

KAF Investment Funds Bhd (KAF) bagged three awards at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022 through two of its award-winning funds, KAF Jade and KAF Vision.

A triple win by KAF Investment

Manulife Investment Management (M) Bhd bagged a fund award at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2022. Its Manulife Investment Shariah Progress Fund won the award for Best Equity Malaysia Diversified (Provident) in the 10-year category, when it achieved a cumulative return of 174.25% over the period.

Manulife Investment Management bags an award

MKS Instruments Inc, a global technology solutions provider, is investing US$100 billion (RM434.80 billion) to build a super centre factory in Penang to support wafer fabrication equipment production, both regionally and globally.

MKS Instruments investing US$100b in super centre factory in Penang, says executive VP

Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

Two assailants — a man and a woman — carried out Wednesday's assault with automatic rifles and explosives on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) in Ankara. Twenty-two people were also wounded.

Turkey steps up strikes on PKK in Iraq, Syria after Ankara attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran.

"The fighting that began a year ago in Gaza has now spread to Lebanon," Putin, sitting beside Chinese President Xi Jinping, told a meeting of the BRICS+ group in the city of Kazan on the Volga.

Putin says Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war

United Parcel Service surpassed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and raised its full-year adjusted operating margin forecast on Thursday, after it hived off its volatile truckload brokerage business, Coyote Logistics.

UPS beats quarterly profit estimates, raises operating margin forecast

Construction outfit SC Estate Builder Bhd (KL:SCBUILD) said the termination of a contract worth RM4.3 million to build affordable houses with solar power on the roofs by Merchant Esteem Sdn Bhd (MESB) was due to a decision by MESB's new management, which has acknowledged that ongoing uncertainties in the commercial property market and low demand would impact the construction and sales of shophouses.

SC Estate Builder aborts RM4.3m job with Merchant Esteem due to 'management change'

German insurer Allianz SE expects Malaysia’s economic growth to slow to 4.2% in 2025, from a projected 4.8% growth in 2024, amid a decline in consumer spending.

The projection is largely based on Bank Negara Malaysia's monetary policy, which is expected to remain tight in 2025 with the overnight policy rate anticipated to be kept at the 3% level, said Allianz chief economist Ludovic Subran.

Allianz expects Malaysia's GDP growth to slow to 4.2% in 2025 amid lower consumer spending

Alternative fund manager KKR & Co reported a 58% jump in adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2024, driven by record fee-related income, as well as earnings from its insurance business.

KKR's quarterly profit soars on record-high fee income 

Rice export rates dipped across major Asian hubs this week after India abolished export duty on the staple and raised fears of over-supplying the market, pushing rates in the top exporter and in Vietnam to their lowest levels in more than a year.

Rice export rates drop across major hubs after India slashes export duty 

Nasdaq reported a rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand in its solutions business that houses the exchange operator's financial technology products.

Nasdaq's third-quarter profit rises on fintech strength

CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (KL:CLMT) posted a 6.3% increase in its third quarter net property income (NPI) from last year’s corresponding period, underpinned by better NPI from Gurney Plaza, Queensbay Mall, East Coast Mall and Valdor Logistics Hub.

CapitaLand Malaysia Trust's 3Q NPI up 6.3%, announces higher DPU of 1.07 sen

Malaysia has been recognised as one of 13 nations officially added to BRICS as a partner country, a bloc that collectively accounts for one-fifth of global trade.

According to an update from @BRICSInfo on X, the bloc officially added 13 new nations to the alliance as partner countries, though not yet as full members.

Malaysia, 12 other countries officially added as BRICS partner countries

Healthcare services firm Metro Healthcare Bhd (KL:MHCARE) on Thursday unveiled the prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO) to raise RM39.16 million as part of its listing transfer from the LEAP Market to the ACE Market.

Metro Healthcare unveils prospectus for RM39.16 mil IPO, priced at 25 sen per share

Imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has apologised and expressed regret that the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal happened under his watch.&nbsp;

Najib offers unreserved apology, regrets that 1MDB scandal happened under his watch

LOCATED just minutes away from Queensbay Mall is the site of the RM10 billion Penang World City (PWC), first unveiled in November 2011. To be built on both existing and reclaimed land, PWC was to be jointly developed by Ivory Properties Group Bhd (KL:IVORY) and Tropicana Corp Bhd (KL:TROP) — then...

Cover Story: Penang World City and the MBI effect

A total of 97,866, or 49%, out of 197,348 active loan borrowers have been blacklisted by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) for loan defaults.

Nearly 50% of Mara loan borrowers blacklisted for defaults

MBI Group, founded by Tedy Teow Wooi Huat 15 years ago, was initially presented as a legitimate “members-only” investment programme and loyalty scheme promising investors exceptionally high returns. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a money game, allegedly involving fraud, scams and operating as...

Cover Story: 400 Chinese investors demand RM170 mil in class action against MBI

While former chief minister Lim Guan Eng is on trial related to graft over the Penang undersea tunnel, the focus of his trial on Thursday centred on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Penang undersea trial suddenly shifts focus to Najib

Shares of MNRB Holdings Bhd (KL:MNRB) surged on Thursday and may be on course for their best day in more than four months following the reinsurer’s latest quarterly results.

MNRB shares on course for best day in over four months after results

Singapore temporarily blocked the demolition of the house of its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as it weighs whether to preserve the property that has sparked a yearslong feud among his children.

Singapore blocks demolition of ex-premier Lee Kuan Yew’s home

S P Setia Bhd (KL:SPSETIA) is unveiling new double-storey semi-detached homes named Anggun Villa III in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong this Saturday (Oct 26). The development has an estimated gross development value of RM105.17 million.

S P Setia to unveil double-storey semi-detached homes in Puchong this weekend

Negotiations over the redevelopment of major transport hub Kuala Lumpur Sentral are expected to be completed this year, paving the way for the project's launch in 2025, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

KL Sentral redevelopment to kick off next year, says Loke

Capital A Bhd’s (KL:CAPITALA) share capital reduction plan would strengthen its financial position and aid the company’s broader restructuring efforts, said an industry consultant and a sell-side analyst.

Capital A on last leg of journey to exit PN17 with capital reduction plan, analysts say

Malaysia’s inflation decelerated in September and was a tad slower than expected, as prices of key food items and utilities remained steady while transport costs eased, official data on Thursday showed.

Malaysia's September inflation moderates amid steady food group, transport index eases

Imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that he wanted the central bank and AmBank to monitor the flow of monies into his personal accounts, to ensure that everything was above board.

Najib says wanted BNM and AmBank to monitor his accounts, to avoid anything 'untoward'

THE acronym MBI if spelt backwards is IBM, the US-based computer main frame technology company with a global reach.

Tedy Teow Wooi Huat, the prime figure behind the disgraced MBI, wanted a global reach similar to IBM. In his talks to members, he would always drive home the point why the...

Cover Story: Picking up the pieces from MBI’s collapse

The government will continue to promote the use of local currency in international settlements and periodically enhance mechanisms with strategic partner countries.

The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) said the government remains open to expanding the use of regional local currencies with major Asean countries, including Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as BRICS members such as Russia and India.

Govt to prioritise ringgit use in international settlements — Miti

Cuckoo International (MAL) Bhd, the local unit of South Korean appliance maker, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia to raise funds for expansion.

The proposed IPO involves an offer for sale of existing shares and a public issue of new shares at a price to be determined later, according to the draft prospectus.

Cuckoo Malaysia files for Main Market IPO to raise funds for expansion

Boeing factory workers voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike on Wednesday, in a blow to new chief executive officer Kelly Ortberg's plan to shore up the finances of the struggling planemaker.

Boeing strike barrels on as workers reject wage deal

BUDGET 2025 has sparked mixed reactions within the country’s semiconductor sector, with some industry leaders hailing the initiatives as a significant step forward, while others say they lack the depth and focus needed to truly elevate Malaysia to the status of a global semiconductor hub.

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Cover Story: 'Best budget ever’ or a major let-down for the semiconductor industry?

The federal government's decision to continue subsidising RON95 petrol for most Malaysians next year aligns with its goal of promoting public transportation,&nbsp;according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

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