KOTA KINABALU — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Noor has described the National 2027 Budget as comprehensive, saying it would ease the people’s financial burden while reflecting the strength of the country’s economy. “I see this budget as benefiting all Malaysia...
Washington, DC — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has concluded its 2026 Comprehensive Surveillance Review (CSR), setting strategic and operational priorities to strengthen the Fund’s surveillance and better support member countries amid a rapidly changing global econo...
KUALA LUMPUR — Approved investments in Malaysia reached RM218.5 billion in the first half of 2026 (1H 2026), covering 2,746 projects across the services, manufacturing and primary sectors. This is 11.7 per cent higher than the RM195.5 billion recorded in the same period of 2025. More impor...
KUALA LUMPUR — The International Financial Trading Championship (IFTC) is opening its competition framework to wider industry collaboration, allowing eligible organisations and trading communities to organise competitions under a common performance standard while connecting participants to...
KUALA LUMPUR — As financial trading becomes increasingly visible across digital platforms and online communities, the International Financial Trading Championship (IFTC) believes one fundamental question remains — how should trading performance be measured fairly? A trader may show strong ...
From Malaysia to Asia: IFTC Builds Regional Recognition Through Record-Setting Trading Championships
KUALA LUMPUR — The International Financial Trading Championship (IFTC) has grown from a Malaysian initiative into a regional trading championship platform, achieving record recognition at the Malaysia, ASEAN and Asia levels through a series of large-scale financial trading competitions. O...
KUALA LUMPUR — The Kuala Lumpur High Court has ruled that the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) successfully proved its case against five individuals over a scheme to defraud and cause wrongful losses to four public-listed companies, involving a total of RM103.75 million in payments and ...
KUALA LUMPUR — The Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) has agreed to fully adopt the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance as the basis for the Malaysia Taxonomy, marking a significant step towards greater regional interoperability, consistency and comparability in sustainable finance...
PETALING JAYA — SD Guthrie Berhad (Guthrie or the Group) reported a net profit exceeding RM1.5 billion for the six months ended 30 June 2026 (1H FY2026), marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 44 per cent. The Group’s robust performance was driven by higher profits from its Downstream se...















