Morning Brief

5G is the next big thing in the telco world but its rollout in ASEAN has been besieged by Covid-19, differing national policies and geopolitical considerations.

Anthea Lai, Senior TMT Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, explains.

The government has just launched a new National Fourth Industrial Revolution Policy, aimed at propelling Malaysia towards high-income nation status, through the use of developing technologies. But while the country undoubtedly needs to digitize in order to move forward into a new technological age, does this policy provide a sufficient roadmap? We speak to Dr. Rachel Gong, Senior Research Associate from Khazanah Research Institute to find out.

Dr. Rachel Gong led the team that produced KRI’s new book on digital policy issues, available here.

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Parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur will be placed under EMCO from tomorrow onwards for two weeks. Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Chair of the Selangor Task Force on Covid-19 discusses much-needed measures to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases, and if it is too heavy-handed to close down most factories given that manufacturing only contributes about 10% of cases now.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has raised concerns that Gen Z- digital natives born in the late-90s to early-00s- are spending carelessly, with many opting for the Buy-Now-Pay-Later service. We speak to Anton Ruddenklau, partner and head of financial services at KPMG to find out if younger people truly are moving away from traditional modes of spending, and what the consequences of that might be.

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MACC is calling for new laws on beneficial ownership to expose crimes and the perpetrators. Alex Tan, Cyber and Forensics Leader, PwC Malaysia discusses how companies typically launder money, the need for tighter regulations, and investigation challenges.

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MACC is calling for new laws on beneficial ownership to expose crimes and the perpetrators. Alex Tan, Cyber and Forensics Leader, PwC Malaysia discusses how companies typically launder money, the need for tighter regulations, and investigation challenges.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has raised concerns that Gen Z- digital natives born in the late-90s to early-00s- are spending carelessly, with many opting for the Buy-Now-Pay-Later service. We speak to Anton Ruddenklau, partner and head of financial services at KPMG to find out if younger people truly are moving away from traditional modes of spending, and what the consequences of that might be.

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Steve Cochrane, Chief APAC Economist, at Moody’s Analytics discusses the impact of the economic divergence between the countries that are controlling Covid-19 better than others, and the implications on emerging markets as the Fed might be raising interest rate sooner than expected.

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Understanding of how Covid-19 spreads has evolved since the start of the pandemic, and we've had to modify our SOPs to reflect those changes. There have since been more calls for the Malaysian government to adopt clearer guidelines for ventilation to minimise the virus's spread- and we speak to Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Health to find out more.

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The government is allowing another round of EPF withdrawals under the Pemulih package, raising questions about the consequences of drawing on contributors' hard-earned savings. To talk us through the risks this may pose down the line, we speak to Pankaj C Kumar, Financial Market Columnist, and former Chief Investment Officer.

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