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Malaysia Corporate Round-Up: Energy Transition, Fundraising and IPO Momentum Drive Market Focus

Malaysia’s corporate landscape saw a mix of  fundraising activities, renewable energy expansion, IPO enthusiasm and balance sheet restructuring  dominate headlines, reflecting continued investor appetite for growth and defensive sectors despite broader market caution. Tenaga Advances Renewable Energy Push KL: TENAGA  strengthened its renewable energy ambitions after its subsidiary issued  RM1.05 billion in Asean Green SRI Sukuk  to finance a  500MW solar photovoltaic project in Kedah . The issuance highlights increasing institutional support for  green financing  and reinforces Tenaga’s long-term transition towards cleaner energy infrastructure. Investors may view the move positively as ESG-linked investments continue gaining traction across regional markets. Mr DIY Expands Funding Flexibility KL: MRDIY  raised  RM540 million via its maiden bond issuance , with proceeds earmarked for refinancing, working capital and expansion plans. The ...

Inflation and How We Can Cope With It

The recent surge of all the prices of the commodities has make me recall about the same situation that has happened globally three years back. Back then, the price of the crude oil surge beyond USD100, the same thing that what we are seeing now. The surge of the crude oil price and other commodities can have serious effect to a lot of things especially in business. Cost of the raw materials used for manufacturing will increase, subsequently impact their earnings until these companies passed the cost to the consumers - which I assume asap. Nevertheless, global inflation is real and it is going to stay for quite some time, so we better get used to it until the Fed decided to stop printing the money......or put it in this way, until the US economy recovers. None of us would want to have reduced purchasing power, but it will happened. There are several things that we can do to cope with the global inflation, rising prices of the goods, properties and many more. The first to to do to cope w...