Let's Talk, Singapore

Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or Fica last Monday. It aims to tackle foreign meddling in domestic politics conducted through hostile information campaigns and the use of local proxies. But what does FICA really do? The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish get Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management Universi...

Airports and air travel have always been at the forefront of technological advancement as the industry has always strived for perfection. Fabrice Godeau, Head of Asia Pacific, Vision-Box  shares the type of solutions Vision-Box provides for airports and airlines, and how the best airports and airlines are preparing to handle passengers safely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Around 70 percent of companies use social media scraping to learn more about job applicants, even though the process runs the risk of making discriminatory and potentially illegal judgements. Andrew How, Managing Partner, Kincentric, discusses the fairness of judging a job candidate based on their social media profile and how to minimise biasness when hiring.  See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital, discusses the investor takeaways from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's final policy address. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facebook recently faced it’s largest outage recorded -- we’re talking about 10.6 million problem reports globally. The firm has since apologised for the mass outage, explaining that it was caused by “configuration changes on the backbone routers”. Jonathan Woo, Research Analyst, Phillip Securities  shares the implications of this outage on Facebook, where cyber securit...

Regional Round-up Ep 18: South-East Asian politicians and influential leaders mentioned in Pandora papers 11:04 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Impact of Pandora papers on South-east Asian pol...

While we thought that it was the end of Jekyll & Hyde Cocktail Bar, the bar found a new home in a two-storey shophouse at Neil Road. Like many other restaurants in the embattled food and beverage (F&B) industry, Jekyll & Hyde was hit hard by the pandemic.  Ee Chien Chua, Owner, Jekyll & Hyde Cocktail Bar  shares his experiences and stories of constant pivoting, and how Xe...

Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times  gives an analysis of the effect of the Pandora Paper leak which links to secret stores of wealth hidden by influential Asians, implications of Singapore’s FICA that was just recently passed into law on the wider region, the latest update on the Philippine election, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to new insights from American Express’s Shop Small Business Recovery Research in Singapore, most Singapore businesses still remain cautiously optimistic about the future despite the new waves of Covid-19 cases. Ho Yat-Wai, Country Manager, American Express Singapore  shares more about the research along with its findings, as well as the American Express Shop Small initiative t...

Aspiring to be the most sustainable technology company by 2030, HP is reinventing the way they are doing things. Ng Tian Chong, Managing Director of Greater Asia, HP  shares how HP is changing its business models, R&D, and manufacturing, to propel towards a future of sustainability while driving greater efficiency and productivity in Singapore.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs gives an analysis of China's efforts to limit the fallout of China Evergrande Group, the next potential chancellor to continue the legacy of Angela Merkel for China-Germany relations, China's former justice minister, Fu Zhenghua's involvement in Beijing's sweeping drive against corruption, and more.  See omnystudio.com/...

Jingyi Pan, Associate Director, Economic Indices, IHS Markit  discusses how tighter constraints such as a labour crunch, supply chain bottle necks and higher prices may limit growth in the 4th quarter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) has come into effect, Singapore enterprises in Africa can now diversify their trade and investment mix, as well as tap into new opportunities for growth. G. Jayakrishnan, Global Markets Executive Director, Middle East & Africa, Central Asia and Central & Eastern Europe, Enterprise Singapore, shares more about these untappe...

CNBC's Emily Tan discusses how the FOMC will get a makeover as at least two Fed officials retire after a investment trading controversy, as well as what we can expect from Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington Report Ep 17: US Supreme Court's impending changes to abortion and gun laws 10:41 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Supreme Court to consider all rules restricting abortions are un...

Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, Straits Times  gives an analysis of The Supreme Court's consideration on whether all rules restricting abortions prior to viability are unconstitutional, the questioning of a New York state gun law, what the   “ghost gun” trend in New York says about the state of gun ownership in the US, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Can a brand or company ever recover from a marketing campaign or publicity stunt that has gone wrong? Tina Chopra, Founder & Director, Script Consultants, shares why some marketing campaigns fail and how companies can recover from those situations. She also discusses the implications and key takeaways from the Speech Academy Asia incident that took place recently.  See omnystudio.com/list...

According to Bloomberg, Singapore has one of the highest vaccination coverage around the world, with over 80 percent of our population inoculated. Despite that, we are not in the midst of battling a record wave of Covid-19 infections just as the country plans to re-open to the world. Is endemic supposed to be like this? If not, what should it look like? The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker a...

Hou Wey Fook, CIO, DBS Bank discusses how investors can use the I.D.E.A. stock selection framework to pick potential winners in a digitalising world and his Q4 market outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor , gives an analysis of the main concerns mounting into the month of October, including elevated inflation, supply-chain bottlenecks, a global energy crunch and regulatory risks emanating from China. He also provides a breakdown of September's biggest winners/losers on the Straits Times Index. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though  Turochas Fuad, CEO, Pace, co-founded three startups that were acquired by Yahoo, Airbnb's rival HomeAway, and WeWork, he has no intention to stop anytime soon and is now working on his fourth startup Pace Enterprise, a "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) business. Here, he shares more about his journey as a serial entrepreneur and how he made the decision to join the emerging BNPL busine...

Recently, Forge Ventures launched its debut fund, which raised US$21.9 million at first close. According to the firm, it was oversubscribed and has led a total of three investments across three countries to date. Foo Tiang Lim, P artner and co-founder, Forge Ventures  shares how Forge Ventures sets itself apart from other venture capital firms and how they are planning to build a concentrated...

Singapore’s road to reopening borders and boosting tourism and travel has been a long and interesting one. But with the recent opening of the VTL with Germany and Brunei, we are seeing a glimpse of hope. Mae Cheah, President – Asia, TRAFALGAR  shares what the take up in bookings/enquiries has been like since the VTL announcement, and if an arrangement like VTL will be the fut...

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank, discusses how high the risk of stagflation is amid rising prices and signs of slowing growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2021 Global CEO Reflections Study, by global management consulting and executive search firm Egon Zehnder, revealed that the most successful CEOs today are those who have mastered the capacity to be adaptive, relational, and self-aware. Edmund Siah, Managing Partner, Egon Zehnder Singapore, shares more about the study including how the role of a CEO has evolved over the past few years and why...