Budget 2020
The government’s budget proposal for 2020 is RM297 billion representing a drop of 5.6% compared to Budget 2019. This is due to the expectation that revenue will fall 7.1% to RM244.53 billion, but Malaysia plans to increase development spending to offset an expected slowdown in global demand. Key Highlights of Budget 2020 Public service: Bomba […]
Change Management for Corporate Digital Transformation
Corporations always faced the issue of changing their processes with new technologies and adapting to a changing business environment. Success stories such as Netflix, who went from sending DVDs by mail to online streaming, show the potential of utilizing digital technology for business. Not only does innovation hold great potential for growth, but on the […]
Plantation Companies Brace for Challenges Ahead
Plantation companies in Malaysia continue to face hardships as can be seen by their results in the first half of 2019. Even though there is an increase in the plantation and growth of palm oil, low productivity along with the increasing cost of production and over dependant on foreign labour need to be addressed. Palm […]
Education First’s (EF) English Proficiency Index 2019 – Malaysia’s in the Top 30!
With over a billion users around the world, the English language is regarded as one of the most widely used languages in the world. The majority of English-speaking people speak the language as their first or second language, while the rest as a third or fourth. Education First (EF), an international education company has recently […]
Transformation Implementation: Business models that work
18th March 2019 Written by Girish Ramachandran, Founder of 27Group a boutique strategic consulting group focusing on #RebuildingHumanity. These days we have been hearing about Transformation. We tell ourselves that Transformation is great and we are ready to embrace them. Do we really? Let us take you through what Transformation is in business. This […]
27Group at the Malaysia Urban Forum (MUF2019)
27Group’s ED, Mr Girish Ramachandran was invited to speak about Reimagining How We Live & Work in the City with a focus on the Financial Model for Innovation in City Growth at Malaysia Urban Forum 2019 (MUF2019). The event was held on 18-19 February 2019 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Email us if you wish […]
Palm Oil Industry – Challenges, Potentials and Solutions. A Session with 27Advisory Senior Advisor, Mr. M.R. Chandran
Watch the conversation between 27 Capital Director, Ms Fiona Soh and 27 Advisory Senior Advisor Mr. M R Chandran on the challenges in the oil palm industry in Malaysia and the way forward. Mr Chandran was also the former CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA). The banning of Palm Oil products from South East […]
How the West outperformed Asia in PE activity in 2018
Written by Adam Reza and Jason Saw of 27 Group 2018 saw continued uncertainty on the global economic front, dominated by the narrative that the West continues to be in a state of economic decline. Despite this, such caricatures depicting doomsday economic scenarios have not failed to dampen the appetite of players in the private […]
Did you know that Malaysia slipped from 36th to 52nd in the Economist’s BigMac Index?
Did you know that Malaysia’s Big Mac is amongst one of the cheapest around the major economies in the world? According to the latest statistics compiled by the Economist, the most expensive Big Mac is in Switzerland and Norway. Big Mac in Malaysia is ranked as 52nd among the 56 countries evaluated. The Economist has […]
Did you know that Malaysia Airlines punctuality outperforms AirAsia (AA) from Nov 2018 to Mar 2019?
According to data from Official Aviation Guide (OAG) Punctuality League in Mar 2019, Malaysia Airlines punctuality recorded 83.1%, higher than AA’s 80.4%. Flight punctuality has always been one of the key metrics in measuring the performance of an airline. A flight that depart or arrive within 15 minutes of its scheduled time is categorized as […]