AWARDS
17th BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AWARDS
Hong Kong – Monday, 12 June 2023: Using a fair, robust and informative methodology and after adding a number of additional criteria to existing awards to tighten its eligibility among …
ISLAMIC FINANCE
AEON CREDIT (MALAYSIA) ISSUES SUKUK
June 14, 2023
Aeon Credit Service (Malaysia) has made its second issuance of sukuk wakalah under the Islamic commercial papers (ICP) programme of...
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UPSIDE WITH ISLAMIC FINANCING IN 2023
March 8, 2023
Demand for syariah-compliant instruments is expected to continue to rise in 2023, supported by strong economic growth amid robust oil...
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YTL POWER SECURES ISLAMIC TERM FINANCING FOR GREEN PROJECT
January 19, 2023
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd are the joint mandated lead arrangers for a RM1.10 billion Islamic...
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MOODY’S UPBEAT ON MALAYSIA’S ISLAMIC BANKING PROSPECTS
October 5, 2022
Malaysia’s Islamic finance industry is expected to grow faster than conventional banking with growth driven by the retail segment in...
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MALAYSIA RAISED ALMOST US$2 BILLION VIA SRI SUKUK BETWEEN 2015-2021
September 28, 2022
Malaysia has raised close to US$2 billion (RM9.2 billion) via 21 sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) sukuk issuers from 2015...
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SME
A DIGITAL LIFELINE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
July 26, 2024
Xero’s cloud solutions are helping local SMEs manage their financial and operational challenges. Rising costs and declining consumer spending is...
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DBS AND DELOITTE LAUNCH SUSTAINABILITY ACCELERATOR TOOL
July 24, 2024
DBS and Deloitte have unveiled the Sustainability Accelerator Tool, a user-friendly solution designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
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IMPACT OF A SINGLE SOFTWARE UPDATE: MICROSOFT-CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE
July 23, 2024
The “largest IT outage in history” rightfully raises questions about the high interdependency of the world’s digital economy, says a...
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IFC PARTNERS WITH LI & FUNG AND LFX TO SUPPORT SMEs/SUPPLY CHAINS
June 24, 2024
To help increase access to affordable supply-chain finance for smaller enterprises in Asia and integrate greater digitalization in supply-chain management,...
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2024 LENDING INCOME AT MOST APAC BANKS SET TO FALL
June 21, 2024
Lending incomes at many large Asia-Pacific banks are expected to dip in 2024, as margins come under increasing pressure, according...
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COMMENTARY
MALAYSIA SHEDS SHORT-TERMISM TO BECOME ASIA’S COMEBACK KID
While Thailand’s policy uncertainty risk premium has been rising during a year of political upheaval, Malaysia has been charting an economic comeback by being unusually quiet and stable politically. Malaysia had…
ASSET MANAGEMENT
IMPACT OF A SINGLE SOFTWARE UPDATE: MICROSOFT-CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE
The “largest IT outage in history” rightfully raises questions about the high interdependency of the world’s digital economy, says a researcher from the University of London. The world as we…
FINTECH
MICROSOFT TO INVEST $1.7B IN INDONESIA
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says investment will help Southeast Asia’s biggest economy thrive in ‘new era’. Microsoft has announced plans to invest $1.7bn in artificial intelligence and cloud services in…
MALAYSIA CHARTING ITS WAY INTO HIGHER GROWTH
Led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since 2022, Malaysia is slowly leaving behind its troubled past, dragged down by years of political jockeying that led to a prioritization of populism…
