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Red flags, common mistakes, types of scams, and what to do, Roshan Kanesan gets into all this and more with Linnet Lee, CEO of FPAM. Most importantly they address how you and your loved ones can avoid getting scammed out of hard earned money and retirement funds.

Link noted in the show: www.bnm.gov.my/list-of-approved-and-registered-intermediaries

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> Mr Stingy's 10 Investing Principles

Non-Exhaustive List of Reliable Sources

> www.sc.com.my/regulation/enforcement/investor-alerts/sc-investor-alerts

> www.sc.com.my/investor-empowerment/lodge-a-complaint/capital-market-service-related-complaints

> www.iosco.org/investor_protection/?subsection=investor_alerts_portal

> www.bnm.gov.my

> www.investsmartsc.my

The Malaysian government has revealed that the RM15 billion cost of developing 5G infrastructure will be borne by the private sector, with an open tender expected to be held soon via the government’s special purpose vehicle, Digital Nasional Berhad. So who wins and loses from this arrangement, and what does this mean for consumers?

We get Dr Oh Ei Sun to navigate through the romantic dynamics and complicated love triangle taking place between PAS, UMNO and BERSATU with the latest political twist and turns following the UMNO General Assembly that took place last weekend.

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Is Snowflake worth 80 times annual sales? Data is the new oil, but can Saas player Snowflake compete with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google? Roshan Kanesan discusses this with Geoff Soon, South Asia Managing Director of Snowflake. They also get into Snowflake role and value proposition in the cloud ecosystem, their presence in the region, managing the relationships with the Trillion Dollar tech Club, as well as Snowflake's aspirations to be the Switzerland of data.

Snowflake is currently worth around $60 billion and became the biggest software IPO when it went public last year, raising $ 3.4 billion. Shares opened at $245/share after pricing its IPO at $120/share. It’s investors included Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which invested in its first IPO since Ford Motor Company in 1956.

Photo Credit: Snowflake

Dissecting BNM's 132-page 2020 Annual Report.

Fear not as Julia Goh from UOB helps us distil the essence of this data-rich report, discusses trends, key economic indicators as well as shed light into what's driving the revised economic growth forecast.

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Claude Achcar helps us understand how the tech giants are making huge investments in undersea cable expansion across South East Asia through Indonesia and Singapore and what this means for internet penetration across the region.

Ever since the start of the pandemic, live events and performances have taken a huge hit. This includes the comedy scene. So how have comedy clubs pivoted in order to weather the crisis? We take a look at the business of comedy with Rizal van Geyzel, co-founder of one of the country’s longest-running full-time comedy clubs.

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Equity markets have rallied for the past year, but we could be nearing the tail end of a relatively short bull run. So is it time to rotate into value stocks, and out of growth stocks?

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

02:31 - Have you shifted your long term goals because of a detour in your career path? Do you intend to shift back?

9:52 - How can the global supply chain overcome future choke holds like the Suez Canal?

17:00 - International headlines

22:44 - Local headlines

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