Morning Brief

With Perikatan Nasional chairperson Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announcing that the coalition will be using a new logo for GE15, Adib Zalkapli, Director, BowerGroupAsia helps us understand whether the logo change is an attempt to hold together a breaking alliance.

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3 years into the pandemic and with a week long closure for casinos in Macau, what does this mean for earnings for the operators? Angela Han Lee, Equity Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence gives us her views as to whether value is emerging despite the headwinds of China's zero covid policy.

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With life expectancy at birth in 2021 increasing to 75.6 years we ask Dr. Juita Mohamad, Director of Economics and Business and Acting Research Director, IDEAS what does an ageing population means for Malaysia in terms of an economic, social protection and health perspective

3 years into the pandemic and with a week long closure for casinos in Macau, what does this mean for earnings for the operators? Angela Han Lee, Equity Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence gives us her views as to whether value is emerging despite the headwinds of China's zero covid policy.

With Perikatan Nasional chairperson Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announcing that the coalition will be using a new logo for GE15, Adib Zalkapli, Director, BowerGroupAsia helps us understand whether the logo change is an attempt to hold together a breaking alliance.

We discuss the importance of keeping institutions independant with economist Dr Nungsari Radhi off the back of the recent news that the newly created Special Task Force on Jihad Against Inflation has asked Bank Negara to explain its reasons for raising the Overnight Policy Rate by further 25 basis points to 2.25%. Dr Nungsari shares his concerns regarding the possibility of the government meddling in decisions made by independent institutions and just how effective the task force has been in addressing inflation. 

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On the back of Shinzo Abe's shocking assasination, we discuss the ramification of his death and the legacy Japan's longest serving prime minister is leaving behind. William Pesek in Japan shares his views on this and thoughts on the recent upper house election results which saw the ruling conversative government take on a comfortable majority in parliament.

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What can only be described as tumultuous weekend in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe have finally agreed to step down after months of public protest as basic necessities such as medicine, fuel and even food became short in supply. What's next for this South Asia country which is a poster child of mismanagement, corruption and nepotism. Dr. Chulanee Attanayake, Research Fellow Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore tells us.

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After around 3 months, Elon Musk announced that he was terminating his 44 billion dollar deal to buy Twitter due to the fake or spam accounts on the platform. But Bret Taylor, the chair of Twitter’s board said the company is still committed to closing the deal at the agreed-upon price and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the agreement. We ask Daniel Ives, Managing Director, Wedbush Securities how will this impact Tesla and Twitter, and the outlook for the Q2 earnings season. 

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There are reports that some pharmacies and clinics are low on supply for common medicines like paracetamol, cough syrup and lozenges for sore throat, but is this situation short-lived? And a study commissioned by the insurance industry found that medical treatment costs have increased by around 8-9 percent annually between 2013-2018. How worried should we be about all these issues, and what is the Malaysian Health White Paper update? Questions we ask Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh, President, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM).

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