AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCommodity Outlook: The World Bank forecasts global commodity prices will rise 23% in 2026, with energy prices up 32% and Brent crude averaging $91 a barrel. Supply shocks could add to inflation and pressure food affordability and growth. UK Budget: Expanded business-rate relief will take 70,000 more firms out of rates, while minimum and living wages rise 3.9%. But from April 2027, the tax-relief threshold for business sales will fall from £1 million to £500,000. Corporate Restructuring: TVS Motor will separate its consumer-finance business into Harita ARC, with shareholders receiving one share in the new company for each TVS Motor share. The finance arm reported turnover of Rs 3,921 crore in the first half of FY27. Malaysia’s Digital Economy: The sector is projected to grow 20% to $48 billion this year, matching Vietnam’s pace in Southeast Asia; nearly half of the country’s AI use is enterprise-led. Public Investment: Malaysia’s finance ministry says an investigation into pension fund KWAP’s roughly RM200 million investment in eFishery has found no evidence of corruption or misappropriation so far. The company was later found to have manipulated financial reports, and efforts to recover the investment continue.
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