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Monday Oct 18, 2021

Nomura’s Leslie Yap - Is Sustainable Investing the Future?

Monday Oct 18, 2021

#ESG #SUSTAINABILITY #INVESTMENTS

Leslie Yap, a CFA and Head of Investment at Nomura Asset Management in Malaysia, talks about ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Investing, a theme that is gaining considerable momentum as the world shifts to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Leslie oversees the developed markets equities team and is responsible for the investment management of developed-market equities (including ethical and Shariah-compliant listed assets).

#investment
#environment
#esg
#cop26glasgow
#cop26

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CONTENTS
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00:59 - A Quick Primer on ESG Investing - What Is It, Really?
02:19 - The Difference Between ESG and Shariah Investing
03:38 - Striking a Balance Between ESG Impact and Returns
05:33 - Why ESG Stocks Trade At A Premium
07:14 - Whether Liquidity Concerns With Some ESG Stocks
08:42 - Expected Returns In Next 10 Years
09:48 - Risk Appetites Are Back!
12:16 - Can Markets Go Higher?

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Monday Sep 27, 2021

Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude

Monday Sep 27, 2021

#drone #IPO #disrupt

Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude

Kamarul Muhamed is the Founder and CEO of drone and data technology company Aerodyne, ranked No.2 globally in 2020 with 500 employees in 35 countries.

We talk about business, astronomy, life and robots!

CONTENTS:

01:39 - Who Is Kamarul?
11:46 - Why Are the Kelantanese So Entrepreneurial?
14:45 - Going It Alone: No Grants, Savings Only
19:22 - Kamarul the Deep Geek: Astronomy, History, Theoretical Physics and How It Shapes His Business Style
20:29 - A Segue into Black Holes ..
21:57 - Squaring Science and Business
24:00 - The War For Talent, Cultural Integration
28:40 - The Definition of 'The Right Thing'
32:15 - Should Robots Be Feared?
35:48 - Preparing for Technology Singularity (a hypothetical future where technology growth is out of control and irreversible)
37:55 - Malaysia's 'Difficulties and IPO Decision: Stay or Go?
44:28 - Business Principles - Fairness, Value Creation, Mutual Benefit
45:55 - Balancing Work With Life
48:49 - Is Money Important?
52:24 - The World, At A Crossroads
55:20 - One Overriding Word of Advice

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YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAnagnorisis/featured

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URL: https://aerodyne.group/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aerodyne-group/
Pitchbook: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/226652-77#overview

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Thursday Sep 02, 2021

Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp

Thursday Sep 02, 2021

Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp

A trip to Vietnam and the death of a close friend ignited the wanderlust in Singaporean lass Juvena Huang, who set out to ride around the world solo on her vintage Vespa scooter on 16th May 2015, a journey which began from Singapore and which saw her transverse 25 countries* over 44,000km in 27 months.
This is her story.
* The countries include Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic.
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CONTENTS
00:00:53 - How Juvena's Story Began
00:04:48 - How The Death of a Close Friend Triggered Her Wanderlust
00:11:02 - Why an OLD Vespa?
00:14:44 - Paying For The Trip
00:15:21 - Juvena's Route
00:16:34 - Plan Or Don't Plan? Which Is Better?
00:17:27 - Solo Female Traveler - Reflections
00:19:34 - Tips To Aspiring SOLO Female Travelers
00:22:04 - Advantages of Being A Female Traveler
00:25:30 - Food? (She's Vegetarian)
00:26:43 - Personal Hygiene? Monthly Calls? Peeing?
00:29:57 - Which Countries Were The Most Memorable?
00:30:30 - About Pakistan (She Spent 4.5mths There!)
00:32:29 - About Iran, Armenia and Georgia (Hint: VERY Underrated and Very Affordable!)
00:33:23 - About Turkey (Where Animals Are Truly Loved and People Are Honest!)
00:35:28 - Bulgaria .. Hibernating in Serbia (Cos Winter Was Coming)
00:37:00 - About Montenegro .. (Small, Mountainous and Beautiful!)
00:37:50 - Accommodation? Camping .. Hostels .. Being Hosted .. etc
00:41:25 - Hosting Is a Norm in Muslim Countries ('Musafir')
00:43:49 - Volunteering at A Refugee Centre in Serbia (Caution: Heartbreaking Stories)
00:50:25 - Travel Gives You REAL Perspective
00:51:23 - NOT Dealing With Society's Expectations
00:52:11 - Conversations With Fellow Travelers
00:57:01 - The Power That Comes From Letting Go
00:57:47 - Women Are Stronger Than They Think
01:01:53 - About Itchy Boots ..
01:03:00 - What's Next?

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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021

GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle

Tuesday Aug 17, 2021

#valueinvesting #stocks #compounding
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GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle

Kenneth Yap, the Head of Equities at Singapore-based GAO Capital, talks about his principles of Value Investing, after having accumulated over two decades’ experience in roles that include being a Fund Manager at KAF Fund Management, Head of Indonesian Equity Sales at Macquarie Group in Jakarta, a Proprietary Equity Trader at CIMB in Kuala Lumpur, Vice President of Semiconductor research at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Chartered Accountant in Deloitte & Touche in London.

Find out how he unearths ten-baggers like Evergreen Marine and Signet Jewelers using data that is available to anyone and everyone. And whether investing in China, Bitcoin and Gold are good ideas!

Find Kenneth here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yapkenneth/

CONTENTS:
04:27 - Kenneth's Value Investing Philosophy - The Mechanics Behind It
06:18 - Value Investing Case Study: Signet Jewelers
08:32 - How Do You Choose Stocks? Does Human Emotion Matter?
13:51 - Why Analysing Cashflows and Price/Book Ratios Are More Effective
16:31 - Why Buy Globally (And Not Malaysia)
20:21 - Value Investing Case Study: Taiwan's Evergreen Marine
25:07 - Why Are Ten-Baggers So Hard To Come By?
28:53 - How To Double The Portfolio Every Five Years
32:37 - Investing Advice For The Novice
34:02 - Invest in China: Yea Or Nay?
34:40 - Diversify!
35:41 - How Do You Choose The Right Fund or Fund Manager?
36:12 - Don't Keep Cash!!
37:29 - Is It Dangerous To Invest in China?
39:33 - Avoiding Value Traps, Pros and Cons of Being KL-Based
41:57 - When Do You Decide To Cut Losses?
44:12 - How to Iron Out Foreign Currency Fluctuations
46:01 - Is The US Dollar Dead?
47:22 - How Kenneth Invests His Own Money (Hint: It's Not In Property or Gold)
50:37 - What About Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Ethereum?
53:35 - Some Parting Shots ..

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Monday Aug 09, 2021

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist

Monday Aug 09, 2021

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist

Life, Leadership, Love, Finance, Politics, America, China, Inequality, Climate Change, Tech Disruption, Travel and Malaysia’s place in a fast-changing tech-driven world are just some of the topics covered in this wide-ranging podcast, one of Tan Sri Azman's first public discussions since leaving corporate life some three years ago.

CONTENTS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:18 - What Life Has Been Like Since Leaving Khazanah Nasional
00:05:31 - How The World of Finance Is Changing
00:11:38 - Some Sagely Advice For the Budding Finance Professional
00:16:56 - Can And Will Interest Rates Ever Normalise?
00:22:05 - Does The Pandemic Allow Malaysia A Chance to Chart Its Own Economic Path?
00:31:39 - Post-Khazanah Roles in the National Recovery Council, Role of GLCs and GLICs in Economic Growth
00:38:44 - Can / Will / Should Malaysia Ever Address Its Social Policies?
00:44:56 - Malaysia’s Political Situation: Will A Light Ever Shine?
00:50:46 - China: Malaysia’s Friend or Foe?
00:58:45 - What Government Does Malaysia Need to Navigate China and America?
01:05:43 - As Cryptos Rise, How Will Financial Markets Look Like In The Next Decade?
01:16:27 - Traversing Life’s Seven-Year Cycles: Tips, Advice And Guidance
01:36:28 - Around The World in 77 Days .. On 77 Trains!
01:39:46 - The Route!
01:56:37 - Re Malaysia: Optimistic But Realistic

FOLLOW TAN SRI AZMAN HERE:
URL: https://azman-mokhtar.my/

For CGS-CIMB speech on 15th December 2020: https://bit.ly/2U4Ltt2

Abridged Bio: https://tinyurl.com/4p3xfhke

ABOUT TAN SRI AZMAN

Following a distinguished career in finance and investment at the boutique advisory firm BinaFikir, national power utility Tenaga Nasional and global banks Salomon Smith Barney and UBS, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar was the Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s top sovereign wealth fund between 2004 and 2018, building immense wealth for the nation while spearheading the international expansion of the country’s top corporations into Asia, Europe and North America.

Today, he pursues a number of personal, academic, public and commercial interests with institutions that include the University of Cambridge, INCEIF (International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance), the Wawasan Education Foundation in Penang, Malaysia and the international humanitarian relief organization MERCY Malaysia.

In January 2021, Tan Sri Azman was appointed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia as a member of the Majlis Kemakmuran Bumiputera (Bumiputera Prosperity Council), before later also being named to a distinguished panel of senior leaders at the country's National Recovery Council to help the nation recover from the pandemic.

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Monday Aug 09, 2021

Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio

Monday Aug 09, 2021

#investment #shares #China

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Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio

Inflation (ie rising prices) is real, and it’s here. Enough of a reality to prompt Stashaway to rejig customer portfolios to reflect this changing trend, only the fourth time since it launched in 2017. Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer Freddy Lim explains what this means.

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Contents:

01:11 - Why And What Triggered The Decision to Re-Optimise Clients’ Portfolios
02:49 - What It Means To Switch From ‘All-Weather’ To ‘Growth’
05:55 - What About Covid Variants And US Stocks At Record Highs?
08:35 - Does This Mean Returns Are Going To Be Higher?
11:53 - How To Protect Against Inflation in the Portfolio?
13:33 - How To Address Different Risk Profiles Among Investors?
16:38 - How To Navigate Different Growth Speeds in Asia (Slow) vs US (Faster)
18:34 - How To Deal With China Regulatory Risk (Which Has Hammered Chinese Tech Companies)
22:55 - Diversification Matters!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddy-lim-440b4897/

URL: https://www.stashaway.my/

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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021

Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce

Wednesday Jul 14, 2021

#invest #stocks #globalinvesting
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Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce

Kelvin Goh is a former Head of ASEAN Research at CIMB Investment Bank and formerly a director of an investment holding company, GT Capital. He currently manages the Qualis Global Fund at R3 Asset Management.
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CONTENTS:

01:30 - Why Invest Globally - Kelvin's Investing Principles
02:30 - Can a Company Be Impervious to Global Shocks?
04:04 - How Do You Find the Next Amazon and Microsoft?
05:05 - Plenty of Runway Left in Etsy, MercadoLibre and SEA Ltd
06:30 - News, Knowledge or Trends? The Stock Selection Process
07:42 - How Active Should Portfolio Management Be?
09:36 - What Happens When the Cheap Money Era Ends?
11:54 - What Happens if You Buy the Wrong Stock? And How Do You Monitor Performance?
14:36 - Would You Buy Ant Financial? Or Didi Chuxing? And Do You Look at China Stocks Closely?
15:45 - Is There a Maximum Number of Names You Hold in Your Portfolio?
17:21 - Can Investing Become A Science? (Since Greed and Fear Rule Market Behaviour)
18:42 - How Do You Gauge Management and Overcome Financial Fraud?
20:14 - How Do You Overcome Black Swan Events (Like Covid) and Other Volatile Events
22:19 - How Much Cash Do You Hold as Dry Powder?
23:24 - Would You Touch NFTs, SPACs, Ethereum, Bitcoin?
24:05 - And What About ESG Investing? Social Impact Investing?
25:15 - Would/Should Investors Look at Investing in China Stocks?
26:06 - How Do You Invest Your Own Money?
27:08 - And What About Other Investments Like Real Estate / Property / Bonds / Fixed Income?
29:06 - How to Iron Out Intermediary Fees Charged by Banks

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LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2Tw0eVB

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