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KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Economic growth across most emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is projected to slow, particularly in trade-dependent regions such as East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and to a lesser degree in South Asia (SAR), according to the World Bank Group.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves rose by US$0.9 billion in May 2025, lifted by sustained foreign capital inflows, with ringgit reserves reaching a nine-month high, said Kenanga Investment Bank (IB) Bhd.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 -- Paradigm Real Estate Investment Trust (Paradigm REIT), a local real estate investment trust, plans to acquire three hotels and a commercial gateway over the next three years.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) -- Maybank Investment Bank Bhd expects catalysts, such as asset recycling and new acquisitions, to support the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector in the second half of 2025 (2H 2025), as management across the sector maintains a cautiously optimistic outlook.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd has maintained its “neutral” rating on the telecommunication (telco) sector after companies under its coverage delivered the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025) performance that largely tracked estimates.
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From Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
BEIJING, June 9 (Bernama) – China’s trade with ASEAN and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries continued to gain traction in the first five months of 2025, with trade between China and ASEAN rising 9.1 per cent year-on-year to 3.02 trillion yuan (US$415.5 billion).
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By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher for the second consecutive day as bargain hunting persisted after last week's sell-off, in line with the upbeat performance of regional markets, said an analyst.
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By Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher today, driven by stronger export performance and higher soybean oil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to palm oil trader David Ng.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Affin Group made its debut in the US dollar bond market with the issuance of the senior unsecured notes with a nominal value of US$300 million (RM1.27 billion) under its US$2 billion (RM8.46 billion) euro medium term note (EMTN) programme.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- The stable outlook on South Korea’s non-life insurance segment has been maintained by AM Best, noting a continued refinement of the country’s domestic solvency standards that have helped strengthen insurers’ capital management.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) recorded investment income totalling RM18.31 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 (1Q 2025), a 13 per cent decline from RM20.99 billion in the corresponding period in 2024.
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Hong Kong’s FuSure Reinsurance Company Limited (FuSure), with a stable outlook for both credit ratings (ratings).