Malaysia’s property market is seeing a strong resurgence, with RM78.2 billion in real estate investments recorded in 2025 , but the deeper story lies in who is driving the capital flows . Private Capital Leads the New Investment Cycle The surge is underpinned by an 86.7% increase in private equity and venture capital , signalling a clear shift: "Long-term capital including family offices and ultra-wealthy investors is returning to real estate." Globally, private capital has already overtaken institutional investors in commercial real estate for four consecutive years, and Malaysia is increasingly part of this trend. Malaysia Attracting Regional and Cross-Border Wealth The inflows are particularly visible in: Johor , supported by policy initiatives like the Single Family Office (SFO) framework Premium commercial assets , including landmark developments such as TRX Rising participation from family offices and cross-border investors This suggests Malaysia is evolvin...
A very interesting article that I read last weekend regarding gold and the monetary system. It's quite long winded, but very informative and I think it's appropriate to share it here since we have been monitoring the gold price for quite some time already. It gives us the insight of gold and how gold are ties to the money value, even how often countries stray away from Gold Standard and then coming back to it, and then moving away from Gold Standard again and back and forth. The writer gives advice that if we do really want to hold physical gold, we should not do it in a rush, gold bug or not. The article is as follow:- KEYNES called it a “barbaric relic” in 1924. Scarce, attractive, malleable and immune to corrosion – gold used to be ideal money before the advent of modern paper money. Today, just like diamonds, gold is also a girl’s best friend. In Asia, it is the masses’ darling. Most Asians are showered with gold when they are born; gold is figuratively given away duri...