Culture is Everything
Nathan Nunn, Frederic E Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University, draws on his seminal research to explain the impact of culture on economies, and why some cultural practices persist such as female circumcision even if they are no longer useful. Nunn spoke at the Khazanah Megatrends Forum …
Culture is Everything
Nathan Nunn, Frederic E Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University, draws on his seminal research to explain the impact of culture on economies, and why some cultural practices persist such as female circumcision even if they are no longer useful. Nunn spoke at the Khazanah Megatrends Forum …
MyNews - F&B Is the Future, But Is It Enough to Compete?
MyNews is the largest home-grown convenience store operator and the second largest player overall. However its biggest competitor, 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings, has a significant lead here with over 70% market share in the segment, operating over 2,000 stores. On top of that, Family Mart entered the …
MyNews - F&B Is the Future, But Is It Enough to Compete?
MyNews is the largest home-grown convenience store operator and the second largest player overall. However its biggest competitor, 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings, has a significant lead here with over 70% market share in the segment, operating over 2,000 stores. On top of that, Family Mart entered the …
Early Days for Regulated Crypto Trading
Luno is the first to operate a cryptocurrency exchange under the new Digital Asset Exchange regime set up by the Securities Commission. While the regulation of cryptocurrency goes against its original spirit of decentralisation, Marcus Swanepeol, CEO & Co-Founder of Luno, believes that this is e…
Early Days for Regulated Crypto Trading
Luno is the first to operate a cryptocurrency exchange under the new Digital Asset Exchange regime set up by the Securities Commission. While the regulation of cryptocurrency goes against its original spirit of decentralisation, Marcus Swanepeol, CEO & Co-Founder of Luno, believes that this is e…
TransferWise - The Profitable Unicorn Disrupting Remittances
TransferWise wants to disrupt international banking by changing the way we transfer funds around the world. Fresh on the back of their Malaysian operations launch yesterday, Roshan Kanesan sat down with co-founder Taavet Hinrikus to discuss how their disrupting banks, their $3.5 billion valuation, …
TransferWise - The Profitable Unicorn Disrupting Remittances
TransferWise wants to disrupt international banking by changing the way we transfer funds around the world. Fresh on the back of their Malaysian operations launch yesterday, Roshan Kanesan sat down with co-founder Taavet Hinrikus to discuss how their disrupting banks, their $3.5 billion valuation, …
How Happy is Bhutan?
Bhutan is well-known for promoting Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of just focusing on economic growth as a more sustainable model of development. Professor Thakur Powdyel, Bhutan's first education minister explains what GNH means, and how to balance between the old and new to keep the youth…
How Happy is Bhutan?
Bhutan is well-known for promoting Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of just focusing on economic growth as a more sustainable model of development. Professor Thakur Powdyel, Bhutan's first education minister explains what GNH means, and how to balance between the old and new to keep the youth…