Another Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) will be listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia on 7th DEC 2011. Pavilion REIT, which is expected to raise RM695.2 million from its initial public offering (IPO), has secured six cornerstone investors to take up 265 million units at an offer price of RM0.90 sen per unit or the institutional price, whichever is lower. The cornerstone investors are Permodalan Nasional Bhd, Employees Provident Fund Board, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Bhd, American International Assurance Bhd and HwangDBS Investment Management Bhd.
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Forbes has compiled a list of latest ranking for the World’s Billionaires earlier this month and this 25th year of tracking global wealth breaks two records: 1,210 listees in total and achieve a combined wealth of US$4.5 trillion. Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu stays still on top of the list this year by added US$20.5 billion to his fortune, more than any other billionaire. The telecom mogul, who gets 62% of his fortune from America Movil, is now worth US$74 billion and has pulled far ahead of his two closest rivals: Bill Gates at second place and Warren Buffett at third, both added a more modest US$3 billion to their piles and are now worth us$56 billion and us$50 billion respectively.
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Last week Forbes had released their latest edition of Malaysia’s 40 Richest. Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan stay still at top two spots with the net worth of US$12.5 billion and US$9.5 billion respectively. Overall Malaysia’s economy grew 7.2% last year, which recorded as the highest rate since 2000. The fortunes of the country’s 40 richest have kept rising too, which worth a collective US$62.1 billion, US$11.1 billion more than previous year.
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The local business magazine, Malaysian Business has recently compiled a list of “Highest Paid Directors” survey for the year of 2009. Among the list, Genting Berhad topped the list with a payout of RM92.11 million. Besides, Genting Bhd also had the highest remuneration band of RM87.6 million to RM87.65 million for a single director. However, the company did not name the director. The top executive listed is its executive chairman and chief executive officer, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay.
| RANK |
COMPANY |
REMUNERATION (RM) |
| 1 |
Genting Bhd |
87.6 million ~ 87.65 million |
| 2 |
Genting Malaysia Bhd |
37.25 million |
| 3 |
IOI Corp Bhd |
25 million ~ 30 million |
| 4 |
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd |
14.5 million |
| 5 |
Berjaya Corp Bhd |
12.3 million ~ 12.35 million |
| 6 |
SP Setia Bhd |
8.37 million |
| 7 |
Public Bank Bhd |
7.55 million |
| 8 |
Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd |
6.85 million ~ 6.9 million |
| 9 |
Hiap Teck Venture Bhd |
5.95 million ~ 6 million |
| 10 |
YTL Corp Bhd |
5.9 million ~ 5.95 million |
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Forbes had compiled a latest Global 2000 list last week. The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. It’s a comprehensive report analyzes the world’s biggest companies and the best performing of these titans over the past year. This year’s ranking of world leading companies span 62 countries, with the US (515 members) and Japan (210 members) still dominating the list, but with a combined 33 fewer entries. Total 18 companies from Malaysia are ranked in this year’s Forbes Global 2000 list, which including:
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US banking giant Citigroup Inc becomes the seventh foreign company to grant a stockbroking licence from The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). However, it will be focusing its business model on foreign and domestic institutional business. Any variations to the business model are subject to the SC’s approval.
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Public Bank Bhd and Bursa Malaysia Bhd won the Overall Excellence Award of the Malaysian Corporate Governance Index 2009 (MCG Index) for their achievements in practising the highest level of corporate governance standard. The new MCG Index serve as a premier index for investors to gauge corporate governance levels of public-listed companies in Malaysia.
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Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd will replace Parkson Holdings Bhd to become the constituent in FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) following the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange’s semi-annual review. The reviews ensure that the indices accurately reflect the markets they represent. FTSE group and Bursa Malaysia Bhd said that would take effect from tomorrow, 21st DEC 2009, and the next review would take place in JUN 2010.
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According to a valuation study conducted by Interbrand, Public Bank emerge as Malaysia’s most valuable brand for year 2009, with a value of RM6.593 billion. Public Bank overtook last year champion Maybank, which fell to second spot this year with value of RM5.374 billion, to grab top spot in the third anuual ranking of Malaysia’s Most Valuable Brands (MMVB), a league table that values the Top-30 consumer-facing Malaysian brands. In third place is CIMB, valued at RM5.245 billion.
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Have you ever red a letter from the most successful investor in modern history, Warren Buffett? If you are one of the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway then you will have the chance to receive a letter from Warren Buffett each year, in which you can read about his taught and his investment in that particular year.
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