Finance

Beyond ESG: Impact Investing Is About Better Business, Not Lower Returns

Impact investing need not mean sacrificing returns, panellists at the Malaysia Private Capital Forum 2026 say, as investors increasingly look beyond ESG labels to measurable outcomes while Malaysia’s alternative financing platforms grapple with exits, governance and repeat capital.
Finance

Malaysia Private Capital: Liew Urges Turning Economic Challenges Into Investable Opportunities

Malaysia private capital is entering a new phase as shifting global conditions create opportunities to move up the value chain, strengthen the country’s regional position and turn emerging economic challenges into new areas for investment, Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong said.
Finance
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EPF Investment Performance 2023|2024 – Highs And Lows

The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) is a federal statutory body under the purview of the Ministry of Finance and is mandated to manage retirement savings of the Malaysian workforce in accordance with the EPF Act 1991. Datuk Wan Kamaruzzaman Wan Ahmad, former Head of Treasury Dept at EPF for 5.5 years from 2007 - 2013 traces the statury body's highs and lows for years 2023 and 2024.
Finance

Anwar Struggles To Boost Malaysian Economy A Year After Victory

Rising food prices and weak currency hamper reform plans of PM Anwar
Economy

Elon Musk Now Owns Twitter, Begins His Ownership With Firings

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that he has freed the Twitter bird with new ownership, despite plans to cut jobs
Finance

GE15: Who Can Really Stabilise The Malaysian Economy?

Whichever party or coalition that wins in GE15, it has a massive task to get the country's economy back on track in the midst of the global economic downturn.
Analysis

Liz Truss Apologises For Economic Plan As Spending Cuts On The Way

After blaming the markets and "global headwinds" for investors fleeing the pound and government bonds for weeks, Truss apologised for going "too far and too fast" with her radical economic plan to jolt Britain out of years of stagnant growth.
Finance

Flurry Of Funds Bet On New Allure For Bitcoin

Unfazed by a price drop over the last 11 months, investment firms have launched a flood of exchange-traded funds, betting that elite cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology will triumph in the end.
Finance

UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt Vows To Restore Trust In Financial Markets

Truss appointed Hunt on Friday in an attempt to save her leadership as confidence in her ability to lead the country dwindled within her own Conservative Party as well as in international financial markets.
Finance

Budget 2023: E-Pemula Credit Increased, Gov’t To Pay E-Hailing Licence Fee

Reactions have been mixed regarding the E-Pemula increase announcement KUALA LUMPUR -- Two million youths aged 18 to 20, and full-time students aged 21 and...
Education

Financial Losses Expected For Elon Musk’s Takeover Of Twitter

While Musk will contribute much of the RM203.74 billion by selling his stake in Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and relying on equity financing from large investors, major banks have committed to contribute RM57.88 billion.
Finance

Prime Minister Liz Truss To Meet With UK’s Fiscal Watchdogs In Effort To Calm Markets

LONDON - Prime Minister Liz Truss and her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng will on Friday meet the head of Britain's independent fiscal watchdog, whose...
Finance

If RM Declines Further, Bank Negara Chief Must Be Sacked, Like Anwar

Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim was sacked in 1998 when he failed to crack down on local speculators in RM, Bank Negara Chief making the same mistake!
Analysis

Despite Weak Market, Grab Sees No Layoffs

SINGAPORE - Grab, Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing and food delivery company, does not anticipate mass layoffs, as some competitors have, and is selectively hiring...
ASEAN