PETALING JAYA: Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd
will continue to navigate a challenging operating environment for the remainder of 2025, despite the current macroeconomic landscape and significant decline in stock market volume.
In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, group managing director Datuk Chay Wai Leong said in response, it is proactively implementing prudent cost management strategies and adjusting its priorities to preserve operational efficiency and sustain performance through the year.
“While global uncertainties and market headwinds persist, we remain cautiously optimistic about the domestic economy’s resilience and growth prospects,” he said.
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2025, Kenanga Investment posted a lower revenue of RM203.4mil compared to the RM243.2mil for the same quarter a year earlier.
Subsequently, its profit was also lower at RM2.28mil compared to RM9.37mil in the same quarter last year.
The decrease in revenue was mainly from lower brokerage income generated during the current quarter as Bursa trading volume was dampened by market conditions during the first half of this year.
“In addition, net investment banking fee, management fee and trading and investment income recorded for the current quarter were lower but partially mitigated by lower overheads and lesser credit loss expenses,” it said.
On the drop in profit, the group said this was caused by lower net income as the higher net interest and futures commission income recorded were offset by lower brokerage and management fee income.
