Reported in The Edge (31/1/07) Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is now reviewing its dividend policy to reward shareholders. This is particularly so  with its rising spare cash so as to make this utility stock more appealing, especially to foreign investors. 
According to Chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh:-
·      when the company was […]

Interestingly, Furniweb Manufacturing ( Vietnam) Co Ltd (FMV) which is a subsidiary of Malaysian public listed company, Furniweb Industrial Products Bhd was reported in The Star (22/1/07) to explore listing in Vietnam vide the Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Centre. Also, this might be the first time that a Malaysian corporate is looking into […]

Recently reported in the Star (12/06), there is a smallish acquisition by public listed company, London Biscuits (confectioner) of acquiring a 20% stake in poultry player Lay Hong  for Rm4.8m or #Rm1.07 per share.
This case is worth noting as London Biscuits is not interested in merely signing a long term supply contract with its supplier, […]

In an acquisition, sometimes it’s advisable to look at the option of buying all/parts of its business assets, contracts, patents,etc instead of owning the company.
Reasons might be:

that acquirer might not want to entangle itself with the existing liabilities in the acquired company;
off-balance sheet liabilities that might be omitted during the due diligence( quite messy to […]

In Malaysia, selling off business assets is not very often heard of. Some Malaysian companies that practice divesting of business assets are  Berjaya  /Hong Leong group who takes profit not only from trading within its core business but includes the divestment of any business assets re: investment in associates/subsidiaries.
So do we really have a concern here? […]