As part of its pledge to assist them through this difficult period, local stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd has released a transparency guideline on Covid-19 relevant impacts and investments for listed firms. Bursa Malaysia said, based on its observation of recent disclosures made by listed issuers related to the effect of Covid-19, it felt that there was scope …

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has certainly hit the Asean banks and induced a recession that is now currently affecting majority of the countries in the region. According to Fitch Ratings, They will be downgrading the Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of around 20% of ASEAN banks portfolio beginning March. ASEAN banks portfolio ratings in this period are at around …

KUALA LUMPUR – The COVID-19 global pandemic and the resulting Movement Control Order to contain the disease could potentially push people to become poorer in 2020. The COVID-19 global pandemic however benefitted the industry of e-commerce and companies selling masks, surgical gloves, ventilators, personal protective equipments and supplying boxes for food deliveries. On the downside, the effects of after almost …