AWARDS
CORPORATE-INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS POLL
Friday, 7th February 2025: The 15th annual Corporate-Institutional Investor 2025 poll is now live. To download the questionnaire for this year’s poll, please click here. To access the full results…
ISLAMIC FINANCE
SUNWAY COCHRANE ISSUES RM2B SUKUK WAKALAH
December 2, 2025
PETALING JAYA: Sunway Bhd’s indirect subsidiary Sunway Cochrane Sdn Bhd has issued RM2bil in sukuk wakalah to finance investments, acquisitions, capital...
MALAYSIA AT POLE POSITION WITH R4.2T IN GLOBAL SUKUK ISSUANCES
October 1, 2025
Malaysia’s capital market currently stands at RM4.2 trillion, with Islamic instruments making up around 62 per cent, said the Securities...
SILVER SURGES PAST $35/OZ
June 5, 2025
Silver has soared to the key milestone of $35 per ounce, reaching its highest level in more than 13 years,...
ARTA LAUNCHES SHARIAH-COMPLIANT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
May 27, 2025
Arta today announced the global launch of its first Shariah-compliant investment portfolios*: fully customizable, theme-driven satellite strategies that deliver faith-aligned investing with...
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...
SME
THAILAND FORECAST: TRADE TO GROW BY 2-4 PERCENT AS CHALLENGES MOUNT
January 7, 2026
Thailand’s exports are expected to keep expanding in 2026, but at a more modest pace of 2-4%, as the surge...
VIETNAM’S GDP TO SURPASS THAILAND IN 2026
January 6, 2026
Vietnam is on track to overtake Thailand in economic size measured by nominal GDP as soon as this year, helped...
BAHT TOO STRONG: THAI SMEs
January 5, 2026
Thailand’s shippers have criticised the baht for strengthening and moving more sharply than economic fundamentals and regional competitors, warning the...
RINGGIT EDGES HIGHER AS TARIFF DEADLINE LOOMS
July 22, 2025
The ringgit closed higher against the US dollar on Tuesday, amid a mixed performance in regional currencies, as investors adopted...
INDONESIA’S JOBS BOOM IS A STORY OF QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY
July 19, 2025
Stagnant wages, rising underemployment and limited upward mobility reveal a labour market defined more by quantity than quality, say two...
COMMENTARY
INDONESIA LAUNCHES PERMINAS, SOE FOCUSED ON RARE EARTH EXTRACTION
Indonesia has decided to establish a new state-owned enterprise, Perusahaan Mineral Nasional (Perminas), to manage strategic rare earth mineral resources nationwide. State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said the directive came…
ASSET MANAGEMENT
SINGAPORE FUND INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
Singapore Fund Flows (up to July 2025) “Fixed income and money market funds have dominated inflows in Singapore throughout 2025, a trend that persisted into the third quarter, while inflows…
FINTECH
RYT BANK: AI-POWERED DIGITAL BANK BY YTL & SEA
By Alexander Wong YTL Digital Bank Berhad, a joint venture between YTL Digital Capital Sdn Bhd and Sea Limited, has officially introduced Ryt Bank. The digital bank joint venture has received their digital banking…
IFC & CONSORTIUM OF BANKS FINANCE DATA CENTER IN MALAYSIA
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets and a member of the World Bank Group, and a consortium of six…
