Corporate News

LBS Bina to be supported by upcoming launches

LBS Bina Group Bhd is positioning itself for a recovery built on a leaner portfolio, stronger Klang Valley focus and disciplined capital management, even as it navigates a cautious property market.

Corporate News

Consumer staples lead growth in 3Q25 period

Consumer staples-based companies led the recent third-quarter results of financial year 2025 (3Q25), mostly recording top-line growth, says CIMB Research.

Insight

How foreign carmakers can stay relevant in China

The latest earnings season hasn't been kind to Chinese carmakers. But spare a thought for their foreign rivals, whose glory days in the world's largest vehicle market ended during the pandemic.

Banking

Firm fundamentals to bolster banks next year

Malaysia's banking sector looks set to maintain its upward trajectory next year, underpinned by firm fundamentals and a clearer earnings path, according to analysts' post-results assessments.

Corporate News

Better farming efficiency, productivity to elevate MAG

MAG Holdings Bhd is expected to see sustained growth in its core aquaculture and food trading operations, bolstered by continued improvements in farming efficiency and productivity, Mercury Research says.

Markets

ASX’s tech overhaul  stumbles amid outage

The Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) technology turnaround plan, touted by the firm's chair as being too important to fail, is facing questions from investors and market participants after it was hit by a fresh outage this week, the latest in a string of failures.

Energy

EU finalises deal to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027 

The European Union (EU) has reached a deal to phase out Russian gas faster than originally planned, a move that aims to finally sever ties between the bloc and its once-primary energy supplier.

Markets

SEC halts leveraged ETF plans over risks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a flurry of warning letters to some of the country's most prolific providers of high-octane exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Corporate News

Coastal Contracts earnings within expectations

Integrated oil and gas services and energy infrastructure solutions provider Coastal Contracts Bhd posted a nine-month to Sept 30, 2025 (9M25) core profit of RM56.7mil that was within expectations – at 71% of TA Research, and consensus' full-year forecasts.

Insight

Electric vehicle taxes may backfire on the UK

The United Kingdom has broken a taboo: Driving electric vehicles (EVs) won't be tax free – and rightly so.

Corporate News

FPSO supercycle set to strengthen MISC prospects

MISC Bhd is in a good position to strengthen its floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) business with expectations of an FPSO supercycle from 2026 to 2029, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research (Maybank IB).

Aviation

Mukhtara Air set to take off in Indonesia

Saudi Arabian carrier Mukhtara Air aims to begin its Indonesian operations in January 2026 as PT Manazil Al Mukhtara Indo, serving both domestic and international routes, with the latter mainly for travellers performing haj and umrah.

Corporate News

Oriental Kopi to gain from robust outlet expansion

Oriental Kopi Holdings Bhd's growth momentum is expected to be supported by continued cafe network expansion, broadened fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) distribution, and resilient consumption at high-traffic locations.

Corporate News

Croesus IT eyes plantation technology post-listing

Croesus IT Holdings Bhd is bolstering its focus on plantation technology as a key growth segment for the company following its listing on the LEAP Market of Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

Economy

Silver economy to boost well-being of the elderly

For He Jia, a dentist from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, helping the country's 310 million seniors aged 60 and above enjoy a healthy and happy life has been a dream for years.

Corporate News

Magni-Tech posts RM32mil quarterly profit

Magni-Tech Industries Bhd's net profit for the second quarter ended Oct 31, 2025 (2Q26) rose 24.7% to RM32.25mil from RM25.87mil a year earlier.

Telcos

Service revenue to stay resilient for telcos

The Minister of Finance Inc's (MoF Inc) impending exit from Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) introduces potential downside risks to its telecommunication shareholders from the equity accounting of DNB's losses, analysts say.

Corporate News

SD Guthrie’s bigger stake in project to bring higher profits

SD Guthrie Bhd's move to raise its equity stake in Eco Business Park 8 Sdn Bhd (EBP8) from 25% to 45% is expected to translate into a bigger share of the joint-venture development's profits in the future, albeit at the cost of a smaller estimated land disposal gain in the near term, analysts say.

Economy

Miti aims to draw more large-scale green investments

The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will work to attract more investments to ensure the country's green transition can be implemented on a larger scale.

Corporate News

Alpha IVF eyes revenue growth in the Philippines

Alpha IVF Group Bhd has begun operations at its in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) centre in Quezon City, Manila, marking its second international location after Singapore.