<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has updated its Investor Alert List.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In an alert on Wednesday, the commission said the following persons/entities were added to the list:</div>

<ul>
	<li>Bitget</li>
	<li>FLP Academy Saham Syariah</li>
	<li>Potential clone entity — Ageson (WhatsApp)</li>
	<li>Potential clone entity — First Trial Group (WhatsApp)</li>
</ul>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The Investor Alert List contains a list of unauthorised websites, investment products, companies and individuals, including:</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<ul>
	<li>Persons carrying on or holding themselves out as carrying on the following regulated activities without a licence from the SC:
	<ul>
		<li>dealing in securities</li>
		<li>dealing in derivatives</li>
		<li>fund management</li>
		<li>advising on corporate finance</li>
		<li>investment advice</li>
		<li>financial planning, and</li>
		<li>dealing in private retirement schemes.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Persons operating a recognised market without authorisation.</li>
	<li>Persons issuing or offering securities without approval, authorisation or recognition.</li>
	<li>Persons misusing the SC’s logo and misrepresenting the SC.</li>
</ul>

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has updated its Investor Alert List.

SC adds four entities to Investor Alert List, two being potential clones

Japan is set to kick off discussions on raising the basic tax-free income allowance in effective permanent tax cuts worth up to US$51 billion (RM227.86 billion), a step that could also help ease constraints on part-time workers amid intensifying labour shortages.

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Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his-family backed ruling party, a major reprieve for his daughter’s less than three-month old government.

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Oil prices extended gains on Friday, heading for a weekly uptick of more than 4%, as the Ukraine war intensified with Russian President Vladimir Putin warning of a global conflict.

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SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Nov 21): Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras approved on Thursday a payout of 20 billion reais (US$3.4 billion, or RM15.34 billion) in extraordinary dividends to shareholders, and it lowered the minimum cash level required for its US$111 billion strategic plan.

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Stocks and bonds of India's Adani Group dropped for a second session on Friday after a US arrest warrant was issued for its billionaire founder Gautam Adani over an alleged US$265 million (RM1.2 billion) bribery scheme.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): Globetronics Technology Bhd (KL:GTRONIC) surged as top most-actively-traded stocks on Friday morning, after the company secured a RM145 million contract to provide integrated circuit (IC) product packaging, testing, and backend services to Taiwan-based ChipMOS Technologies Inc. &nbsp;

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): Shares of DRB-Hicom Bhd (KL:DRBHCOM) fell on Friday to their lowest in more than four years, after the automotive-to-banking conglomerate reported weaker than expected quarterly results.

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