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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- UOB Malaysia has enhanced its Privilege Banking offering with expanded wealth advisory services, personalised client support and lifestyle benefits as it targets to double its affluent customer base by 2028.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Univar Solutions B.V., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions LLC (Univar Solutions), has expanded its distribution partnership with American Distilling to supply a broader range of natural speciality ingredients across select Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets through its Ingredients + Specialties division.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Rubicon Carbon, a carbon credit investment and management firm, has opened a regional office in Singapore as it expands its presence in Asia and seeks to support the development of high-integrity carbon markets across the region.
SHAH ALAM, June 18 (Bernama) -- Port Klang’s container throughput rose by 5.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 6.38 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the January-May 2026 period, compared with 6.05 million TEUs in the corresponding period last year.
PULAU INDAH, June 18 (Bernama) -- The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), now 86 per cent “reactivated” after nearly two decades of underutilisation, has generated RM108 million in revenue.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- TA Associates (TA), a leading global private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in AIRS Medical, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical imaging solutions.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Daicel Corporation’s High Performance Polymers Strategic Business Unit (formerly Polyplastics Co Ltd) has announced its DURAST POM fine powder has been adopted in a new stick-form lubricant developed by Japan-based Maia Co Ltd, marking a novel application for the engineering plastic material in maintenance operations.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) ongoing policy normalisation is likely to have a greater impact on Asian financial markets than the European Central Bank’s (ECB) higher-for-longer interest rate stance.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- Beshom Holdings Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Hai-O Enterprise Bhd, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with JT Development Sdn Bhd for the proposed disposal of three plots of freehold industrial land for a cash consideration of RM85.80 million.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd today launched Equity-Linked Investments (ELIs) to provide investors customised exposure to a broad range of underlying assets while supporting diverse market and risk-return objectives amid ongoing global uncertainties.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 (Bernama) -- Tanco Holdings Bhd said its business fundamentals remain unaffected despite recent volatility in its share price that prompted Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities) to issue an Unusual Market Activity (UMA) query.
PETALING JAYA, June 15 (Bernama) -- Timor-Leste is inviting Malaysian investors to explore investment opportunities and secure project contracts in the country as it embarks on extensive infrastructure development, said President José Ramos-Horta.
