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Brainjam #18: Privilege, power and PE
Deciphering Ikhlas Capital.
Jun 3
The art of reinvention
A May update.
Jun 1

May 2026

Keeping up with the connected
From roll-up to fire sale.
May 31
Pulling the plug on the Fusionex era
DFTZ gets a new partner but the cleanup is far from over.
May 29
Who works the shadows
Tracing the corporate mafia leaks to their factional roots.
May 27
The bumiputera relay race (and who actually wins)
Ekuinas' latest retail buyout exposes a 50-year structural failure.
May 24
Malaysia wants the global rich. They're saying 6-7
The SC pivots as Forest City ain’t catching billions yet.
May 22
Syed Mokhtar’s finally out of the woodwork
Seven years after I mapped the proxy network.
May 19
Old money, the close and a no
Three deals, three different appetites, all on a Sunday.
May 17
About that RM5 billion “miracle”
Plus: Jho Low's second pardon punt.
May 14
Aerodyne hits turbulence
Malaysian money is on the line as the drone company shrinks.
May 12
Is this ‘corporate mafia’ man heading for the exit?
Inside a 16-day window and a vanishing substantial shareholder.
May 10
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