THE Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) and its subsidiary FGV Holdings Bhd being in the news is nothing new, but things have picked up a few notches with tensions simmering between the two, culminating in the former wanting to end its land lease agreement with the listed unit. Then this month, FELDA said it wanted to take FGV private. Here are the main newsmakers in the FELDA-FGV saga.
Business tycoon and philanthropist
Businessman Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary has been on The Edge’s newsmakers list every year for the past 15 to 20 years at least, with his vast empire of companies and his corporate manoeuvres that involve his two main listed entities, flagship MMC Corp Bhd and DRB-Hicom Bhd.
Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)
Former Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) chief executive Nik Amlizan, 51, was tasked in 2019 with moving the organisation beyond the financial mismanagement and irregularities that it had been embroiled in. In October 201, she took over the reins from Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, who had stepped down in the wake of the scandal.
Nik Amlizan is the first woman to helm the armed forces pension fund. She moved quickly to get LTAT back on track, putting in place a five-year strategic plan, along with Haniz Nazlan, who had joined the organisation in August 2019 in the newly created role of chief investment officer (CIO). Haniz told The Edge in a June interview that LTAT had lined up more than 30 investment-related initiatives for 2020 alone, which involved establishing the right framework and detailed investment plans, as well as enhancing existing policies and processes to guide the long-term transformation journey towards becoming a world-c
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): CGS-CIMB has overweight ratings on bank, healthcare, gaming, oil and gas, electronics manufacturing services (EMS), media and rubber gloves sectors, and underweight ratings on chemicals and transport.
The research house said in a report that it likes the bank, gaming, oil and gas, EMS and media sectors for exposure to a recovering economy post-Covid-19.
“We continue to like the gloves sector, as it is expected to deliver record earnings in 2021 due to strong demand for gloves following the Covid-19 outbreak.
“However, as we had cautioned earlier, the key risk is that the rubber gloves is now a crowded trade given its stellar share price performance in 9M20 (first nine months of 2020). This, coupled with concerns over the treatment of its workers and potential new capacities coming on stream, has led investors to rotate out of the gloves sector into banks,” it said.
FORMER managing director of Boustead Holdings Bhd Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin might be heading to UEM Sunrise Bhd to become its MD/CEO, say sources.
Amrin is slated to fill the seat after the resignation of Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib in October, people familiar with the matter tell The Edge. Anwar Syahrin became the MD of independent power producer Malakoff Corp Bhd on Dec 1.
When contacted, UEM Sunrise said no decision had been made yet. “UEM Sunrise is conducting a robust and meticulous search for a new MD or CEO after the departure of Anwar Syahrin on Oct 30,” says its chairman Datuk Noorazman Abd Aziz in response to questions emailed by The Edge.