Let's Talk, Singapore

In today's Breakfast Brief, we look at the surprise rebound in US job openings showing the unrelenting demand for workers that suggests more wage pressures and potentially make rising costs more sticky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abhilash Narayan, Senior Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered Private Bank discusses the latest rally in Chinese stocks after unverified social media posts suggest a committee has been set up to plan for an exit from the Covid-zero strategy by March 2023, as well as a preview of the FOMC rate decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No annual award better honours the bold ambition of Singapore’s young businesses under ten years old than the Emerging Enterprise Award, jointly organised by Singapore Press Holdings' financial daily, The Business Times, and OCBC Bank. The Breakfast Huddle's Ryan Huang speaks to one of the finalists Serene Cai, Co-Founder, Speedoc.  To listen to all the finalists of the OCBC Emerging Enterprise Aw...

Aligned with the Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 announced in September 2022 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the availability of simple solutions to deploy financial services will further enable businesses in Singapore to drive innovation and create more value for all stakeholders. . Alex Mifsud, Co-Founder & CEO, Weavr shares with us understand embedded...

The Breakfast Huddle speaks to Keith Kam, Journalist, BFM89.9 in KL on the latest developments leading up to Malaysia's 15th general election.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Tata Group planning to multiply the number of employees at its electronics factory in southern India that makes iPhone components and the likeliness of the ringgit is likely to hit 5.00 against the US dollar, its lowest level, in the next six months. Chris Humphrey, Executive Director, EU-ASEAN Business Council shares more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's Breakfast Brief, we talk about US President Joe Biden's warning to oil and gas companies to invest more in production or face tax penalties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Ban k discusses how much rising prices of wheat as a consequence of Russia withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative will have on inflation and central bank policy rate decisions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UOB has set out targets in six carbon-intensive sectors to meet its net-zero emissions commitments by 2050. This goal will include cutting financing to new upstream gas and oil projects and setting emissions reduction goals in other sectors. Eric Lim, Chief Sustainability Officer, UOB shares more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From China's update its decades-old women’s law to improve gender equality to Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, on an official visit to China till Wednesday will be discussed.  Dr. Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs shares more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No annual award better honours the bold ambition of Singapore’s young businesses under ten years old than the Emerging Enterprise Award, jointly organised by Singapore Press Holdings' financial daily, The Business Times, and OCBC Bank. The Breakfast Huddle's Ryan Huang speaks to one of the finalists Justin Chou, CEO, Glife Technologies. To listen to all the finalists of the OCBC Emerging Enterpris...

Pan Jingyi, Economics Associate Director, IHS Markit discusses if the recent weak earnings outlook from various companies are sufficient for the US Federal Reserve to start dialing back on tightening its monetary policy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's Breakfast Brief, we look at whether the old adage sell in May and go away... will see investors coming back in October, as well as how US midterms could help provide more tailwinds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No annual award better honours the bold ambition of Singapore’s young businesses under ten years old than the Emerging Enterprise Award, jointly organised by Singapore Press Holdings' financial daily, The Business Times, and OCBC Bank. The Breakfast Huddle's Ryan Huang speaks to one of the finalists Eric Chia, CEO, Advocado.  To listen to all the finalists of the OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 20...

While physical stores are now welcoming more consumers, digital shopping habits still continue to be relevant. This will, subsequently, drive conversational commerce, the sale of goods and services via messaging apps.  And it will become an integral communication and sales channel for businesses and consumers, especially as popular year-end retail sales days near.  Lawrence Byrd, Technology Evange...

From the latest updates on Nancy Pelosi’s husband being attacked at their San Francisco home and Chinese President Xi Jinping sending an ‘olive branch’ to US president Joe Biden. Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates shares his analysis on these headlines and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's Breakfast Brief, we look at the tech tumble weighing on markets as Amazon  projects sluggish sales for the holiday quarter as it contends with slower growth and consumers tightening their belts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sanjay Guglani, CIO, Silverdale Capital discusses how investors should position themselves for expectations that inflationary pressures will moderate on some fronts, and why opportunities in Fixed Income are emerging to become more attractive than even equities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before western-style restaurants were everywhere, Jack’s Place was something of a luxury reserved for candlelit dinners and special occasions. And today, the steakhouse is a household name that requires no introduction. But how is Jack’s Place keeping up with the changes in taste for Singaporeans?  Alvin Say, Chief Operating Officer, JP Pepperdine and Jason Ong, Chief Operating Officer, JP Pepperd...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking feedback from the public with regards to the proposed safeguards to reduce the risk of consumer harm from cryptocurrency trading as well as to support the development of stablecoins as a credible medium of exchange in the digital asset ecosystem. Daniel Lo, Chief Legal Officer, Cake DeFi shares how this might impact our cryptocurrency scene.   See omn...

You have probably seen one of those sleek ergonomic gaming chairs with fancy winged backrests, or even considered buying one for your home office. But they often fall short when it comes to your ergonomic health. So, what other options are out there?  Chiraag Sehvani, Head of Retail, Flokk Asia shares more on what Flokk can offer in this aspect.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Synopsis: Every fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents Asian views of the United States. In this episode on regional summitry, Nirmal Ghosh hosts Professor Simon Tay, chair of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and non-resident Singapore Ambassador to Greece; and Thitinan Pongsuthirak, director of the Institute of Security and Internation...

In today's Breakfast Brief, we unpack Meta's earnings, where it has dialed back on its forecasts amid rising headwinds in advertising spending, as well as higher expenses expected in its R&D for metaverse investments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance, discusses how much worse than expect recent tech earnings have been, and if investors should stay bullish on Meta's metaverse ambitions which are adding to the company's expenses amid a slowdown in advertising revenue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's Breakfast Brief, we unpack the disappointing earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet, who are bracing for a tougher next few quarters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.