Pullman Kuching to open it's doors in November TravelDailyNews Pullman Hotels and Resorts, hotels designed specifically for today's business and leisure travellers, announced that the Pullman Kuching will open on 17 November, 2009. Pullman Kuching will be Accor's second Pullman in Malaysia. | Whether visiting Kuching for business or pleasure - 'Check-in, Chill-...
Malaysia's Maxis seeks $3.4B in SE Asia's top IPO Syracuse | (AP) - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The mobile phone empire of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan launched an initial public offering Wednesday to raise at least $3.4 billion in the biggest share sale in Southeast Asia. | Maxis Berhad, the top mobile company in Malaysia, is offering for sale 2.25 b...
Sukuk are equity, demand risks must be shared The Guardian The default of Kuwait Investment Dar's sukuk and the bankruptcy filing of U.S. sukuk issuer East Cameron have put the spotlight on the extent to which investors are protected when an Islamic bond sours. Most sukuk have been structured as asset-based ...
Asset quality, not structure, central to sukuk's safety The Guardian A default of Kuwait Investment Dar's sukuk and the bankruptcy filing of U.S. sukuk issuer East Cameron have put the spotlight on the extent to which investors are protected when an Islamic bond sours. Most sukuk have been structured as asset-based in...
Pullman Kuching to open it's doors in November TravelDailyNews Pullman Hotels and Resorts, hotels designed specifically for today's business and leisure travellers, announced that the Pullman Kuching will open on 17 November, 2009. Pullman Kuching will be Accor's second Pullman in Malaysia. | Whether visiting Ku...
IFC takes the lead Arab News | Mushtak Parker I Arab News | Middle East countries including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Egypt and even Libya have all shied away from raising funds from the Islamic capital market through a debut sukuk issuance citing current market condit...
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Asian stockmarkets weak as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 slumps The Australian | ASIA stockmarkets were mostly lower today, with Tokyo falling below 10,000 points as the yen strengthened against the US dollar. | Japan's Nikkei 225 was 2.7 per cent lower at 99...
Malaysia's OSK launches fund to venture China A-share market China Daily | Malaysia's OSK Investment Bank launched a fund in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to tap the potential of China's A-Share market. | The OSK-UOB Capital Protected China A-Share Fund...
RHB Capital Sets Its Sights on Bank Mestika Wall Street Journal By ELFFIE CHEW | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's fourth-largest lender by assets, RHB Capital Bhd., is expanding its regional footprint with plans to buy 80% of Indonesia's PT Bank Mestika Dharma for 1.16 billion ringgit ($344.2 million). | RHB ...
Promoting local art talents The Star | PENANG artists should band together and work towards a common goal to ensure that local talents stand a chance of gaining recognition beyond the state and country, Penang Art Society president Ch'ng Huck Theng said. | He said local artists were as ...
̵6;A timely proposition̵7; Arab News | Mushtak Parker I Arab News | SOVEREIGN wealth funds (SWFs) may have had a limited exposure to the Islamic finance sector to date, but the launch of a new Islamic investment firm, Fajr Capital Ltd. in early October 2009, brings together the investme...
Malaysia's Maxis seeks $3.4B in SE Asia's top IPO The Boston Globe | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The mobile phone empire of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan launched an initial public offering Wednesday to raise at least $3.4 billion in the biggest share sale in Southeast Asia. | Maxis Berhad, the top mobile company in Malaysia, is offering for sale 2.25 billion existing shares, representing 30 percent of its tota...
