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Balancing without new taxes (opens the original)
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WITH Budget 2027 less than two weeks away from being presented, it is time to preview government finances amid external uncertainties from elevated crude oil prices and domestic challenges in ensuring it is a people-friendly budget. In Budget 2026, the government tabled a RM422.6bil budget, comprising RM343.1bil in operating expenditure (opex) and the balance RM79.5bil as net development expenditure (DE). Cancel anytime. Ad-free. Unlimited access with perks. Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month,
Stronger governance key to public trust (opens the original)
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OVER the past month, Malaysian institutions came under the spotlight as both Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) were in the news for the wrong reasons. In TH’s case, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) revealed key shortcomings in the management of its funds, as well as blatant disregard for governance issues that could have helped the pilgrimage fund avoid being a target of political interference. Cancel anytime. Ad-free. Unlimited access with perks. B
Growth beckons but headwinds abound (opens the original)
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AFTER a lacklustre first-quarter (1Q26) earnings season, corporate Malaysia delivered one of its better quarters in recent times, with more companies reporting earnings that came in above expectations, while those that disappointed fell sharply. Nevertheless, pockets of weakness emerged, especially among some larger banking stocks and selected consumer names. Cancel anytime. Ad-free. Unlimited access with perks. Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter. Billed as RM 118.40 for t
Singapore banks have the edge (opens the original)
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SINGAPORE’S Straits Times Index, or STI, has seen spectacular growth this year, with the 30-stock benchmark index rising by approximately 23.5% up to the end of August 2026. At the same time, the FBM KLCI is only up 2.7% over the same period. The 20.8-percentage-point outperformance has become a talking point, to the extent that one wonders what we are missing. Cancel anytime. Ad-free. Unlimited access with perks. Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter. Billed as RM 118.40 for
The capital management misstep (opens the original)
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AMONG the priorities of the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia’s MY Value Up programme is for corporates to deliver value creation strategies over the medium to long term. MY Value Up guides companies to have a clear strategy, which should be communicated to various investors, on how value will be created and sustained. Cancel anytime. Ad-free. Unlimited access with perks. Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter. Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.
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