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Smiles All Round As RHB Proposes Insurance Sale

01-Aug-19 07:15

Smiles All Round As RHB Proposes Insurance Sale

00:05 - In local corporate news, RHB has proposed to sell its non-core insurance business, which the Morning Run discuss in the context of the impact to shareholders (read: dividends), as well as the broader insurance industry, with a new player in the field, in the shape of Richard Li’s FWD Takaful.

05:14 - On the Transport front, there are conflicting stories on the government’s takeover of highway concessionaires. With overtones of vested interests and hidden agendas now clouding the picture, the Morning Run team suggest that Lim Guan Eng’s Finance Ministry shed some light on the issue

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  Business Analysis,  Auto,  Personal Finance,  Investments,  Financial Literacy,  Politics,  Social Issues

Tags:  RHB,  insurance,  Tokio Marine,  Takaful,  toll highway,  Finance Ministry, 


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