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After so many high profile data breaches in the region, surely organisations realise the critical importance of data protection, right? Apparently not. According to studies, the fundamental discipline of protecting, storing, identifying and provisioning the organisation’s data remains not only haphazard for many organisations, but is a complex, inefficient and expensive chore. We speak with the Head of ASEAN at Cohesity, Sheena Chin, about the limitations and challenges of legacy data management solutions and how next-gen data management is needed to ensure organisations have modern and robust management of their data.

In a recent article, it was mentioned that some 70-90 billion worth of assets, mostly owned by Malays, are unclaimed as of 2020. The article also stated that these assets were frozen and could not be disbursed immediately as their owners died without making wills or any proper inheritance plans. Octowill is a next-gen digital inheritance startup which leverages on patented blockchain based technology to conveniently offer legacy planning services such as will-writing, e-nomination of beneficiaries, and managing the distribution and custody of assets.

Having a child can be expensive. Even before you lay eyes on that bundle of joy, you're probably already calculating the cost of seeing the doctor, having the baby, staying at the maternity ward and the post martum care itself. And that's just the first few months, what about when the kid grows up? Education, hobbies and whatnot will cost alot money. So where do you begin? How much do you have to save? In conjunction with World Children's Day happening on November 20, Sim Wie Boon speaks to licensed financial advisor Annie Hor on how to save for your child. 


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We ask Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) how will UMNO fare in the Melaka state elections as the elections are largely seen as a bellwether for Umno’s standing with grassroots voters as well as their chances to make a comeback in GE15.

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Malaysia has just a population of 32 million people but 21 general insurance companies. To grow market share, is consolidation the way forward? We ask Puneet Parischa, CEO of Liberty Insurance Malaysia that question on the back of news of their acquisition of AM General and also if the real threat is insuretech.

Shareen Shariza Dato' Abdul Ghani, the managing director and Co-Founder of Sorga Innovation, the creators of gigxglobal.com, a talent platform for professionals and former CEO of TalentCorp, addresses the reasons behind this decades-long issue of brain drain and why young professionals want to leave the country.

We ask Dr Kati Suominen, CEO Nextrade Group on the latest progress on CPTPP, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. While countries like Vietnam have enjoyed preferential access from this trade pact, we ask why is Malaysia late in the game and what are the concerns in ratifying this agreement.

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Malaysia joins other emerging Asian nations whose returns are badly lagging their US counterparts.
Danny Wong, CEO, Areca Capital, explains why.

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As we see the live music sector slowly recovering, a hybrid of live and virtual music events seems like the way to go, at the moment. The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) collaborated with the Malaysian Composers Collective (MCC) to produce a series of works with a unique range of music by local composers. To paint a clearer picture about the concert titled "MPOPlaysOn: Malaysian Composers Series - Chamber Concert", Ahmad Muriz and Adeline Wong join us on the show. They give us the essence of our local composers and share the thought process behind the Chamber Concert.

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By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, Universal Music Group made sure that artists under their label would have a harder time re-recording their catalogues. Some sad Astroworld updates - one of the latest victims has succumbed to his injuries and passed away, bringing the death toll to 10. Snapchat penned a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to include music from its artists in the application’s sounds library together with announcing a new AR music lens. Hitmaker Diana Ross is back and is set to play a legendary slot at the Glastonbury Festival 2022.