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Bursa Malaysia – KLCI Deceptively Strong

In case you’re wondering why Bursa Malaysia is so strong despite the Dow making fresh lows each day, HLeBroking’s newsletter today provides a good glimpse of the scenario. Construction and Plantation Sector These two sectors are holding up the KLCI. Construction Stocks have been in an uptrend of late as traders buy up construction stocks [...]

[ More ] February 27th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Bursa Malaysia Companies |

Investor Relations in Malaysia: The AMMB Twist

How to Tell Bad News and Make your Share Price Go Up… maybe this is a better title for this article. I am talking about the 13-Feb Profit Announcement by AMMB Holdings Berhad, Malaysia’s fifth largest banking group by total assets. In that Announcement, it was obvious that the bank is increasingly negative about the Malaysia [...]

[ More ] February 16th, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in Investor Relations, Malaysia Banks |

List of Malaysia Banks – Top Earners

As an investor, you want to make sure that your company is not paying obscene salaries to the top execs. We’ve seen what happened at the US investment banks such as Lehmans and Merrill Lynch. Since I’ve got some bank shares, I was a little curious about what our top banking executives earn here in [...]

[ More ] February 6th, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in Malaysia Banks |

Banking Sector Highlights

Here are the key highlights for Malaysia’s banking sector in December 08 based on figures published by Bank Negara. 1. Loan growth of 12.8% year-on-year, driven by business and mortgage loans. This is as the strongest showing since 1998. 2. Industry NPL ratio stood at 4.1% (down from 5.6% last year). NPL is now at [...]

[ More ] February 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Malaysia Banks |