The Breakfast Grille

Hasan Azhari, the CEO of Invest Selangor, discusses the group's plans in providing a self-sustaining ecosystem & infrastructure for potential investors and how volatility has dampened sentiment.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Schulte has served as an analyst, advising global banks and governments like the White House, International Trade Commission and the National Security Council on economic & policy matters. Schulte discusses his concerns of a brewing revolution in our economy in his latest book 'The Next Revolution in our Credit-Driven Economy: The Advent of Financial Technology'.  See omnystudio.com/...

Oud, Gaharu, Agarwood. We refer to them by different names, but they are all the same: the 'liquid gold' that comes from the Aquilaria tree species. While the fragrance industry can be a lucrative business to do, we explore this with Steve Watts, the Asia Pacific CEO of Asia Plantation Capital on how they do conduct their business. Other areas discussed in this interview include regulatory relatio...

David Westerman, the Managing Director for Malaysia and Asia Pacific Emerging Markets for Ford Motors, discusses the impact of GST and the weaker ringgit on sales in Malaysia. He also shares Ford's experience in penetrating the emerging markets of Asia-Pac. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Xentral Methods Sdn Bhd manages e-Sentral.com, an e-bookstore. Faiz Al-Shahab, the co-founder and managing director of Xentral Methods, talks about the challenges in ensuring the sustainability of his business in Malaysia's nascent e-book industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thailand's former finance minister, Korn Chatikavanij, talks about the 'timeout' the country is currently undergoing, as the country is presently under military rule. He also talks about concrete steps on the return of democracy in Thailand, and how this will affect the Thai policy making process.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Junior Cho, Chief Executive Officer of Tune Insurance was with us this morning on The Breakfast Grille, and we discussed the outlook for travel insurance in the wake of the QZ 8501 tragedy, performance of its non Malaysia business, cutting dependence on its AirAsia parent and implication of Tune's parent tube group reducing its stake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investment guru Dr. Marc Faber built his career and amassed a fortune on anticipating the rise & fall of stock markets. His outlook for the coming years has caused many industry insiders and central bankers to second-guess themselves. Dr. Faber shares his thoughts on where global markets are headed amidst the volatility we see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we speak to Fonterra Brands, the world's largest dairy producer and processor. Fonterra carries household name brands like Anmum, Anlene, Fernleaf, and Anchor butter. Learn how they work as a New Zealand based co-operative and how they navigate trying times for the dairy industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Affin Hwang Capital is the investment banking arm of Affin Holdings. They are among the largest securities firms in the nation. Have a listen to their Group Managing Director, Maimoonah Hussain, explain their strategy to win quality clients by leveraging on their relationship with Daiwa Securities and how the Hwang merger has synergised their business outlook. Also, we take a look at the recent la...

Themed Attractions Resorts and Hotels Sdn Bhd is a Khazanah unit handling theme parks like Legoland, Kidzania and Sanrio Hello Kitty Town. What are the conditions that make it acceptable for the government to invest into theme parks or even invest at all in the face of massive developmental spending needs? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lau Kin-Wai, Chief Executive Officer of the ASX, Australia--listed Fatfish Internet Group, talks about how his listed venture capital investment incubator is able to fund high-growth opportunities in ASEAN.  He discusses potential strategic investment targets, the value of Australia's public markets as a home for Asian tech listings, as well as exit strategy options, including the upcoming IP...

Puvanesan Subenthiran, CEO of Privasia Technology Bhd, the ACE Market-listed IT Services company, talks about diversifying away from its core ports and logistics software business and into the satellite and communications business. He also talks about the considerable challenges of a deteriorating ringgit, GST's introduction and the attendant management concerns of cashflow management, receivables...

Eureeca is the first online equity crowdfunding platform, where investors become shareholders in the chosen SME. Sam Quawasmi, the managing director and co-founder of Eureeca discusses the benefits of this model of crowdfunding, and addresses the dilution fears of businesses. Eureeca has also just received regulatory approval from the Securities Commission Malaysia to provide its services here. Se...

For over 150 years, the Ceylon tea you thought you were drinking was not really Ceylon tea. It was instead this impure mix of leaves from various sources of poor quality and of poor taste. All of that would change with Merrill J Fernando and his company Dilmah. He would go up against big tea companies, insisting that tea be picked, packed and shipped direct from Sri Lanka by pickers themselve...

Are South Korean Chaebols or conglomerates a boon or bane to the economy. And can they get away with murder? Image Source: Peter Schrank, the Economist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why haven't doctors themselves stored their children's cord blood? Are there truths to stem cell research? Are private cell banks better than public banks? How many cases have stem cell regeneration helped? New mothers, is it your right to store this? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georg Chmiel, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the iProperty Group, talks about building an ASEAN Internet property classifieds business, monetising the digital migration of ad dollars, foreign currency challenges and the possibility that Rupert Murdoch might buy the company over See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danny Gladstone, CEO of the Australia-listed gaming machine and software producer Ainsworth Game Technology, talks about the ever-evolving nature of casino gaming and how his company now sees itself more as a software company that builds games for a global audience, a sea change from its early days of making slot machines and one-armed bandits. He also talks about its biggest markets of North and...

BFM's Sharaad Kuttan talks to Lim Eng Chong, Managing Director of the Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers about the budding local art scene, and the profitability of art as an investment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alternative financier Borro provides short-term loans secured by luxury assets such as fine art, classic cars, jewellery, antiques, fine wine, etc. Tom McDermott, Chief Commercial Officer of Borro discusses some of the more interesting assets used as collateral, and why the company’s wealthy clientele keep coming back for more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this July 2015 interview, Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiron, the CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), discusses the challenges of having a viable domestic palm market with B10 (and B15 farther out) and why it is that Indonesia has progressed further and faster than Malaysia. He also talks about Malaysia's largest market -- Europe -- its anti-palm lobby, environmental challenges and benefi...

Julian Ng talks to Malaysian Investor Relations Association (MIRA) Chairman, Steven Tan about how the profession has evolved to meet the increasing information demand by shareholders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Experian describes to us what data analytics is, and how they use your data to train banks to be better in credit, analytics, and risk. Learn how Experian, a data science company do their job better, so people like you can do your banking better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the construction arm of the Sunway Group, the group will relist on the Bursa Malaysia Main Market at possibly one of the most volatile fiscal years for Malaysia. It originally made its debut on Bursa in 1997,  but subsequently privatised in 2004.  Kwan Foh Kwai discusses with us how the construction sector has fared this year and the group's new phase of growth in the era. See omnystu...