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Vantage Data Centers is considering an IPO at a $100 billion valuation or a strategic sale, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence demand for computing infrastructure. The move reflects intensifying competition in the data center sector.
Resintech Bhd's majority-owned subsidiary has obtained RM41 million in Islamic financing to develop a hostel and retail complex in Kuala Langat, Selangor, comprising 158 units and retail facilities.
Alphabet is raising up to $25 billion through a multi-tranche bond offering to fund its surging artificial intelligence spending, marking an intensifying shift by Big Tech away from self-funded investments toward debt financing.
Alphabet is targeting $20-25 billion from a new multi-tranche U.S. bond offering, marking another major capital raise as the tech giant grapples with enormous AI infrastructure spending that has begun straining its historically strong cash position.
Malaysia's six largest government-linked investment companies are deploying RM20.3 billion in 2025 through the GEAR-uP programme—triple the previous year's allocation—to drive socioeconomic reforms and position the nation for industrial growth amid global uncertainty.
A former bank analyst has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for conducting unlicensed securities activities and fraudulently using the Unit Trust Consultant title without proper regulatory authorisation.
Three brothers have been charged across separate Kuala Lumpur Sessions Courts for operating unlicensed capital market activities, marking another enforcement action by the Securities Commission.
Malaysia's Securities Commission has charged three brothers at separate Kuala Lumpur courts for operating unlicensed securities dealing businesses between March and October 2019, risking fines up to RM10 million or decade-long prison sentences.
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a High Court judgment finding former WCT Bhd deputy managing director Goh Chin Liong and Ara Holdings director Leong Ah Chai liable for insider trading, confirming a RM5.83 million award to the Securities Commission.