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Sime Darby pivots to high-margin industrials
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Bhd is shifting its focus towards high-margin industrials, which offer around 7% margins, compared with the roughly 1% margin in its automotive segment. The move comes amid strong demand for commodities and critical…
Malaysia's Surprise Growth Surge Spurs 2026 Forecast Upgrades
Malaysia's much better-than-expected growth last quarter has prompted a flurry of analyst upgrades to their forecasts for this year, with some predicting the Southeast Asian nation will once again outperform official projections. Maybank Investment…
Politics And The Markets 02/15/26
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Affinity's Lumus heads to loan markets to replenish dry powder
Affinity Equity Partners has agreed terms with lenders to upsize the debt facilities for Lumus Imaging, after delivering 40 per cent EBITDA growth in the nine months since it carved the radiology business out of ASX-listed Healius for $965 million.
Macquarie seals $11.7b purchase of logistics group Qube
Follow our live coverage of the February 2026 ASX reporting season Logistics group Qube will leave the Australian Securities Exchange after its board agreed an $11.7 billion sale to Macquarie Asset Management and partners including UniSuper and…
Generation Development Group weighs bid for Ironbark Asset Management
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RHB Bank outlook brightens on market recovery
PETALING JAYA: RHB Bank Bhd has emerged as one of the key beneficiaries of the equity market, which is expected to perform well this year, as the bank has high exposure to investment-related businesses, says CGS International (CGSI) Research.
ASX companies should seriously consider annual director elections
It's time for policymakers to seriously consider mandating annual elections for ASX company directors as part of a broader assessment of the two strikes rule. There are certainly opposing views about forcing annual director elections, and opinions…
Fulcrum's man of many faiths is making macro hedge funds great again
From an early age Suhail Shaikh says he's learnt to embrace many faiths. His father was Muslim while his mother was Hindu. “Back in the '70s that was very toxic,” he says of his upbringing in London. He's since married a Catholic who…
Contact Energy sweet-talks Aus, NZ investors for $500m-plus raising
Dual-listed Contact Energy started wall-crossing fund managers on both sides of the Tasman over the weekend, talking up plans for an equity raising to fund growth. People briefed on the unfolding transaction told this column Contact Energy, one of…
Saddle up: The Horse set for global expansion with PE backing
The Horse, the buzzy Australian accessories designer best known for a line of social media-friendly leather bags, has secured outside investment for the first time in a deal that values the business at around $50 million. Point King Capital, a…
Liquidator appointed to major Scottish Premiership football club investor
Richard Gardiner of Thomson Cooper was appointed liquidator to G4 Claims Limited, a Wishaw-based business. G4 Claims is listed as the 'main sponsor and front of shirt partner' on Motherwell's website. Motherwell said in a press release in 2023: 'In…
In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad
In 1832, Joseph Brewster built a fashionable rowhouse mansion in one of New York City's wealthiest neighborhoods. The three-story home in the East Village was built to entertain other wealthy, white peers, many of whom were profiting from the slave…
Influencers forced to apologise to village after manor renovation
Do YOU have a story? Email: john.james@dailymail.co.uk It has weathered centuries of history - and countless fictional murders - but an iconic country manor may not survive the court of public opinion. For years, the Grade-II listed Manor House in…
Public Sector Pension Investment Board Grows Stake in United Community Banks, Inc. $UCB
Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its position in shares of United Community Banks, Inc. (NYSE:UCB - Free Report) by 14.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange…
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