Was saving more money one of your New Year’s resolution? Did you have a particular strategy? How about paying one of your collectibles a salary for starters?

One of the festive TVCs that stole our hearts this Chinese New Year was that of Ah Girl’s quest to be seated at ‘The Grown Ups Table’. We speak to Hong Leong Bank’s Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Zalman Zainal about what went into conceptualising and executing the video, its immediate impact and how it resonates with the bank as a brand.

In line with World Cancer Day, we speak to Malisse Tan, who moved from an 8-year stint at Meltwater to creating her own subscription-based sustainable period product company, BOBBLE and working as Chief Strategy Officer for the Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship. She is currently 2 years in remission from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and she joins us to discuss her journey with cancer, as well as how companies can better prepare for and accommodate employees going through similar difficulties.

Amid worries over the impact of the Wuhan coronavirus, investors have reverted once again to risk-off mode, with equity markets suffering. But how low will markets go? For insight into the impact of the coronavirus on Malaysia and the rest of the region, we speak to Alex Chia, Head of Research at RHB Investment Bank, who is of the opinion that the fall in the markets represents a buying opportunity.

Car sharing companies are a disruption to the entire transportation model with wide acceptance in US and Europe. But will such a service find a place in Malaysia and is it a viable business model? We speak to Alan Cheah, CEO of Go Car, to find out what their plans for growth and what is the next stage for this company which started in 2015.

It's a new year and a new decade. What will 2020 and beyond bring? How can you maximise returns on your investments? What should you invest in?

Find out how the Shariah-compliant, Maybank Global Mixed Assets-I Fund can help you do just that.

All this, when Keith Kam speaks to Ahmad Najib Nazlan CEO of Maybank Asset Management Malaysia.

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad is planning to revoke contracts, approved permits (APs) and licences re-sold to third parties. APs cover a wide range of goods, not just cars. G25 member and former Secretary-General at the Ministry of Finance, Tan Sri Sheriff Kassim, thinks all APs should be reviewed as they are misused and is a form of tariff, which have increases the cost of imports.

Voting is underway at the Iowa caucuses, with all eyes on the Democratic race to see who will come out with the momentum to carry them through the election season. To shed some light on what's happening, we speak to Professor Robert Shapiro, Professor of Government at Columbia University, about who might win the caucus, and what we can expect from the race going forward.

Executive Chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun and CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes will relinquish their executive positions and become non-independent, non-executive board members of AirAsia for two months. Dr Muhammad Mohan, President of Transparency International Malaysia weighs in on what else AirAsia should do amidst graft allegations involving executives related to AirAsia and Airbus.

The coronavirus remains very much the center of attention with China's markets finally opening after the extended Chinese New Year holiday. We talk to Jack Kouzi, Director of Strategy, VFS Group in Sydney on what are the spillover effects of the market selloff and how this contagion spreads over to the US. He also encourages investors to pick of quality stocks at this point of time.