(From left) Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd group chief sustainability officer and head of group marketing and communications, Chuah Sze Phing, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei executive director Faroze Nadar, Kenanga Investors Bhd chief executive officer and executive director Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis and EQ8 Capital Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Umar Alhadad at an event that saw Kenanga Investment Bank being recognised by the UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei with its admission into the ESG Select List 2025, positioning Kenanga as the first investment bank to be featured in the directory.
1. Market debut
(From left) Semico Capital Bhd director Ooi Guan Hoe, director Agnes Yap Choo Cheng, executive director (ED) and head of human resources and administration Ang Sew Fong, ED and chief executive officer (CEO) Tai Lee Chuen, chairman Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf, director Andrea Huong Jia Mei, Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd CEO Hanif Ghulam Mohammed, managing director (MD) Johan Hashim and equity capital market head Arvin Chia at the listing ceremony of Semico Capital on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.
2. New fund
(From left) Maybank Islamic Bhd group CEO Mohamad Yasin Abdullah, Malayan Banking Bhd
(Maybank) group CEO, community financial services Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar, Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd CEO Hisham Hamzah, Maybank Group and Maybank Asset Management Group member of the board of directors Shirley Goh, British High Commissioner to Malaysia Ajay Sharma and Schroders head of client group Asia Gopi Mirchandani at the launch of MAMG Growth and Income-I Fund.
3. Financing solution
(From left) Affin Group president and group CEO Datuk Wan Razly Abdullah, group chief financial officer Joanne Rodrigues, Affin Bank Bhd chairman Datuk Agil Natt, Affin Group group chief technology and operating officer Risham Akashah Kamaruzaman and Affin Bank mortgage business head Jessie Wong Yen Yee at the launch of the bank’s latest comprehensive financing solution, “Affin Home Reno/-i.”
4. Prospectus launch
(From left) One Gasmaster Holdings Bhd ED and chief operating officer Catherine Lin, chairman Timothy Tan Heng Han, MD and CEO Ivan Tan, Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd MD Lim Chia Wei, corporate finance head Yap Siew Thee and corporate finance vice president Kenneth Ong Tsu Wei at the prospectus launch of One Gasmaster Holdings in conjunction with its proposed listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on Jan 27.
5. Unique recognition
(From left) Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd group chief sustainability officer and head of group marketing and communications Chuah Sze Phing, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei ED Faroze Nadar, Kenanga Investors Bhd CEO and ED Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis and EQ8 Capital Sdn Bhd CEO Umar Alhadad at an event that saw Kenanga Investment Bank being recognised by the UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei with its admission into the ESG Select List 2025, positioning it as the first investment bank to be featured in the directory.
6. Goodwill gesture
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Dr Zulkifli Hasan (right) receiving a commemorative pennant from Permodalan Nasional Bhd group chairman Raja Tan Sri Arshad Raja Tun Uda, symbolising goodwill and collaboration between both organisations ahead of their friendly football match at Stadium Merdeka.
