Malayan Banking Bhd
(RM9.00/share)
Maybank: We’ll decide
within the next 6 months
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) will decide over the next six
months whether it wants to locally incorporate its Singapore retail banking
operations, a move that may enable it to double the number of outlets
there. Lee Hong Khim, Maybank’s head of
global wholesale banking (GWB) in Singapore said it should be able to reach a
decision “within the next six months”.
Maybank is one of eight foreign banks that hold a qualified
full banking (QFB) licence in Singapore, a status that gives it greater
branching privileges than other foreign lenders operating there.
A QFB-status bank is allowed to have up to 25 business
locations on the island republic, and Maybank, which currently has 22 branches,
is the only Malaysian bank to hold that status. In June this year, the Monetary
Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it would require QFB banks that are important
to the domestic market to locally incorporate their retail operations. –
Business Times
Genting Malaysia Bhd
(RM3.50/share)
Genting Hong Kong on
right course for growth
Genting Hong Kong Ltd (Genting HK), formerly known as Star
Cruises Ltd, has all the reasons to be confident on its growth prospects, as
its cruise business and its casino project in Manila are moving on the right
track. The company, in which Genting Malaysia Bhd has an 18.4% stake, is also
optimistic that the US economy could improve.
Genting HK, which the Lim family has a 55.3% stake in it,
operates its cruise business via two entities, namely Star Cruises-Asia Pacific
(Star Asia) and Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL). It has a 50% joint ownership
alongside Apollo and TPG.
Besides its cruise business, the company’s casino project in
Manila is also showing good growth signs. Genting HK has a 50% stake in
Travellers International Hotel Group Inc, which owns and managers Resorts World
Manila.It currently has three hotel chains, a casino, a retail mall among
others. – Business Times
Malaysian Resources
Corp Bhd (RM1.65/share)
MRCB: Penang Sentral
to take off in 2013
Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) says the Penang Sentral
project in Butterworth, estimated to be worth over RM3bil, will begin in 2013
after more than four years of delay. Penang Sentral, an integrated mixed
commercial development was expected to start in 2008 but works got delayed due
to land acquisition matters. MRCB was awaiting federal government allocation to
fund the public utility project.
MRCB’s property division head of marketing Zamry Ibrahim
said construction will begin next year and there would be some changes to the
plan. The 9.6ha Penang Sentral will feature a transport terminal for ferries,
buses, taxis, trains and a projected monorail station.
Zamry said the terminal will be integrated and surrounded
with commercial, residential and retail components, similar to MRCB’s Kuala
Lumpur Sentral integrated commercial hub in Brickfields. Penang Sentral, which
is part of the Northern Corridor Economic Region initiative, will be developed
by MRCB and Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera Bhd. - Business Times
Source: AmeSecurities
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