British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad was awarded the ‘Highest Return on Equity Over Three Years in the Consumer Products and Services Sector’ at The Edge Billion Ringgit Club 2018.
The Edge Billion Ringgit Club is where the Edge Media Group and partners celebrate Corporate Malaysia’s best-performing companies and top responsible organisations, and this year is the ninth year of the celebration.
British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad (BAT Malaysia) upheld its accolade as a leading employer when it took home the Top Employer – Malaysia/Asia Pacific 2019 Award yet again.
The Top Employers Institute also further recognised BAT Malaysia for being within the best three of companies certified in Malaysia.
In yet another initiative to promote digitalisation among SMEs, SME Corp. Malaysia and Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn. Bhd. announced a Whitepaper on the current state of digitalisation in Malaysian SME sector.
Titled, “Accelerating Malaysian Digital SMEs: Escaping the Computerisation Trap”, the Whitepaper highlights challenges being faced by SMEs in order to be completely ‘digitalised’.
Menara Hong Leong, the headquarters of Hong Leong Bank Berhad (HLB) was abuzz with coders, UX/UI developers, product designers, programmers and startup entrepreneurs.
They were hoping to make an impact with their ideas at HLB LaunchPad Activate 2018 (HLB LaunchPad) for tech-savvy fintechs and startups, and at the HLB sponsored event, Unimaker Universe 2018 (Unimaker) for the next generation of digital-minded talents.
edotco Group (“edotco”), an integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company has reinforced its commitment in Pakistan, now considered a country with the potential to create one of the largest digital audiences in the world.
At a recent meeting with Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Datuk Azzat Kamaludin, Chairman of edotco Group and Suresh Sidhu, CEO of edotco Group shared their optimism of Pakistan’s connectivity developments and reiterated edotco’s continuing commitment to invest in the country’s digital growth through improved telecommunications infrastructure.
Salaries in Malaysia increased by 5.0% in 2018, and are projected to increase by 5.2% in 2019, according to the Malaysia 2018 Salary Increase & Total Compensation Measurement Survey by Aon (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions.
These rates indicate that wages here are increasing faster than in Singapore (3.8% in 2018) and in-line with Thailand where salaries increased by 5.2% in 2018. Indonesia experienced a 7.6% rise in wages -- albeit with higher inflation and lower income base.
AirAsia Group Berhad (AAGB) today announced the transfer of its digital businesses to Redbeat Ventures Sdn Bhd (RBV), its wholly owned subsidiary.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, AAGB announced that RBV entered into a Share Sale Agreement with AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia Investment Ltd respectively on 25 June 2018 to acquire nine non-airline digital businesses as well as their subsidiaries.
DuitNow, the service that allows bank customers to transfer money instantly and securely using the recipient’s mobile phone number, is now available to the public at the Internet and/or mobile banking channels of the following banks:
AIG Malaysia recently marked its countdown towards its global centennial year with a special media briefing that celebrated its 66 years of safeguarding Malaysia while also identifying four key risk areas in 2019 amidst changing lifestyles and the advancement of technology.
Antony Lee, CEO of AIG Malaysia identified high-risk areas for businesses and individuals and earmarked road safety, cyber security, protection for SMEs and travellers as the leading general insurer’s key focuses in 2019.
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad’s (PCG) marketing entity, PETRONAS Chemicals Marketing (Labuan) Ltd (PCML), signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Sarawak Petchem Sdn Bhd (Sarawak Petchem), to market the methanol product from the Sarawak Methanol Project.
Under the agreement, PCML will be the marketing arm for Sarawak Petchem’s methanol product from Sarawak Methanol Plant in Bintulu for 20 years with an option for further extension.
