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Feature stories and market perspectives from Fintrade Securities Corporation Ltd.

Embedding ESG Principles in Corporate Governance
Features | Oct 18, 2025

Embedding ESG Principles in Corporate Governance

Malaysian Finance Association International Conference (MFAIC) 2025 casts a spotlight on a transformative shift in corporate governance in Malaysia, one...

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MFAIC 2025: Catalyst for Malaysia’s Sustainable Finance Transformation
Features | Oct 17, 2025

MFAIC 2025: Catalyst for Malaysia’s Sustainable Finance Transformation

The Malaysian Finance Association International Conference (MFAIC) 2025, scheduled for late November at Curtin University Malaysia in Miri, emerges not...

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Innovation Meets Conservatism in Insurance Market
Features | Oct 15, 2025

Innovation Meets Conservatism in Insurance Market

There has been a push for product innovation versus the traditional discipline of actuarial conservatism in New Zealand’s insurance sector....

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Solvency Overhaul Drives Transformation
Features | Oct 13, 2025

Solvency Overhaul Drives Transformation

When the new International Financial Reporting Standard, IFRS 17, came into force, it marked one of the most sweeping overhauls...

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Consumer-Friendly Insurance Reforms
Features | Oct 10, 2025

Consumer-Friendly Insurance Reforms

The insurance industry in New Zealand is undergoing a profound transformation, and at the heart of it lies the Contracts...

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Social Contract Shapes Tax Legitimacy
Features | Oct 09, 2025

Social Contract Shapes Tax Legitimacy

Every tax reform, no matter how technical its design, eventually collides with the lived realities of households. The recent expansion...

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Cross-Border Spending Pressures Malaysia
Features | Oct 07, 2025

Cross-Border Spending Pressures Malaysia

For Malaysia, the decision to expand SST from mid-2025 was never taken in isolation. It sits within a competitive regional...

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Sectoral Nuances Shape Outcomes
Features | Oct 07, 2025

Sectoral Nuances Shape Outcomes

The broadening of Malaysia’s Sales and Service Tax (SST) from July 2025 is more than a fiscal recalibration; it is...

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Economy Seeks Fresh Balance
Features | Oct 03, 2025

Economy Seeks Fresh Balance

The broadening of Malaysia’s Sales and Service Tax (SST) from July 2025 is more than a fiscal recalibration; it is...

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The Fiscal Math Behind Fuel Reform
Features | Sep 29, 2025

The Fiscal Math Behind Fuel Reform

At the heart of Malaysia’s fuel subsidy reform lies a deceptively simple equation: how much money the government saves versus...

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Smuggling Thrives On Price Gaps
Features | Sep 29, 2025

Smuggling Thrives On Price Gaps

For Malaysia, any change in petrol prices reverberates not just across local households and industries but across fences, rivers, and...

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Fuel Hikes Reshape Supply Chains
Features | Sep 26, 2025

Fuel Hikes Reshape Supply Chains

Every subsidy reform carries a ripple far beyond the sector it directly touches, and in the case of fuel, the...

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Malaysia’s Fuel Subsidy Reform Faces Litmus Test
Features | Sep 23, 2025

Malaysia’s Fuel Subsidy Reform Faces Litmus Test

The debate over who qualifies for targeted fuel subsidies in Malaysia is not a mere question of economic policy but...

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The New Face of Household Debt in Malaysia
Features | Sep 22, 2025

The New Face of Household Debt in Malaysia

The nature of credit in Malaysia has begun to acquire dimensions far beyond its arithmetic weight in national balance sheets...

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