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Barclays-backed Barrenjoey Group is making an aggressive push into New Zealand, hiring senior bankers from rival Jarden and merging with Craigs Investment Partners. The move signals confidence that the smaller Tasman economy is positioned for significant capital markets growth.
Alphabet is pursuing a bond offering worth up to $25 billion, marking another aggressive move to finance its ballooning artificial intelligence infrastructure investments. The offering underscores mounting pressure on Big Tech's finances.
IOI Properties Group has obtained Securities Commission approval to list a real estate investment trust with an initial size of 5.5 billion units backed by landmark Malaysian properties worth RM7.58 billion, including retail malls, office towers, and premium hotel brands.
A former bank analyst has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for conducting unlicensed securities activities and falsely using the Unit Trust Consultant title to solicit clients.
Three brothers have been charged across separate Sessions Court hearings in Kuala Lumpur for operating unlicensed capital market activities, according to the Securities Commission.
The Securities Commission has charged three brothers—Anuar Hassan, Mohd Amin Hassan, and Amir Hassan—with conducting unlicensed securities dealing across multiple Malaysian states between 2019 and October 2019.
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a High Court judgment finding former WCT Bhd deputy managing director Goh Chin Liong and Ara Holdings director Leong Ah Chai liable for insider trading, with the Securities Commission awarded RM5.83 million in total damages.