Kuala Lumpur, 9 April 2020: Kenanga Investors Berhad’s (“KIB”) Kenanga Syariah Growth Fund (“KSGF”) was named “Malaysia Best Equity over 10-years” at the Refinitiv Lipper Global Islamic Fund Awards 2020 (“the Awards”).

According to Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of KIB, this success serves as a testament to what the fund house has been striving to achieve, that is, ensuring Consistent and sustainable Top Performance. “We are honoured to have been awarded the “Malaysia Best Equity Fund over 10 years” title. We foster a culture of excellence and the strength of our business is rooted in our focus on our clients and our people. We have been steadfastly committed to putting our clients' interests first and this award further reaffirms our deep knowledge of local markets and the breadth of our extensive investment capabilities, which are among the most innovative within the market, locally and in the region”, he says.

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2020 – Lazada Malaysia is launching a stimulus package to aid local small and medium enterprises (SME) from April to June 2020, as part of its ongoing corporate community commitment. The “Pakej Kedai Pintar” cash fund, starting with RM10 million, aims to help SMEs sell online, stabilise jobs and support the country’s economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This initiative is targeted to help an estimated 50,000 local SMEs via a series of customised benefits, especially those in the fresh food and groceries categories, new and existing eCommerce sellers, and brick-and-mortar retailers, including those who were planning to set up stalls for Pasar Ramadhan. These eligible SMEs will be able to enjoy free shipping services and receive fixed weekly payments, as well as the services of a dedicated support team to onboard, train and develop customised sales campaign with them through Lazada University. SMEs from fresh food and groceries categories, as well as new and existing Lazada sellers will also be entitled to zero commission and zero listing fees, on top of access to micro loan facilities.

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 APRIL 2020 — In a gesture of support for the Malaysian government’s efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve, GoCar Malaysia and Shell Malaysia are joining forces to make travel easier for the healthcare frontliners. From now until 14 April 2020, GoCar is offering 200 Nissan Almera located at 127 Shell stations across Peninsular Malaysia for free, and Shell is giving RM30 vouchers to fuel the journeys of our Malaysian healthcare frontliners during this time.

This initiative aims to help healthcare frontliners including doctors, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and administrative staff, commute easier, and safer, from their place of stay to hospitals, clinics, and quarantine centres. Registrations can be done via the GoCar’s website upon verification of healthcare personnel status online. Once successful, registrants will receive a GoCar promo code worth RM 483 that can be used to book a Nissan Almera followed by a Shell Fuel e- voucher worth RM 30, delivered via email, on a first come first serve basis.

Petaling Jaya, 8 April 2020 - Today, the governments of Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur officially announced their partnership with Grab Malaysia. These partnerships will see the homegrown company working with state councils to digitise our beloved Bazar Ramadan to serve Malaysians from the comfort and safety of their own homes.

“Each year, micro-entrepreneurs and social sellers look forward to the season as their busiest period. They participate in their neighbourhood Bazar Ramadan, and organise pop-up stores across our cities. But without a physical presence this year, they may not yield the same sales as before. Therefore, we want to support them to go cashless and expand their reach to millions of Grab users and use our ecosystem with services like GrabPay, GrabFood and GrabExpress* to help them continue to thrive and deliver their goods directly to Malaysian homes, be it bazar favourites, cookies or Hari Raya outfits,” said Sean Goh, Country Head of Grab Malaysia.