Malaysia's Khazanah eyes $1.2b pre-tax profit after first loss in decade

Malaysia's Khazanah eyes $1.2b pre-tax profit after first loss in decade

The Khazanah Nasional Berhad logo is displayed on a laptop. Photo: Ipsita Ray/DEALSTREETASIA

Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd said on Monday it is targeting a pretax profit this year of at least 5 billion ringgit ($1.2 billion), which would be its highest in eight years, after posting its first loss in a decade in 2018.

“For this year, we hope to achieve profitability of at least 5 billion ringgit,” Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, Khazanah’s managing director, said in comments to reporters at the fund’s annual conference.

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