In November’s FOMC meeting, the Fed maintained the FFR at 5.25-5.50%. US Treasuries faced heavy losses in October, with the 10Y UST hitting 5.00% but have now retreated to 4.39% […]

Global markets have remained weak throughout October, dented by concerns about higher interest rate, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield briefly exceeding 5% after 16 years. Investors remain cautious due […]

Markets are playing catch-up to the new regime with the bond yields have surged to 16-year highs. The markets now believe central banks would not swiftly relax policies due to […]

In Budget 2024, the Malaysian government continues its dedicated efforts towards sustainable development and energy transition, implementing a range of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Certainly, there are numerous […]

Global markets remained weak throughout September, with MSCI World declining -4.6% due to challenges in the US markets, including labour union strikes and government shutdown fears. In addition to that, […]

In Morgan Stanley’s most recent report “Sustainable Reality“, it is highlighted that during the first half of 2023, sustainable funds returned to their historical trend of surpassing traditional funds in […]

Malaysia’s equity market has shown increased resilience following the state election. Foreign investors were net buying Malaysia equities, with net inflows of RM1.4bn in July, RM140.8mn in August and RM270.3mn […]

In our previous article, we discussed the first stage of the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), which the government introduced on July 27, 2023. The unveiling of the second phase […]

Overview On September 1st, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim introduced the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030), an industrial policy for the manufacturing and manufacturing-related services sectors spanning seven years […]