by AER | Aug 11, 2020
By Prasenjit K. Basu, Chief Economist 10 August 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Having precluded the need for a Confidence vote by winning a parliamentary contest on ousting the Speaker (111-109), the Muhyiddin cabinet has successfully defeated Covid-19 (with just 4 deaths in... read more
by AER | May 14, 2019
By Prasenjit K. Basu, Chief Economist 10 May 2019 19:01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 6th May, Telenor Asia and Axiata Group (AXIATA MK) announced that Telenor will acquire Axiata in an all-share deal that will leave Telenor with 56.5% of the MergedCo, with proforma revenue of... read more
by AER | May 7, 2019
By Prasenjit K. Basu, Chief Economist 5 May 2019 21:42 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With its labour force estimated to be growing 2.6% annually — and likely augmented by more foreign workers — Malaysia’s real GDP growth rate of 4.7% in 2018 was disappointing,... read more
by AER | Feb 19, 2018
To date there are three companies that are listed in LEAP Market with another company which is targeted to be listed on 26 February 2018. How much money had been raised by each of the four companies in the LEAP market? The total gross amount raised ranges from RM 3... read more
by AER | Jan 29, 2018
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA Petroleum Oil is formed more than 600 million years ago from pressure built on tiny dead living animals and plants (plankton) sank on seabed and through pressure from the top of the seabed. THE ORIGIN OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN... read more
by AER | Jan 15, 2018
IS CRYPTOCURRENCY THE FUTURE OF MONEY? HOW TO KEEP BITCOIN? In a Bitcoin wallet, that can be downloaded and setup from a computer or smartphone. BITCOIN WALLET PASSWORD – ONCE FORGOTTEN UNLIKELY TO BE RETRIEVED Just an example to show how important of choosing a place... read more
by AER | Jan 1, 2018
This is a two-part article on Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offering. WHAT IS BITCOIN? WHO INVENTED BITCOIN? Satoshi Nakamoto, a software developer, believed to be a pseudo-name used by the unknown person or people who designed Bitcoin. WHAT PROMPTED... read more
by AER | Dec 18, 2017
Upstream – Produce FFB Plantation of palm oil trees to produce fresh fruit bunch. Midstream – Mills to convert FFB to CPO and PKO The FFB produced are processed at mills to produce crude palm oil (“CPO”) and Palm Kernel Oil (“PKO”). Total annual world supply of CPO in... read more
by AER | Dec 4, 2017
THE RUBBER INDUSTRY Malaysia is the world’s fifth largest producer of natural rubber after Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and China. Natural latex from rubber while synthetic rubber is a derivative from petrochemical. The key property of natural rubber is low heat... read more
by AER | Nov 20, 2017
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY The poultry industry is an important source to supply meat protein to Malaysian. The total value of sales value for chicken eggs and chicken meat ex-farm are believed to exceed RM 10 billion annually. As an average, the consumption of chicken... read more
