Malaysia

As digital assets become easier to access through regulated investment structures, financial advisers face a more complicated question: not whether clients can invest, but whether the exposure fits their objectives, risk tolerance, and broader portfolios.

Bus Cap Berhad, Malaysia’s bus builder listed on Bursa Malaysia, announced Wednesday that it has entered into an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BYD Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. to jointly advance a Malaysia-based new energy commercial vehicle platform, anchored by the proposed establishment of a localized electric bus assembly and manufacturing…

Malaysia will step up efforts to attract high-value investments in sectors including semiconductors, artificial intelligence, digital services and energy transition, while strengthening incentives to ensure approved projects translate into jobs, technology transfers and local supply chains, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

The share of Malaysian businesses that consistently use at least one AI tool rose to 38 percent from 27 percent a year earlier, according to "Unlocking Malaysia's AI Potential 2026" study commissioned by Amazon Web Services, though most remain limited to basic applications.

Carousell Malaysia, under Singapore-based recommerce platform Carousell, has added SPX Express, the courier affiliated with the e-commerce platform Shopee, as a delivery option on its marketplace, giving sellers label-free parcel drop-off at more than 1,000 SPX service points across West Malaysia.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, will establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, comprising up to three availability zones in Johor, and will work with a local university to train more than 1,000 people in AI and cloud skills.

Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd, the state-owned enterprise which had been appointed to develop, operate and maintain the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project, announced Monday a collaboration with Revenue Group Berhad, one of Malaysian payment solutions providers, to power its mobile application with advanced payment tokenization technology.

Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) and Haier Energy Sdn Bhd (Haier Energy), a subsidiary of Haier Group headquartered in China, have entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to form a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of Haier’s new energy platform and ecosystem.

The National Energy Efficiency Policy and Action Plan 2026-2035 (NEEAP 2.0) marks a structural shift in Malaysia’s energy-efficiency landscape, providing a clearer implementation roadmap for mandatory energy management, reporting and periodic audits for qualifying energy consumers, progressively shifting adoption from voluntary towards regulation driven,…

RHB Investment Bank expects Malaysia technology sector’s momentum to remain intact into the second half, supported by robust supply chain order flows amid elevated artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, an improving earnings growth trajectory, and positive management guidance.