Private Placement Frenzy

10 April 2021 Rakuten Trade head of equity sales Vincent Lau said the movement in share prices may be driven by news flows and investors may want to be part of the turnaround stories or the companies’ ventures into new businesses.   PRIVATE placements are all the...

Wave Of IPOs After MCO

16 August 2020 Covid-19 and the unprecedented movement control order (MCO) along with its subsequent editions has left its mark on Bursa Malaysia as listed firms assess the pandemic’s impact and figure out ways to move forward cautiously. The pandemic may be seen as a...

Much Ado About Ratings

20 December 2020 The situation surrounding Covid-19, exacerbated by Malaysia’s political scene, led to international firm Fitch Ratings Inc (Fitch) lowering Malaysia’s rating from A- to BBB+ on December 4, 2020 while the outlook is reverted to stable from negative. In...