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MSWG Weekly Newsletter 31 December 2021 (English)

31.12.2021

We would like to wish our readers a Happy New Year. May 2022 bless us with good health, joy and happiness.

A dozen risks and opportunities await minority shareholders in 2022

In a nutshell, 2022 will mark the third successive year the world grapples with unsettled COVID-19 complications which first reared its ugly head at the outset of 2020.

Domestically, 2021 has continued to witness a large degree of socio-economic devastation from loss of livelihoods and business shutdowns due to the imposition of total lockdowns. This was done to contain a spike in COVID-19 infection with the national healthcare system occasionally being stretched to its limit amid high fatality rates.

As the world is anticipated to remain mired in uncertainties for a third year running, below are some scenarios of what Malaysians can expect in the year ahead: