Stock Market stories

Beyond Insights’ Kuala Lumpur symposium draws record hybrid turnout, urging Malaysian retail investors to act on megatrends with discipline.

US firm Bourns launches NZD $356m bid for loss‑making Rakon, offering NZD $1.55 a share and locking up 41% of the chip maker’s stock.

CommScope rebrands as Vistance Networks after selling its cable arm to Amphenol, pledging debt repayment and at least USD $10 a share dividend.

Singapore retail investors back the global bull run into 2026 even as confidence at home in jobs, economy and living costs erodes.

Snowflake and Anthropic deepen their Claude tie-up with a USD $200m deal to power regulated, enterprise-ready AI agents worldwide.

DroneShield wins new Western and Asia Pacific defence contracts worth AUD $14.4m, lifting its record revenue backlog into 2026.

After a bruising 2025, falling inflation, rate cuts and small-cap strength are teeing up 2026 as the widest market rally in years.

AI dominates CEO earnings calls for the first time, as leaders pair record investment pledges with mounting warnings of an AI market bubble.

AI-fuelled attacks are pushing boards to ditch perimeter defences for real-time cyber risk visibility, reshaping security strategies by 2026.

CFOs face 2026 torn between deep cost cuts, selective growth bets and a mounting AI skills gap, Gartner survey data reveals.

CMC says AI, energy, robotics, defence and store-of-value trades will be the “Furious Five” megatrends steering markets into 2026.

Qilin ransomware group has targeted 25 South Korean finance firms using managed service providers, exposing 2TB of data in a politically charged cyberattack surge.

London launches the Global Growth Market, a new stock exchange to ease public listing for established growth firms, with trading slated for 2026.

Zopa teams with Upvest to launch investment accounts with a GBP £1 minimum, aiming to make investing accessible to millions of UK savers.

Surging AI investments risk outpacing technical readiness, sparking fears of a market correction akin to the 2000 dotcom crash, warns Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

Abolishing the UK's share tax could revive retail investor engagement and boost economic growth, urging inclusion in the upcoming Autumn Budget.

Around 4.7 million UK adults hold paper share certificates, with most unlikely to digitise before the government-mandated 2027 deadline, study reveals.

Palantir's soaring AI implementation success highlights a critical global demand gap, signaling the need for hundreds of similar firms by 2026.

Nearly one in three Singapore retail investors use AI tools for investing, far surpassing the global rate of 19%, with many valuing time-saving and tech potential.

DroneShield posts record AUD $92.9 million quarterly revenue, up 1,091%, driven by SaaS growth and new product launches, with positive operating cash flow.