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Feature stories and market perspectives from Fintrade Securities Corporation Ltd.

Riding the Wave of Malaysia’s Debt Dilemma
Features | Sep 16, 2025

Riding the Wave of Malaysia’s Debt Dilemma

Malaysia today finds itself in a curious place — a nation poised between ambition and restraint, where the dreams of...

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New Insurance Rules Prioritise Fairness in Disaster Recovery
Features | Sep 11, 2025

New Insurance Rules Prioritise Fairness in Disaster Recovery

  Under the new Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023, the excess provisions have been standardised in a way that makes...

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Simpler Excess Brings Relief for Policyholders
Features | Sep 09, 2025

Simpler Excess Brings Relief for Policyholders

  The promise of simpler excess rules under the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 is beginning to resonate with households...

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New Law Expands Cover to Floods and Storms
Features | Sep 08, 2025

New Law Expands Cover to Floods and Storms

The expansion of New Zealand’s state-backed disaster insurance to explicitly include floods and storms has shifted from legislative promise to...

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Building Consumer Trust Through Transparency
Features | Sep 04, 2025

Building Consumer Trust Through Transparency

In an era where insurance is no longer perceived as a distant necessity but a cornerstone of financial resilience, transparency...

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Accountability at the Top Under CoFI
Features | Sep 02, 2025

Accountability at the Top Under CoFI

Boards, once accustomed to overseeing financial performance, compliance metrics, and shareholder returns, now face a new and far more nuanced...

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Fairness as Strategy, Not Just Compliance
Features | Sep 01, 2025

Fairness as Strategy, Not Just Compliance

Long accustomed to rules and scrutiny, insurers expected the new Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) regime to mean more paperwork....

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The Evolving Role of Multilateral Development Banks
Features | Aug 21, 2025

The Evolving Role of Multilateral Development Banks

In an increasingly fractured global order, where power blocs assert their interests not just through diplomacy or defence but via...

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New Zealand’s Quiet Diplomacy in a Divided Financial World
Features | Aug 19, 2025

New Zealand’s Quiet Diplomacy in a Divided Financial World

In a world where the weaponisation of finance has become a frontline tactic, where sanctions sweep across entire economies with...

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Financial War Is Reshaping NZ’s Economic Strategy
Features | Aug 19, 2025

Financial War Is Reshaping NZ’s Economic Strategy

As global powers strategically deploy economic sanctions to serve political ends, the financial world is being quietly redrawn. In New...

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BRICS Banks, Kiwi Bonds And The Search for Non-Aligned Finance
Features | Aug 16, 2025

BRICS Banks, Kiwi Bonds And The Search for Non-Aligned Finance

A quiet tremor has begun to pulse through the global financial system, not a quake that shatters the old order...

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Borrow First, Budget Later’ Culture Grows
Features | Aug 14, 2025

Borrow First, Budget Later’ Culture Grows

In the first quarter of 2025, a significant uptick was observed in credit card issuance. One demographic segment accounted for...

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Easy Credit Ends, Rules Incoming
Features | Aug 12, 2025

Easy Credit Ends, Rules Incoming

In recent years, household debt in Malaysia has remained persistently high, hovering above 80 percent of GDP. A significant chunk...

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Fast-Track Cards, Slow Financial Growth
Features | Aug 11, 2025

Fast-Track Cards, Slow Financial Growth

At the heart of Malaysia’s youth credit boom lies a growing ecosystem of banks, fintech tie-ups, and employer-linked promotions offering...

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