Podcasts about bank negara malaysia

Jasmina Mohd Mokhtar, Deputy Director of the Financial Inclusion Department at Bank Negara Malaysia talks about the current state of financial literacy in the country, and what initiatives are being undertaken by the central bank to improve financial knowledge especially among the youth and in rural areas.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Our central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, is in charge of adjusting the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), but what is the OPR? How does it work, and how does the central bank decide whether to increase, decrease, or maintain the OPR? Amy Ghani, Senior Economist at Bank Negara reveals some of the inner workings of our central bank regarding monetary policy.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

#climatechange  #netzero  #coolerearth Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber - We're Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event Datuk Darrel Webber is a former CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) who talks about how human behaviour is warming the earth at 17x the natural rate, which If left unchecked, will accelerate human extinction sooner than we think.    (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:01:55 - Datuk Webber Shares His Origin Story  00:10:53 - Discovering What The Common Person REALLY Cares About  00:15:21 - Universal Basic Income Is One Way Forward  00:20:23 - Sabah, One Of The Poorest If Not The Poorest States in Malaysia  00:23:16 - Where Malaysia Ranks on the Global Climate Ladder 00:26:51 - How Climate Responsibility Coincides With The Economy  00:30:16 - Malaysia Needs to Develop Its Own Climate Plan, Not Ape The Western Model   00:34:02 - Reflecting On The Haze And How Palm Oil Disassociated Itself  00:42:05 - Climate Change Is Unstoppable  00:45:06 - Earth Has Already Experienced FIVE Extinction Ages  00:50:39 - How Financial Markets Harm Net Zero Ambitions  00:57:20 - Since Climate Change Can't Be Stopped, It's All About Adaptation Now  01:03:24 - Will Seafront Properties Make Sense In The Future?  01:05:52 - Government Needs to Protect Everyone, Not Just The Ones Who Vote For Them  01:08:52 - Nuclear Power Is A Real Option ..  And So Is Solar  01:14:00 - How Will AI Solve The Climate?  01:15:09 - Fewer Humans, A Cooler Planet  01:16:54 - Personal Adaptation: How Datuk Webber Is Driving Change Personally  01:22:02 - The EV Industry – A Big Lie?  FOLLOW DATUK WEBBER HERE  X: https://x.com/darrelwebb  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrel-webber/  Forever Sabah: https://www.foreversabah.org/team-info/datuk-darrel-webber  Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/  Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife  ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS  GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO  SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp  PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/  INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/ 

With digital payments being increasingly adopted in Malaysia, it's more important than ever to be on the lookout for scams that target e-wallets and banking apps. Vijayadurai Singgatore, Manager of BNMLINK, Bank Negara Malaysia tells us about some common examples of these scams, and how to use digital payments safely.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

Eddin Khoo is a journalist, historian, author and poet. But perhaps his biggest contribution to society is his tireless work in protecting Malaysia's traditional performing arts like the Wayang Kulit and Mak Yong, through his cultural organisation, Pusaka.  He rightly points out that Malaysia is a cosmopolis of races, cultures and traditions with a history older than most countries in the region.  But its importance has been systematically erased in the interests of political self-preservation.  This is his story, in his own words.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:42 - Who's Eddin Khoo (In His Own Words)  00:06:42 - What We Need to Know About Our History   00:08:45 - Our Racial Barriers Are A Construct  00:11:25 - Why Is Malaysia's History Her Great Wound?  00:17:10 - What Eddin Has Learnt About Malaysia From the Microcosm That Is Kelantan  00:23:37 - Malaysians Are Very Lazy in their Caricature of Our Differences  00:26:17 - Why Did the Young Malays Vote In a So-Called ‘Green Wave'?  00:30:03 - How Does Eddin Know So Much About the Malay Psyche?  00:32:52 - The Kelantanese Young Crave Leadership But Its Leaders Cannot Offer It. WHY  00:36:42 - Politics Changes People. WHY  00:39:43 - What Should Malaysia's National Narrative Be?  00:44:51 - Malaysia Is Bastardised ..  00:48:29 - What's the TL:DR of Eddin's National Narrative for Malaysia  00:55:05 - Message(s) to the Sclerotic (Rigid) Leadership?  01:02:40 - What Political Messaging Will Have Power?  01:07:32 - Malaysia's Collective Will, Mutual Respect Has Been Subverted  01:09:38 - What Did You Learn From Chairing the UEC?  01:14:02 - Why Politicians Are Like Snakes: Many Different Heads  01:17:08 - Why Politicians Cannot and Will Resist Change  01:18:42 - How Do Kelantanese View Intellectual Self-Interrogation  01:20:26 - When Will Change Come? Will it Ever Come?  01:22:32 - Collective Change, Not Generational Change  01:25:54 - Can Socialism Work in Malaysia?  01:27:38 - Why History is Important  01:31:15 - How to Get More Young Malaysians Interested in History?  01:36:15 - There's a Lot of Soul-Searching, Self-Searching Going On Right Now  01:40:42 - Malaysia's Middle Class Are Indolent, Colonial Hogs In Defining Malaysia's Racial Makeup  FOLLOW EDDIN HERE:  URL: https://www.pusaka.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddin-khoo-1097b55b/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/senipusaka IG Personal: https://www.instagram.com/ek.isatsea Writings:  https://www.optionstheedge.com/authors/eddin-kho MY ROAD TRIP TO KOTA BAHRU WITH EDDIN  https://youtu.be/qHG37ex2PY8 ---  Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ ---  Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia

Bank Negara Malaysia's Policy Document on Licensing and Regulatory Framework for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators was released this week. It will no longer limit the number of licences to just 5, but will go to any digital insurer and takaful operator that meets its requirements. Vincent Fong, Chief Editor & Country Manager of Fintech News Malaysia, explains the impact of this on Malaysian consumers.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

Do you own a medical insurance policy, or are thinking of purchasing a new one soon? If so, you could be affected by Bank Negara Malaysia's new policy that takes effect on 1st September, which requires insurance and takaful companies to provide the option of new medical and health coverage policies with a co-payment feature. What will this mean for current and new policyholders? Will this increase medical insurance premiums, or impact out-of-pocket costs for people seeking healthcare? We dive into this with Professor Dato' Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Professor of Health Economics, Policy and Management, & President, Malaysian Health Economic Association. Image Credit: Shutterstock

Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)'s Chandran Nair, an engineer, economist, entrepreneur and scholar, points out that Malaysia's political elites use the three very powerful levers of race, religion and royalty to instill fear into the public, giving them unlimited access to wealth and power.    (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS:  00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:55 - Where is Malaysia Right Now?  00:04:34 - It's Time to Remove Politicians' Free Pass of Race-Religion-Royalty  00:06:15 - The UiTM Issue: People Are Afraid to Speak Out  00:07:20 - Political Allegations, Police Reports Inciting Race, Royalty Are One Way Streets  00:08:30 - There is Fear Everywhere - the ‘Red Line' of Race-Religion-Royalty   00:09:44 - Governance Rule #1: Malaysia Is Not Owned by One Racial Group  00:10:08 - Governance Rule #2: Political Elite Are Obliged to Protect All Minorities to Prevent Unrest  00:11:02 - Governance Rule #3: The State Must Prevent Any Racial Segment Receiving Undeserved Privilege  00:11:27 - Affirmative Action Must be Targeted And Not Used At the Expense of Chinese, Indians or Other Minorities  00:12:20 - Malay Political Elite's Power Abuse  00:12:50 - Racism is Institutionalised in Malaysia  00:13:37 - Institutionalised Racism Has Destroyed Malaysia's Institutions and Meritocracy is Dead   00:14:34 - The Enemy of Meritocracy Is ..  00:15:20 - Institutionalised Racism Is a Fundamental Threat to Malaysia Because ..  00:16:58 - Can Malaysia's Racist Policies Ever be Dismantled?  00:20:24 - Is There Even a Will to Dismantle These Policies?  00:23:14 - A Poor Deal: Incompetence and Corruption In a System of Elites to Grab Money and Power  00:26:00 - The System of Patronage Seems to Work And Is Even Aspirational - That's Why It's So Clever  00:26:52 - The Wealth Gap Between Malaysia ($12k/yr) and Singapore ($76k/yr): WHY  00:28:20 - Malaysia's Wealth is Not Shared: This Must Change   00:29:50 - We Have Twin Towers and Skyscrapers But 70% of Wastewater in KL is Untreated. WHY  00:30:33 - Basic Necessities Are Being Corroded: Rice Reserves: 21 Days Only  00:32:10 - Abuses of Political Elite Prevent Access to Basic Rights for the Poor Malay Majority  00:35:00 - Trigger Points for Positive Change?  00:38:40 - Was the Green Wave A Protest Vote Against Corruption?  00:39:10 - A Collapse of the Ringgit Could Trigger a ….  00:39:45 - A Food Shortage Could Trigger a ….  00:45:20 - Malaysia's Position in ASEAN  00:49:02 - ‘Stay and Build' on Malaysia's Strengths – Which Are .. ?  00:51:54 - What Does The World Look Like in 2044?  00:56:00 - Malaysia Does Not Have ANY Leaders  00:57:10 - Hope is Essential. Indonesia Once Was a Basket Case Too  00:58:22 - Singapore George Yeo Says These Three Leaders Are Legit  01:00:36 - What About China? Foreign Policy, War, Conquest, Power?  01:06:25 - How China Thinks About Malaysia and its Diaspora of 7m Chinese in Southeast Asia  01:08:25 - What is China's Soft Power?  01:12:42 - US Elections: Who is Less Likely To Throw Bombs?  01:14:22 - Who Would China Prefer? Trump or Biden?  01:16:25 - How Is Chandran Preparing Himself For His Own Future?  01:27:32 - Let's get the Best People Back Into Malaysia's Institutions to do the Best Job, Irrespective of Race of Religion, To Help ALL Malaysians   .. Some of Chandran's Key Articles Mentioned in the Podcast:  To whom does a country belong? https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2023/07/22/to-whom-does-a-country-belong/ Anti-corruption ‘revolution' imperative and long overdue https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2024/01/27/anti-corruption-revolution-imperative-and-long-overdue/ Now everyone prospers: new equity pathways https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2024/03/23/now-everyone-prospers-new-equity-pathways/ FOLLOW CHANDRAN HERE:  URL: https://global-inst.com/our-team/ X: @Cnomics LinkedIn: https://hk.linkedin.com/in/chandran-nair-57184418a Columns:  South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/author/chandran-nair MalaysiaKini: https://www.malaysiakini.com/en/tag/chandran%20nair Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandran_Nair_(businessman) London Speaker Bureau: https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/chandran-nair/

Professor Dr. Tajuddin Rasdi - Why Are Young Malaysians Becoming More Conservative?  Prof Tajuddin is a Professor of Islamic architecture who also writes prolifically on social issues in Malaysia, much of it centring on politics, faith and education.  He would love to see a more united and cohesive nation, a nation where multiculturalism, tolerance and independent thought prevail.  These are his thoughts and principles.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:01:56 - Who is Prof Tajuddin? (How Does a Professor of Islamic Architecture Become a Social Commentator?)  00:06:07 - Which Direction is Malaysia Going? Forwards, Backwards or .. Standstill?  00:09:24 - Malaysia Seems to Be Stuck in a Time Warp  00:11:00 - Some (Most) Folks Don't Really Understand Their Own Faith  00:12:44 - Islam Is an Open, Tolerant and Personal Religion, Not a Political Religion  00:17:03 - Why Are Young Malaysians Becoming More Conservative?  00:21:33 - The Green Wave: I Never Agreed With Undi 18   00:25:59 - Will Malaysian Society Become More Divided?  00:29:11 - Prof Tajuddin's Advice to his Kids  00:34:44 - Speaking Out to Aid Society is a Social and Religious Obligation  00:38:00 - Principles to Navigate the World  00:41:46 - What Are Malaysia's Students Talking About? What Are Their Hopes and Fears?  00:45:41 - Advice to People If Malaysia Becomes More Conservative  00:49:45 - “I Admire Tun Mahathir But I wouldn't Vote for Him” Why?  00:51:46 - Education Reform: How?  00:57:42 - If You Leave Malaysia, Where Would You Go?   01:01:32 - How Would You Like to Be Remembered?   

#war #crimes #corruption #power Bridget Welsh: “Very Possible” That PAS Could Govern Malaysia One Day  Bridget Welsh is an independent American scholar who has lived in (and analysed) ASEAN and Malaysian social, political and economic developments for over three-and-a-half decades, writing books and advising companies and NGOs how to navigate one of the world's most important and exciting regions.  Welsh's views on Malaysia and ASEAN's future are explosive and troubling. They are also truthful and nuanced. This could be one of the most important discussions anyone can consume in this era of great change, risk and opportunity.  Listen with an open heart and a constructive mind. It might yet help you navigate an uncertain future. CONTENTS  00:02:18 - Who's Bridget Welsh?  00:04:08 - What Foreign Companies and Other Countries Want to Know About Malaysia  00:05:10 - What Welsh Tells Them  00:06:40 - ‘Unseen Forces' and ‘Drivers of Change': Explain  00:10:01 - How Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Is Responding to these Forces  00:13:25 - How Anwar's Govt Has Failed on Corruption, Reform and Inequality  00:16:20 - Are Coalition Politics to Blame for these Failures?  00:17:43 - The Link Between a Failed Govt and the Black Market  00:20:10 - What Most Malaysians Don't Know About Malaysia  00:21:39 - What Drives Voting Behaviour in Malaysia? Including the So-Called ‘Green Wave'  00:24:50 - What and Why Are the Drivers Behind the Green Wave?  00:28:57 - The Green Wave Hit Penang Hard  00:31:04 - How Did DAP Lose So Much Ground In Penang? 00:32:55 - Who's to Blame?  00:35:25 - What Happens Next in Penang? Will the LRT Alleviate the Wealth Divide?  00:40:26 - Secession: Possible for Johor? Penang? Sarawak? Sabah?  00:43:55 - The Tinder Box that is Malaysia .. KK Mart .. etc  00:49:20 - What Do Foreign Investors Do With Malaysia: Buy? Sell? Hold?  00:52:27 - Who's the Most Effective of the Ten Prime Ministers Malaysia Has Had?  00:54:25 - Media Freedoms: Regression, Concern?  00:56:40 - Independent Thought and Racial Harmony: An Inconvenience to the Powers That Be?  00:58:09 - Transnational Crime and the Black Market (aka ‘Dark Economy') 01:04:54 - Missing Aeroplanes, Murdered Bankers and Assassinated Brothers of Korean Dictators - Malaysia is a Daily Hollywood Script  01:12:01 - What Does Malaysia Look Like in 10 Years Time?  01:14:05 - Political Stability As a First Key Theme in Malaysia, PAS as Malaysia's Next Govt: Chances Out of 10? And in How Many Years?  01:15:02 - Are PAS More Honest and Responsible Than the Others?  01:18:25 - The Youth As a Second Key Theme in Malaysia  01:19:59 - Economic Restructuring As a Third Key Theme in Malaysia  01:21:06 - Racial & Religious Issues / Concerns As a Fourth Key Theme in Malaysia  01:22:06 - What Are the Chances of Another Race War? 01:22:56 - Were the 1969 Race Riots Planned?  01:26:03 - Where Malaysia and ASEAN Figure in the Greater Global Discussion  01:33:16 - Malaysia's Stance on Palestine-Middle East: And Malaysia's Choice of China over the US. What They Both Mean.  01:36:43 - How Indonesia is Handling the Middle East Issue  01:40:31 - There Is a Serious Lack of Leadership and Statesmanship All Over the World  01:42:42 - What Are the US' and China's Appetite for Participation in a World War? Can Malaysia Stay Neutral?  01:44:25 - Unlike their Elders, Israel's Younger Generation Don't See the Value of Peace  01:47:10 - Simultaneously, there are Conflicts Simmering Elsewhere: Myanmar, Thailand are Examples ..  01:48:28 - Social Media Reinforces Hate and Discord  01:49:09 - What is the Possibility of a Third World War? 01:53:05 - ASEAN Has Been ‘Pathetic' In Terms of Solving its Own Problems and Taking A Stand  01:54:01 - China. Taiwan. What's Next? Escalation?  01:54:33 - US Elections. Foreign Policy. What's Next?  01:57:30 - A Trump Win Will Result in an Escalation.  01:58:17 - Advice. To Navigate an Uncertain Future  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). FOLLOW BRIDGET HERE:  URL: https://bridgetwelsh.com/bio/ Podcast: www.straighttalkseasia.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-welsh-424691a0/ X: @dririshsea MalaysiaKini articles: https://www.malaysiakini.com/en/author/Bridget%20Welsh Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/

#education  #philosophy  #morality  ---  Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim: Malaysia's Education System Has Failed Us, So What's Next?  The Trust Deficit has never been wider where Malaysia's education system is concerned. So where do parents and children turn to, to prepare them for a future that has never been more uncertain?  Independent scholar Dr S Munirah Alatas and ex-Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) Adzhar Ibrahim offer their thoughts on some possible ways forward, even as Malaysia's politics and policies goes ever-further backwards. (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:02:42 - Introductions: Adzhar   00:05:05 - Introductions: Munirah  00:07:55 - What's Going Well With Malaysian Education  00:10:45 - But What Does Education MEAN?  00:16:11 - The Politicisation of Malaysian Education  00:20:55 - Philosophy Has Disappeared: Is This Because Thinkers Are Inconvenient?  00:24:00 - Let's Not Forget Eastern Philosophers Too!  00:24:55 - The Deterioration of Local Graduates  00:26:57 - The Leader That Adzhar Admired Most: Where Did He Learn Those Attributes?  00:28:31 - The Importance of Informal Education  00:31:34 - Life at Columbia University  00:32:45 - Corporatisation and University Rankings Have Jeopardised Malaysian Universities  00:36:28 - How Should New Parents Think About Educating Their Children?  00:42:00 - Can One Entirely Bypass School and University?  00:47:55 - Why Aren't Parents Teaching Their Kids About Resilience, Humility, Independent Thought?  00:52:54 - You Can't Expect the Government to Dispense Good Sense When it Does Not Itself Have Good Sense!  00:54:49 - How Do Young Parents Gain More Wisdom and Perspective Without Relying on an Inept Government  00:59:41 - How Adzhar's Parents Helped Mould Him  01:01:46 - And for Munirah .. ?  01:07:57 - What Is a Successful Individual?  01:16:45 - Let's Ditch Language Colonialism! Language is Wealth  01:20:09 - How is Malaysia Doing Overall?  01:22:41 - Are Malaysia's Social Policies Here to Stay?  01:28:00 - Berdikari: Standing On One's Own Two Feet  01:30:03 - The Most Unsustainable Thing About Malaysia Is .. (Hint: It's Not the Environment)  01:31:30 - Change Will Come From Borneo  01:34:45 - Life's Conclusions  FOLLOW MUNIRAH HERE:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-munirah-alatas-ph-d-71464479/ Columns on Free Malaysia Today (FMT): https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...  Columns at Aliran: https://m.aliran.com/author/s-munirah...  Research on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...  FOLLOW ADZHAR HERE:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adzhar-ibrahim-6720bb14/  Columns on Fee Malaysia Today (FMT): https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...  As a Speaker: https://www.hrexchangenetwork.com/eve...  Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/ 

The World Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia recently released a joint report entitled "Managing Flood Risks - Leveraging Finance for Business Resilience in Malaysia". We speak to Tatiana Didier, Senior economist at the World Bank Group for what policy changes are required to help business survive these increasingly frequent calamities due to climate change and overdevelopment.Image Credit: Shutterstock

Bank Negara Malaysia, or BNM, is the central bank of Malaysia. We often hear about its pivotal role in Malaysia's economy, in monitoring and perhaps even managing currency exchange rates and OPRs. But what exactly is Bank Negara Malaysia? What are its powers and limitations?Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday, Bank Negara Malaysia issued its 2023 annual report and related financial reports detailing the health of the macroeconomy. What are the factors that will influence the trajectory of economic growth? We discuss the highlights with Dr. Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist of Bank Muamalat.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Bank Negara Malaysia on Friday announced that Malaysia's GDP expanded 3.0% yoy in 4Q23, lower than reported by Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) advanced GDP estimates and also consensus figures of 3.4%. Firdaos Rosli, Chief Economist of Ambank Group explains this disappointing figure and what this means for growth in 2024.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Malaysia Needs Reforms. LOTs of Them. Professor Terence Gomez, a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya and Dean of Economics, talks about the impact Malaysia's politics have had on the livelihoods of ordinary folks and on the nation's economy as well. (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).   CONTENTS 00:03:00 - Where Malaysia Needs Most Improvement 00:08:15 - How and Why Governments Can Be Bigger and More Meaningful 00:14:28 - How Policy Can Change 00:19:37 - A Lopsided Privilege 00:24:40 - Why Has Malaysia Not Exploited its Vast Potential? 00:28:18 - Are Malaysians Happy? Are Singaporeans Happy? 00:37:57 - Where Does Change Come From? 00:44:32 - Institutional Repair, the Answer 00:52:59 - We Have to Go Back to Coalition Politics 01:00:44 - Execution? 01:02:35 - Why Did Pakatan Harapan 1.0 Fail? 01:05:00 - Why the Big Bang Approach Might Not Work 01:07:00 - Why Prof Gomez Is Not Worried for the Middle Class

Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future   Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias is a highly experienced and respected corporate figure and a former CEO of Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund, among the world's oldest provident funds and the 7th-largest in the world, with over a trillion Ringgit in assets under management.    In today's chat, we focus on one of Malaysia's most pressing concerns: the lack of sufficient savings for many Malaysians, and the uncertain futures we all face, as we stay older for longer and the rising cost of housing, food and other basic necessities.    (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).   CONTENTS    00:01:31 - Introduction  00:07:00 - Zakri's Forced Retirement, Savings Sufficiency  00:12:30 - Retirement and Pensions are Human Constructs  00:16:37 - How Much is ‘Enough Savings'?  00:20:20 - The Trouble with Financial Planners and Outsourcing Other Important Life Areas  00:23:27 - Can the EPF be Trusted? And the Problem with Windfall Gains  00:27:11 - How Zakri Thinks About His Own Retirement  00:30:10 - Should People Even Buy Their Own Property?   00:35:00 - Buying Life's Little Luxuries .. Yea or Nay?  00:37:05 - Different Races, Different Spending Patterns  00:44:40 - Wealth and Sufficiency are Mindset Patterns  00:47:14 - How Malaysia and China Differ, Policy-Wise  00:49:00 - Rotten Heads and the Need for a New Model  00:55:42 - How Malaysia Can be the Centre of the Impact Investing World  01:00:25 - The Need to Redefine ‘Retirement' Must Also be Discussed  01:06:00 - How to Engage Property Developers to Help Nation-Build  01:10:03 - Could the Private Sector Take the Lead?  01:12:00 - What Role Can the Monarchs Play?  01:15:01 - Who Manages the Monarchs?  01:24:30 - The Role of Creativity  01:31:30 - Where Does the EPF Go From Here?  01:39:00 - Alizakri's Three Thoughts for the Future    ABOUT TUNKU ALIZAKRI    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizakri-alias/ At Endeavor Malaysia: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/people/tunku-alizakri-bin-raja-muhammad-alias PAN Productions: https://www.facebook.com/PanProductions/

#4x4 #explore #adventure  Thomas Foo - 4x4 World Explorer, Biker and Adventurer  Thomas 'Tango' Foo is a biker, off-roader, explorer, traveler, relief worker and entrepreneur, having spent over three decades crisscrossing all seven continents wherever his trusty Toyota Landcruiser will take him and his merry band of friends and fellow explorers.  Thomas' life is an inspiring story of courage and heart, a pursuit of his passion for adventure and travel while spreading a message of peace, love and harmony all around the world as ambassadors for Malaysia and anyone else who believes in living life to the fullest.  Not for everyone is this life but for those brave enough to embrace it, the world and its pleasures are there, available, and for free.  (I consider myself privileged to have seen one small part of this wonderful world with Thomas and hope there will be many more.) “He who is brave is free”  -- Seneca (As always, many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:03:07: How It All Started For Thomas  00:06:10: Did You Ever Have a ‘Normal' Job?  00:06:54: Where Have These Trips Taken Thomas?  00:15:15: Toyota's Bombproof LandCruiser  00:19:50: The LandCruiser 80 and 100 Series  00:20:22: Jeremy Clarkson and Famed Toyota Reliability  00:23:13: Thomas' Trips Are Long .. and Legendary  00:26:02: Being Prepared for the Unknown  00:27:33: K-Rog, A Chef on the Road  00:29:00: Malaysian Food - The Best  00:31:10: Getting the Fleet of Vehicles Ready  00:35:33: On the Canning Stock Route …  00:36:10: Fuel Quality  00:39:00: What About the Hilux?  00:39:55: The Almighty 80 Series Landcruiser  00:41:18: Tibet and China .. Altitude Sickness .. Remedies .. Viagra!  00:44:35: Tibetan Culture, Architecture, Scenery, Buddhism, Food, Beauty all Round!  00:46:55: Everest Base Camp From the Tibet Side!   00:52:00: Shigatse's Monasteries and Inner Peace  00:54:05: How Accessible and Inspirational is Tibet?  00:57:06: How Much are These Trips?  01:00:55: Planning Trips - Africa 2024!! Namibia, Angola, Tanzania et al  01:04:00: Sup Kambing in the Sahara Desert!   01:06:10: Who Comes on These Trips?  01:07:35: Making Life Count: Happiness!  01:10:10: There Are Also Motorcycles!  01:12:35: BMW GS', Triumph Tigers, GS310s  01:16:30: BK Lim's Downing to Downing - the Humble Scooter  01:18:00: The One and Only .. One Dollar: Mohd Assir  01:20:30: Girls (Like Nurul and Anita Yusof) Ride Overland too  01:23:00: Why is ‘One Dollar' named ‘One Dollar'?  01:24:32: Will Africa 2024 Have Motorcycles Too? Climate?  01:29:00: What about the Middle East?  01:30:00: Yusuf Hashim …  FOLLOW THOMAS HERE:  FB: https://www.facebook.com/thomas.foo.56  URLs:  https://www.4x4worldexplorer.com/ https://www.exploreroutfitter.com/ Some Press: https://www.carsifu.my/news/For-Thomas-Foo-life-is-a-4X4-adventure Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/  ---  Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/

Saksikan analisis terkini pasaran saham dan mata wang Malaysia selepas keputusan menaikkan OPR oleh Bank Negara Malaysia dan pengumuman US Federal Reserve. Teroka sektor-sektor yang menarik minat pelabur dan faktor-faktor pendorong prestasi ringgit. 

Saksikan analisis terkini pasaran saham dan mata wang Malaysia selepas keputusan menaikkan OPR oleh Bank Negara Malaysia dan pengumuman US Federal Reserve. Teroka sektor-sektor yang menarik minat pelabur dan faktor-faktor pendorong prestasi ringgit. 

MIT's Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?  Should AI be feared or welcomed? Humankind is still in a quandary on this issue.  Best to speak to the experts then, in the form of Pulkit Agrawal, who is an Assistant Professor at MIT, building Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interaction systems for commercial application.  His areas of study include robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). Contents  00:01:08 - How Studying the Brain Led to AI  00:03:10 - AI Is Not New ..  00:05:16 - Is AI Development too Fast? 00:09:22 - AI and Motor Skills ie Moravec's Paradox  00:12:55 - Robots Must be Legalled  00:15:24 - Should Robots Be Allowed to Impersonate Humans?  00:17:55 - The Cutting Edge of AI Is In ..  00:20:23 - Robot Sentience: True or False?  00:23:02 - Consciousness and Intelligence aka the Difference Between Obedience and Defiance  00:27:01 - ‘Progress' at the Expense of Guardrails  00:30:47 - Can AI Replace ‘Education'?  00:34:05 - Imagine a World Without Schools and Universities ..  00:36:22 - Embedding Chips in the Brain  00:39:27 - Do Engineers Think about the Ramifications of Runaway Development?  00:45:13 - Why Elon Musk is Struggling with Self-Drive  00:48:04 - How Far Away are Self-Driving Cars?  00:49:44 - Apple's VR Headsets .. Where's the Future?  00:51:26 - If You Connect Your Mind Can Your Thoughts be Read?  00:53:10 - Can Motor Sensory Skills be Enhanced?  00:54:29 - How Should One Prepare for a World of AI?  00:56:47 - What Skills Must People Learn?  --  Follow Pulkit here:  MIT: https://people.csail.mit.edu/pulkitag/  Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...  LinkedIn:  /pulkit-agrawal-967a4218     Twitter/X: @pulkitology 

#female #technology #ceo #nft #adobe #creativecloud   Acestar's Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty    Natalie Sit is the multiple award-winning owner of software services firm Acestar, a platinum reseller of Adobe Creative Cloud licences, having reached the pinnacle despite having no tertiary education, the daughter of noodle sellers in Ipoh.  This is her story, as told to Khoo Hsu Chuang. (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:01:43 - Noodle Seller Parents 00:05:33 - Trigger Points  00:07:11 - Bright Lights, Big City   00:11:42 - The Burning Dream  00:14:30 - Selling Snow to Eskimos  00:16:17 - The Art of Conversation  00:17:23 - Dealing with Rejection  00:19:17 - When the Chips are Down  00:22:22 - One Way Ticket to New York  00:27:05 - What Is an Entrepreneur?  00:30:50 - When Parents Pass Away  00:34:08 - Depression  00:38:15 - The Evils of Comparing  00:39:40 - Sole Founder Challenges  00:42:42 - Web 3.0  00:46:48 - MicroCredentials  00:51:42 - Advice to Entrepreneurs  00:54:08 - Life Advice  00:56:40 - The Definition of ‘Success'  00:59:23 - Would You Change Anything? 01:00:09 - The Next Step  FOLLOW NATALIE HERE:  URL: https://acestar.my/ceo-profile/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-sit-59331798/ Fb: https://www.facebook.com/acestarian.nataliesit/ SOME CLIPPINGS:  Tattler: https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/diversity/opinion-adversity-prepared-me-for-success-woman-tech The Peak: https://thepeak.com.my/people/the-peak-behind-the-scenes-throwback-acestars-natalie-sit/ Lifestyle Asia: https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/culture/people/fathers-day-story-natalie-sit-on-growing-closer-to-her-father/   ---  Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuan...  FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/  ---  Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife  ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS  GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO  SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp  PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/  INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/ 

MIT's Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World  The Asian Century is well upon us but the rise of her people on the world stage has not been a linear one. Fraught with complexities and clearly divisive, the reasons for this video's title are nonetheless fascinating – and instructive.  Today's chat is with Sanjay Sarma, the brilliant and affable CEO of the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having arrived from sojourns in the private sector, academia and the literary world.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). For MIT's research on Indian CEOs:  ‘Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States' By Jackson G. Lu, Richard E. Nisbett, and Michael W. Morris  https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/...  See also:  ‘A cultural clue to why East Asians are kept from US C-suites' https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...  And  ‘How multiethnic networking could propel more East Asians into US C-suites  ' https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...  CONTENTS  00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:36 - From the Indian Institute of Technology to Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley and then MIT  00:03:15 - The Child of Illustrious Parents, Dinner Table Topics  00:05:15 - The Phenomenon of the Global Indian CEO  00:06:36 - Jackson Lu (of MIT)'s Research Findings  00:08:56 - Nature or Nurture?  00:11:12 - Are Today's CEOs Becoming More Agreeable?   00:16:01 - The Power of Reflection  00:17:16 - How to Be Focused About Meetings  00:19:01 - Advising the Indian Economy  00:21:35 - Should India Be More Assertive?  00:24:44 - The Power and Pursuit of Curiosity  00:29:52 - Are Patriarchal Family Controlled Businesses Facing Extinction?  00:32:24 - What, Really, is IoT?  00:34:08 - Only the Paranoid Survive  00:35:42 - America Appears to Be Fearful of Web3  00:38:36 - Colonial' Pipeline's Role in America's Crypto Fears  00:39:37 - Should CBDCs be Feared? (CBDCs: Central Bank Digital Currencies)  00:40:48 - ‘Grasp': Why Education Must Be Rethought (‘Grasp' is a book authored by Sanjay Sarma)  00:43:44 - Are Universities Antiquated?  00:45:40 - Are Quaternary (ie Postgraduate) Degrees No Longer Relevant?  00:47:10 - The Value Universities Add to the Mix  00:48:35 - What is the Value of an ‘MIT' Label? Why Proxies Matter  00:50:55 - Why Do Corporations Exist?  00:52:18 - Chuang to Sanjay: ‘Are You a Success?'  00:54:07 - Rules for Life  00:56:22 - The Role of Fate  FOLLOW SANJAY HERE:  At ASB: https://asb.edu.my/about/the-leadersh...  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_...  At MIT: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/...  Some Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...  

Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia's REAL Journalists  Kavin Jay is one of Malaysia's funniest men, recognised as such by the Netflix special he was invited to record in 2018, titled ‘Everybody Calm Down'. He is also one of Malaysia's most original and ‘real' comedians, driven to his art by a very unique set of circumstances.  Here, he talks to Chuang about his journey to comedy, evolving along the way to become a true storyteller, much akin to a journalist, though often braver – and definitely funnier.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:10 - How Kavin Started in Comedy  00:07:25 - Inspiration from Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Bill Burr, Ronnie Chieng and others  00:12:55 - Comedy is Universal  00:18:18 - And Then Netflix Came Calling ..  00:26:29 - What Netflix Looks For  00:29:25 - Kavin's Process  00:35:00 - I'm Sorry I Shouted - Dimensions to Comedy  00:43:10 - Uncle Roger is Funnier Than Nigel Ng  00:47:07 - The Problem with Social Media  00:52:35 - Making Money From Comedy  00:54:45 - Russell Peters and Asian Comedy  01:00:00 - The Crack House Disaster  01:07:40 - ADHD and Social Awkwardness  01:10:38 - Comedians, Depression, Anxiety … and Dopamine  01:14:00 - The Problem with Gym Bros  01:23:14 - Beating ADHD  01:25:21 - The Next Step  01:26:57 - Radio's Real-Ness; Fly Guy and ‘Lil Kev  01:28:11 - Comedians Can't Do Live Radio  01:32:44 - What's Next for Kavin  ---  FOLLOW KAVIN HERE  URL: https://www.kavinjay.com/  IG: / kavinjay  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavin_J...  Twitter/X: @KavinJay 

Dwi Emas' Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur  Anne Tham could have been any one of us. The only difference is that she took the plunge. To try and make a difference.  Otherwise she would have remained a tuition teacher, griping at the system's many flaws, like so many other Malaysians.  Instead, she is today the head of a number of schools trying to make a difference, fully aware that an education – a proper one – is the key to unlocking a better future.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:21 - The Origins of Dwi Emas  00:04:00 - How a Teacher Morphs Into Entrepreneur  00:07:36 - Left-Brain Right-Brain Abilities, a Very Rare Phenomenon   00:09:41 - Learning a Language in Five Minutes  00:14:30 - Replicating Education  00:15:51 - What Happens When Your Teachers Leave  00:20:08 - Using Technology and Social Media to Scale Teaching English  00:21:52 - Why Evolve Via IGCSE and not KSSM?  00:24:30 - A Complete Re-Engineering  00:30:01 - Human Skills are CRITICAL  00:32:21 - Why Malaysian Grads Are Still Appealing  00:39:00 - ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?  00:41:50 - Aren't Private Schools Elitist? Poor Kids Can't Afford ..  00:47:32 - Is There a Robin Hood Model  00:48:19 - Why Entrepreneurship Needs Communicating and Leadership   00:50:30 - Why Public Education Has Failed Miserably  00:56:19 - Why Education Must be Tied to Useable Life Skills  00:56:58 - How Education Can Be Completely Rethought  01:00:32 - How Business and Life Coalesce  01:03:51 - Convent Light Street in Penang - A New School  01:05:22 - The Skills One Needs to Succeed in Life  01:07:27 - Advice for Those Seeking a Life Change  01:08:47 - The Best Thing About Being an Entrepreneur  FOLLOW ANNE HERE  URL: https://aceedventure.com/founders/  LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/322zy8hw  At Endeavor: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/peop...  At WEF: https://www.wef.org.in/anne-tham/ 

Stashaway's Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?  Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway's three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many other things.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). --- FOLLOW MICHELE HERE:  LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/ajsQ0  At Stash: https://www.stashaway.my/about-us 

500 Global's Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher   Khailee Ng is among Malaysia's tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and Carsome.  With success having come early to him and plenty of time to consider ‘Life' at a more tender age than most, he also has reached fascinating conclusions about the world at large, giving this discussion a much wider and colourful range than normal.  Please Like, Share and Subscribe if you can! :-)))))  (As always, many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). --- CONTENTS:  00:01:25 - Starting in the Media World (and Exiting) With Says.Com  00:04:48 - Enslaving a Nation by Depriving Independent Thought  00:08:25 - The Quest for Virality via Dopamine  00:15:57 - How Venture Capital Can Be a Force For Good  00:23:05 - Entrepreneurship and Dealing With Stress  00:25:35 - Tech Today - Where Is It? Valuations? Profitability? Growth?   00:28:35 - Venture Capital is a Sport of Co-Creation  00:34:34 - Entrepreneur / Venture Capitalist - Can One Become the Other?  00:39:47 - The Power of Thought and Actualisation  00:49:00 - The Process - A Day in the Life  00:55:46 - Making Hay In This Slice of Time .. As a Challenger Nation  01:09:14 - When People Build Nations, Not Politicians  01:14:15 - The Right People Mix in a Thriving Country  01:15:40 - Khailee's Experimental Life  01:17:08 - That Time on Necker Island with Richard Branson ..  01:18:18 - Having a Super Powerful RAS (Reticular Activating System) Magnet – ie Self Actualisation  01:19:27 - Branson Said, ‘Giving Money Away Is As Difficult and Interesting as Making Money..'  01:23:38 - Micro Charity is Accessible: Reference Ng Sek San, UrMu and Cold Tenderloin in San Francisco  01:31:35 - Outsourcing Nation-Building Disempowers You, So What's Your Personal ESG Policy?  01:33:24 - Going Beyond Meaning: Is It Religion?   01:42:00 - What's the Future About?  01:49:22 - Transcending Specialisation and Becoming a Full-Stack Human Like Da Vinci and Bucky Fuller  01:53:44 - Investing In the Human Psyche to Find the Next Stage of Technology  02:01:06 - What's Next for this Full Stack Individual?  FOLLOW KHAILEE HERE:  URL: https://khailee.com/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/khaileeng  Twitter: https://twitter.com/khailee  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/khailee/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khailee/ 

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia's most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia), financial services (Maybank) and investment management (Permodalan Nasional Bhd).  He was also appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016, heeding a national call to duty. Today, he is the Chairman of the stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia as well as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).  Throughout his career and through the turbulence and pressures of corporate and political life, Tan Sri Wahid has managed to comport himself in the same calm and humble manner that he has become known for, making him one of the most respected and likeable figures in corporate Malaysia.  Here, he shares his rules and principles for life with Khoo Hsu Chuang.  (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND MEMOIRS FROM TS WAHID HERE:  Wikipedia: https://shorturl.at/ghmXY  At Bursa: https://shorturl.at/jsDJ5  From Axiata: https://shorturl.at/erAIP 

Insurtech platform Ouch! started as a distribution platform for insurance products such as medical, motor, home, travel, and life, but has now moved away from that, atleast for now.Supported by their fully-subscribed six-figure pre-Series A round and previous RM1.5 million seed round in 2021, Ouch launched its first in-house product - a digital takaful product called Pusara Pro, marking its entry into the takaful market as the first digital takaful operator in Bank Negara Malaysia's Regulatory Sandbox.On this episode of Open for Business, you will hear about what inspired this venture, how they're going to compete with the sizable incumbents in the insurance space, and why they've decided to make their own in-house insurance products with CEO Shazy Noorazman.

Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Simposium Sasana BNM 2023 yang berlangsung pada Khamis menjadi wacana intelektual yang dihoskan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia. Acara sehari itu bertujuan untuk mempromosikan perbincangan bermakna mengenai isu-isu utama dan pembaharuan yang diperlukan untuk ekonomi Malaysia. Ia menampilkan pakar dan pemimpin pemikir dalam ekonomi, sektor kewangan, kemampanan melibatkan pelbagai topik merangkumi soal ringgit..dasar monetari, pendigitalan, jaringan keselamatan sosial, kewangan Islam dan kemampanan. Editor Najib Aroff berkunjung ke simposium tersebut untuk melihat aspek tentang kod QR rentas sempadan.

The performance for M-REITs have been rather resilient for 2022 even in a rising interest rate environment, where Bank Negara Malaysia has raised the Overnight Policy Rate by 100 bps. Jessica Low, Senior Analyst at MIDF Amanah Investment Bank tells us her outlook for 2023 and what are her top picks.Image credit: Shutterstock

The performance for M-REITs have been rather resilient for 2022 even in a rising interest rate environment, where Bank Negara Malaysia has raised the Overnight Policy Rate by 100 bps. Jessica Low, Senior Analyst at MIDF Amanah Investment Bank tells us her outlook for 2023 and what are her top picks.Image credit: Shutterstock

Malaysia's economy registered a stronger growth of 14.2 percent in the third quarter of 2022 from 8.9 percent in the second quarter. The 14.2 percent is the fastest GDP pace posted by any Southeast Asian nation during the period, surpassing Vietnam's 13.7 percent. Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said headline inflation was likely to have peaked for the year at 4.5 percent during the quarter from 2.8 percent in Q2 2022. What does this all mean for the future OPR hikes and the Ringgit? For insights, we speak to Julia Goh, Senior Economist, UOB Malaysia.Image credit: Shutterstock

With Bank Negara announcing a series of new measures last week to help safeguard against financial scams, we speak to Aznan Abdul Aziz, Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia about the implementation of these measures.Image credit: Shutterstock

With Bank Negara announcing a series of new measures last week to help safeguard against financial scams, we speak to Aznan Abdul Aziz, Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia about the implementation of these measures.Image credit: Shutterstock

The Monetary Policy Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia has once again increased the overnight policy rate by 25 basis points, bringing it from 2.25% to 2.50%. Bank Negara has been gradually hiking rates from the low rate environment during the pandemic in a bid to fight rising inflation. With more hikes likely to happen in the future, Sim Wie Boon speaks to Felix Neoh, Director of Financial Planning, Finwealth Management to understand how the OPR hikes impact your finances.

The overnight policy rate is now at 2.5% after a 25bps hike by Bank Negara Malaysia. Was this expected and what could be gleamed from the MPC statement? Julia Goh, Senior Economist at UOB Malaysia gives us her answers whilst telling us how high the OPR could reach and can we achieve BNM GDP target for 2022.

The overnight policy rate is now at 2.5% after a 25bps hike by Bank Negara Malaysia. Was this expected and what could be gleamed from the MPC statement? Julia Goh, Senior Economist at UOB Malaysia gives us her answers whilst telling us how high the OPR could reach and can we achieve BNM GDP target for 2022.

AMONG the headlines for Friday, August 12, 2022, Bank Negara Malaysia earlier today said, the nation's payment systems remain secure despite a potential data breach announced by payment gateway service provider iPay88 (M) Sdn. Bhd. According to the central bank, forensic investigations are still ongoing. In a statement, Bank Negara said the breach originated from and is confined to iPay88's payment card systems and does not involve vulnerabilities in the banks' systems.   Also, South Korea's Ministry of Justice said, Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee will receive a presidential pardon on Monday. The pardon will erase Jay's criminal record from his 2017 conviction, paving the way for the heir to the country's biggest company to regain power at the top. The special pardon will enable him to officially participate in management, restoring his right to work at the giant tech company.   Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes. We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm. Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

This month, Bank Negara Malaysia raised the overnight policy rate this month by 25 basis points to 2.25% as part of efforts to manage inflation. We speak to Assistant Governor Fraziali Ismail about the calculations that go into an OPR adjustment and how BNM sees inflation trending in Malaysia.

This month, Bank Negara Malaysia raised the overnight policy rate this month by 25 basis points to 2.25% as part of efforts to manage inflation. We speak to Assistant Governor Fraziali Ismail about the calculations that go into an OPR adjustment and how BNM sees inflation trending in Malaysia.

As expected, Bank Negara Malaysia raised the Overnight Policy Rate by 25bps to 2.25%. What impact will this have on the banking sector and who stands to benefit the most. Chan Jit Hoong, Analyst, Hong Leong Investment Bank tells us.

Asean remains a defensive market compared to North Asian markets. Can we maintain outperformance or will USD strength and narrowing interest differential be the death kneel? And will Bank Negara Malaysia be under pressure to raise interest rates at July's MPC meeting? Peter Lim, Associate Director, Areca Capital tell us.

In an earlier than expected move, Bank Negara Malaysia increased the Overnight Policy Rate by 25 basis points to 2%. We delve into the significance of this decision, what the potenial drivers were and what this ultimately means for the man and woman on the street. Image source: Gwoeii, Shutterstock

Later today, Bank Negara Malaysia will have their monetary policy committee to determine the overnight policy rate, which is currently at an all time low at 1.75%. Dr Ray Choy, Head of Economics & Research, Opus Asset Management shares with us his expectations on rate hikes and also his views on inflation in Malaysia. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Bank Negara Malaysia finally announced the 5 successful applicants for the digital banking licences but many are questioning whether these new digital banks can actually co-exist with their conventional counterparts, or will they be seen as major threats to the current banking system? Chan Jit Hoong, Senior Analyst at Hong Leong Investment Bank tell us. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Agustín Carstens speaks with Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England, Jerome Powell from the Federal Reserve Board, Joachim Nagel from the Deutsche Bundesbank and Noor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus from Bank Negara Malaysia about innovation and central bank digital currencies. Taken from a panel at the BIS Innovation Summit.

Bank Negara Malaysia, in the Economic & Monetary Review 2021 report released this week, said that the cost of living in Malaysia needs structural reforms on both income and cost aspects. It also stated that short term measures such as price controls may pose repercussions on a long term basis. But what structural reforms should we be considering? Dr. Geoffrey Williams, Economist at Malaysia University of Science and Technology shares his thoughts. Image credit: Shutterstock.com