27/09/2025

BIZ & FINANCE SATURDAY | SEPT 27, 2025

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PROUD WINNERS ... Property developer LBS Bina Group Bhd and subsidiary MGB Bhd were honoured at the inaugural BusinessToday Industry Choice Awards 2025 held on Wednesday. LBS Bina received the award for Best in Community-Centric Property Development and MGB was honoured with the award for Best Innovation in Construction Technology. Award winners are primarily decided through a readers’ poll. Picture shows LBS Bina assistant general manager Shany Lim receiving the award for Best in Community-Centric Property Development on behalf of the company.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB ... Sime Darby Property Bhd achieved another milestone by securing its first-ever recognition at The Edge Billion Ringgit Club 2025, winning the Highest Returns to Shareholders Over Three Years Award in the Property Sector for RM3 billion and above market capitalisation category. The award was presented by His Royal Highness Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (third from left). Sime Darby Property managing director and CEO Datuk Seri Azmir Merican (third from right) accepted the award on behalf of the group.

ASEAN GREEN ECONOMY ... The Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) and Standard Chartered, alongside knowledge partners Yinson Holdings Bhd and the Malaysia Carbon Market Association hosted the Asean Green Shift Forum 2025 in conjunction with the 57th Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Insights from the Southeast Asia’s Green Economy Report 2025 anchored the forum. From left: Standard Chartered Malaysia CEO Mak Joon Nien, Capital A Bhd CEO and Asean-BAC Malaysia council member Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Asean-BAC Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Yinson Holdings group CEO and Asean-BAC Malaysia council member Lim Chern Yuan and Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia CEO Bilal Parvaiz.

DIGITAL ASSETS IN SPOTLIGHT ... Luno, Malaysia’s leading regulated digital asset exchange, hosted the Luno Institutional Digital Asset Conference in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on Thursday. The inaugural conference highlighted the strategic role of digital assets for institutional portfolio diversification. From left: Luno general manager (Apac) Aaron Tang, Luno CEO James Lanigan, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo, Luno Malaysia country manager Scarlett Chai and HSS Advisory CEO Datuk Harjit Singh Sidhu.

PIONEER DESIGN ... MISC Bhd and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have received approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore for their pioneering design of the world’s first ammonia-fuelled LR2 tanker powered by Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell technology. The AiP was awarded as part of a strategic joint development project involving the three parties. At a ceremony to mark the AiP are (from left) Dany J. Kim, sales engineering director of SHI; Zahid Osman, president & CEO of MISC Group; Nick Potter, president & CEO of AET and vice-president of petroleum & products, MISC Group; Haeki Jang, chief technology officer of SHI; Alex Gregg-Smith, senior vice-president, Marine and Offshore Asia Pacific & chief executive, BV Marine and Offshore China; and Captain Drago Pinteric, vice-president, Marine & Offshore Southeast Asia, Bureau Veritas.

ENHANCED CREDENTIALS ... NexG Bhd has underscored its position as Malaysia’s national leader in secure identity solutions by unveiling a series of technology upgrades and global partnerships that will transform the country’s passport and MyKad production. At a press conference after NexG’s annual general meeting in Cyberjaya on Wednesday are, from left, chief strategy officer Jorrine Ang Pei Gaik, executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman, executive chairman and CEO Datuk Hanifah Noordin, and executive directors Datuk Ab Hamid Mohamad Hanipah and Erna Ismail.