Malaysia

By 2025, all Main Market listed issuers will be reporting TCFD-aligned disclosures and internalising climate change considerations in their business strategies.

The collaboration includes research and development, joint solution development, and cyber risk training and awareness programmes.

UOB subsidiaries reached agreements in January to acquire Citigroup’s consumer banking businesses in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The enhanced contract will provide investors exposure to gold at standard global prices without the need for currency conversion.

Regulators are also developing guidance on Malaysia's taxonomy, exploring blended finance solutions, and developing a catalogue of climate risk data sources.

Rosmah Mansor was convicted for taking bribes from a contractor in exchange for a government project to supply solar energy to rural schools.

The Securities Commission said Huobi is operating a digital asset exchange without being registered with the regulator.

The grant scheme, designed to help defray external review costs, is being extended to cover SRI-linked sukuk issued under the SC's new framework.

Najib was convicted in 2020 on 1MDB-related charges. The federal court upheld the conviction, requiring him to serve a 12 year jail sentence.

The Companies Commission of Malaysia will "take on greater responsibility" in supervising company secretaries and trust companies "in the near future".