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Empire Premium’s rise under scrutiny

The food business is often a hit-or-miss affair. It is easy to enter, but hard to sustain.

Food sector in a pickle

The Mid-East conflict is weighing heavily on food and beverage (F&B) companies.

Sunway offers superior path for IJM

Monday, April 6 will be an important day for corporate Malaysia. Sunway Bhd, led by founder and controlling shareholder Tan Sri Sir Dr Jeffrey Cheah will know the outcome of its voluntary takeover offer (VTO) for IJM Corp Bhd.

Divided on outlook

Economists are divided over Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) upward revision of its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) forecast, with some cautioning that the impact of high operating costs has yet to be fully felt.

Bumi Armada’s reset for growth

Bumi Armada Bhd's proposed capital reduction exercise, while aimed at cleaning up its balance sheet, also offers a glimpse into the peculiarities and challenges of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) business.

Built for security, not emergencies

Recently, a long wait for paramedic to gain access to a strata development cost a woman her life after she suffered a cardiac arrest.

The unmaking of a market

In the capital market landscape, few instruments have been as quietly successful as the Malaysian real estate investment trusts (M-REITs). Over two decades, M-REITs have evolved from a niche product into a RM55bil bellwether of institutional stability, offering retirees a rare combination of liquidity, transparency and predictable yield.

Expanding up: What home owners need to know

In the dense urban fabric of the Klang Valley and Malaysia's growing secondary cities, the dream of a forever home often hits a ceiling, literally.

Execution is key to CMP

The long-awaited Capital Market Masterplan 2026 to 2030 (CMP) was finally released with key details as to how the regulators see the Malaysian capital market developing over the next five years.

Funds without borders

This is a dated argument. Malaysian funds, both private and public, ought to have larger overseas exposure to avoid competing for the same investment ideas in the domestic market.