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KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Hong Kong and New Zealand ranked among the world’s 10 least complex jurisdictions for doing business, supported by stable regulatory environments and strong digital infrastructure, according to TMF Group’s latest Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI).
KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) has re-elected Ng Kok Kheng as its chairman for the 2026-2028 term, effective April 29, 2026.
By Jailani Hasan
LABUAN, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) has reinforced its commitment to international banking standards by aligning its capital framework with the Basel III regulatory regime, further strengthening the resilience and credibility of the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC).
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Pos Malaysia Bhd welcomed the Malaysia Competition Commission's (MyCC) Market Review of Malaysia’s digital economy, which provides an evidence-based assessment of competition across key sub-sectors.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's initial public offering (IPO) market topped Southeast Asia by volume, with 59 IPOs raising US$1.4 billion (2024: 55 IPOs raising US$1.6 billion), mainly through the ACE Market (US$1 = RM3.96).
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Port Klang has officially secured its place among the world’s Top 10 container ports in the Lloyds List of the World’s Top 100 Ports 2025, with the historic milestone being reached with the handling of 14.64 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2024.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) - Malaysia is poised to play a key role in transforming the services sector within the region by hosting the inaugural ASEAN International Fair for Trade in Services (AIFTIS) on Nov 17-18, 2025.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) will take centre stage at the C3 Davos of Healthcare Japan Summit on Sept 24, under the theme “A Tri-Nation Collaboration: Building Bridges Beyond Borders in Healthcare”.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- In a strong show of cross-border collaboration and rising professional standards, Kaplan Professional Australia and the Insurance and Financial Practitioners Association of Singapore (IFPAS) marked a key milestone with the graduation of nearly 110 financial advisers from two flagship certification programmes.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Asian countries can continue to advance regional economic interests and strengthen their collective resilience by maintaining clarity on their objectives and not succumbing to external uncertainties.
By Anas Abu Hassan
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- The United Kingdom (UK) is open to strengthening industrial collaboration with ASEAN nations, particularly in the semiconductor industry to establish a resilient global supply chain in efforts to navigate the ongoing trade uncertainties including the possible imposition of severe tariffs by the United States (US) on the industry.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (Bernama) — Malaysia will roll out three key follow-up actions — an exporter outreach programme, regulatory reform and a nationwide supply chain mapping initiative — following the recent tariff renegotiation agreement with the United States (US) which reduced tariffs on Malaysian goods from 25 per cent to 19 per cent.
