BFM :: Today's BizTalk

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

0:11 - We discuss the new law governing digital currencies and assets - the Capital Markets and Services (Prescription of Securities) (Digital Currency and Digital Token) Order 2019 - that comes into force today.

04:22 - IRB is looking into the e-commerce businesses and also individuals with unexplained wealth.

06:57 - CapitaLand has struck a deal with Temasek Holdings to purchase Ascendas and SingBridge, two units wholly owned by Temasek.

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00:10 - EPF is expected to announce their dividend payouts next month and according to a report in the Malaysian Reserve, it is not going to look good.

04:12 - W Hotel is reportedly up for sale, according to StarBiz’s sources. This comes after a slew of other hotels that were announced just last year, to be in the market for new ownership as well.

06:47 - Retail Group Malaysia is expecting a lower growth rate for the nation in 2019. We dive into they why.

10:41 - Meanwhile, The Edge Weekly reports on the state of affairs for convenience store companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, namely 7-Eleven and myNews. Will better consumer sentiment translate into higher growth potential for convenience stores?

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0:09 - Following from Nomura’s downgrade of Malaysian stocks yesterday, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has come out to dismiss their report - saying that the government is confident in achieving their targets for 2018 and 2019. We take a look into these numbers.

04:05 - Great Eastern has pledged a minimum RM 2 billion contribution to a health scheme for the B40 group and is subsequently exempted from BNM’s ruling on 30% local ownership of insurance companies in Malaysia. We look into the background of this ruling and also the scheme in question.

05:43 - MIDF and Al-Rajhi are beginning their potential merger discussions after Bank Negara gave their go-ahead to MIDF & shareholder Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB).

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00:13 - The IRB is estimating to collect about RM10 billion through their Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP). We look into this projection and also the estimated revenue from tax collection as a whole this year.

06:14 - We take a look at the arrest of former Tourism Malaysia chairman, Datuk Siew Ka Wei, who has been remanded by the MACC for alleged abuse of power as well as how tourism in Malaysia has fared in the past few years.

10:46 - Fitch warns that the U.S. is in danger of having their Triple-A sovereign credit rating cut, due to the ongoing government shutdown. In other news, Nomura just downgraded Malaysian shares from "neutral" to "underweight".

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00:10 - Corruption probe: MACC has arrested a former Malaysian Tourism official.

01:46 - 1MDB Update: Najib and the Chinese embassy has come out to deny WSJ’s claims in their exposé, with the government expressing intentions to look deeper into the allegations.

05:05 - We also look at co-working spaces as Common Ground plans to build 25 co-working space outlets in Malaysia by year end and also enter Singapore and Vietnam.

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00:56 - We discuss The Wall Stress Journal's latest expose the senior Chinese leaders had apparently offered to help bail out 1MDB in 2016 and in return, Malaysia offered lucrative stakes in railway and pipeline projects for China's One Belt, One Road program of building infrastructure abroad. This was according to minutes from a series of previously undisclosed meetings reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

07:51 - The latest survey conducted by RAM Holdings Bhd and RAM Credit Information Sdn Bhd among businesses in the country has showed that, business confidence for the first half of the year has dropped to its lowest level since the index began tracking in 2017

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0:11 - The KVDT Phase 2 is back on track, according to Starbiz’s sources.

02:40 - Perodua and Proton’s SUV race is underway as we look into Proton’s X70 order numbers and Perodua’s Aruz’s projected numbers.

05:03 - The Edge reports that Cycle and Carriage Bintang Bhd could be exiting its retail operations and selling it to Mercedes Benz Malaysia Sdn Bhd, downsizing their current operations. What does this mean for Cycle and Carriage?

07:56 - According to Reuters, Viettel is in talks with Malaysian telcos to buy stakes in said telcos to double their Vietnam presence. Analysts of the industry also note that it is ideal for telco mergers and acquisition exercises right now. Joyce and Julian explore the possibilities.

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00:12 - The dubious sale from MRB to MoF and then to EPF is splashed across headlines in the papers today. We dive into the details of this reveal.

04:32 - The government reportedly spent RM4.9 billion on fuel subsidies from January to November of 2018. Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng reiterates the statistics amidst claims that the government is taxing retail fuel.

09:34 - Mr DIY is looking at a whopping RM2.1 billion IPO, according to Bloomberg. They're not the only one as Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) has also announced they are seeking to IPO.

14:58 - Apple's woes have dominated the market lately and we visit this rare Apple-downturn.

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00:12 - Based on the Nikkei Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), Malaysia’s manufacturing sector output dropped to a 6 and ½ year low. What does this mean for our economy?

02:43 - The banking sector is facing a similar slowdown in its loan growth projections for 2019. The Morning Run crew dives into this.

03:46 - Maybank has given their employees a raise of 10% through agreements with the employees' unions.

06:16 - In the strain of recession and contraction, news broke this morning that Apple lowered its outlook for its first-quarter revenue after an unexpected slowdown in demand from China.

09:02 - Ekuinas has launched a RM1 billion fund that will be used to accelerate growth of high potential local businesses.

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00:16 - Singapore reported an economic growth above 3% for a 2nd year. We see what that means for us back here.

05:34 - Banks and Casinos will have to comply with Bank Negara’s new threshold on daily cash threshold report (CTR) this year and report any cash transactions that exceed RM25,000 per day. We also look into the cashless push in Malaysia.

09:42 - According to The Malaysian Reserve, the Government may include the end-of-life (ELV) mechanism under the next automotive policy, despite the government’s decision to shelve it in June 2018.