INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download Inve$t #96 According to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives chief executive officer Samuel Ho Hock Guan, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd has completed the first physical delivery of its East Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures Contract (Fepo) in…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #95 According to MIDF Research, the relative size of the current account balance is expected to increase 3.5% of GDP this year (2021: 3.5% of GDP) from their initial expectation of 3.1%. This is…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download Invest #94 According to Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, the exchange and HSBC Amanah Malaysia Bhd has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on an initiative aimed at…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #93 Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) launched a cross-border QR payment linkage that will enable instant, secure, and efficient cross-border payments between Malaysia and Indonesia. Through this linkage, consumers in both…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #92 According to HSBC Group Asian economics research co-head Frederic Neumann, Bank Negara (BNM) is likely to raise interest rates this year following in the footsteps of the United States Federal Reserve, which plans…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #91 According to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, the total gross investment income for the EPF for the nine months ended Sept 30, 2021 (9M21) rose 7.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM48.02 billion…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #90 According to CGS-CIMB Research, investors will enjoy lower transaction costs following the Finance Ministry’s decision to reinstate the cap on stamp duties for the trading of shares on Bursa Malaysia. This will make the Malaysian stock exchange…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #89 According to the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the government has agreed to exempt all types of foreign incomes of individuals from tax, and has also extended the exemption to dividend incomes earned by limited…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #88 According to Bursa Malaysia CEO Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, the exchange has announced another 12 months extension of the temporary relief measures for the increased general mandate of 20% for new issue of securities by…
INVE$T | Market Sentiments Download INVE$T #86 Bursa Malaysia Bhd launched Bursa Digital Research (BDR), a multi-faceted research portal that serves to provide investors with an added source of research and data analysis with the objective of improving financial literacy and facilitating…