As a regional leader in freelancer engagement in Latin America, Workana enters the Southeast Asia market with Malaysia at its helm to provide freelancers with equal and exciting opportunities in the technology and creative industries.

Dow signed an agreement with Petronas Chemicals Glycols, a subsidiary of Petronas’ petrochemical arm and Malaysia’s leading chemicals producer, Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, to collaborate on a carbon project at Petronas’ world-scale ethylene oxide (EO) production facility in support of the Dow-International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Official Carbon Partnership.

BMW Malaysia unveiled the BMW i3s, its first Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or pure electric vehicle at the Malaysia Autoshow 2019. The First-Ever BMW i3s adds to the premium automaker’s portfolio of Visionary Mobility vehicles and reinforces BMW Group Malaysia as the leading e-mobility provider in the country.

MSIG Insurance Malaysia Bhd has launched dedicated insurance for the growing number of Malaysians diagnosed with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Franchise International Malaysia 2019 (FIM2019) recorded a potential transaction value of RM452 million, an increase of more than nine percent from RM410 million previous year.

The infusion of both sustainability and smart technology in the financial sector can transform the world community to another level, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Malaysia maintains its top position as the leading Islamic Economy for 2019 as rated by Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI).

In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of its Galaxy model, Samsung is offering S10e, a smaller variant of its flagship phone that holds itself strongly in the seas of bigger smartphones.

A Renowned Shariah Scholar from Saudi  Arabia Prof Dr Mohamed Ali Elgari and Thomson Reuters were named the recipients of the Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to Islamic Finance  and the Most Outstanding Islamic Finance Institution respectively at the KLIFF Islamic Finance Awards Presentation 2019.

Building on Malaysia’s strength in the Islamic capital market, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will continue to broaden its Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Sukuk framework and introduce Islamic SRI positive screening for equity offerings this year.

SC’s deputy chief executive Datuk Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin said; “The Islamic capital market is one of our key priorities. We continually look at how we can expand and broaden the reach of Islamic finance and the Islamic capital market. In 2014, we introduced the SRI Sukuk framework, which combines the elements of sukuk with the SRI purpose of utilisation of the proceeds.”