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Be cautious about share placements
HOW does a corporate raise funds from the capital market? As they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat, there is also many ways to raise funds for a listed entity.
Fasten your seatbelts, inflation is here
THE Malaysia Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of March was a surprise as the headline 1.7% reading was ahead of market forecast of 1.6% jump.
The holy grail of investment
ONE of the biggest phenomena we have observed not only in Malaysia but perhaps the world over is the level of participation by retail investors in the market during the Covid-19 pandemic and very well into the current recovery phase.
SPACs + startups = Marriage of convenience?
WITH so much liquidity being created and along with it an unprecedented rally in asset prices, the special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) space has been one large beneficiary of these flow of monies, as some US$97.3bil (RM402.68bil) have been raised in the US alone for the first quarter of the year, beating last year’s total fund raise of US$83.4bil.
Valuation is an art
TOP GLOVE Corp Bhd is one of the most widely followed companies among analysts and the market over the past year, especially so since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Early signs of weakness in commercial real estate
WITH the release of Malaysian Real Estate Investment Trust (M-REITs) respective fourth quarter results, we are now able to gauge the impact of Covid-19 on commercial real estate assets in terms of valuation as typically all REITs carry out a valuation exercise on their respective investment properties annually.
Bear steepening yield curve poses risk to markets
HERE is the thing. In the United States, the long-dated treasury yields for both the 10-year and 30-year have been rising steadily since hitting the lows last year and well into this year, especially so the past one week.
i-Sinar – A RM56bil question mark
THE Ministry of Finance recently announced that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will enhance the i-Sinar withdrawal scheme for members by removing the previously imposed criteria for members subject to remaining balance in the account itself.
