Live Well with Michelle

To find out the transformative impact of inclusive hiring on organisations and how it affects the overall working dynamic at the workplace, he carried out a qualitative study on how hiring people with disabilities can affect the organisational culture and company performance. Elijah Wee, Assistant Professor of Management at Foster School of Business, University of Washington shares the findings of...

You’re interested in investing in property, but which kind of property should you invest in - mega projects or smaller developments? Mohamed Ismail Gafoor, Chairman & CEO of Propnex Limited breaks it down for you and tells you which properties you should invest in and why. And on top of appreciation and depreciation, what are other factors that should be taken into consideration before w...

As consumers, we’re spoilt for choices these days given the variety and aplenty amount of products that are readily available for us. And as traditional selling approaches fail to meet the evolved standards of today’s buyer, what do sellers need to know to get good business? Here’s one company that understands disruption and therefore invented the concept of ‘modern selling...

Hair loss is a common phenomenon but we seem to have downplayed the emotional, psychological and even dermatological needs of people experiencing hair loss, regardless of whether your gender or age. If you have hair loss, you might have experienced confidence issues as a result of the psychological impact of skin conditions. American board-certified dermatologist Dr Lana Kashlan talks about t...

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Christopher Long, Founder, CryptoTrader SG about how Bitcoin could someday change the face of global economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Renowned Singapore designer and co-founder of Song+Kelly, Wykidd Song, was known for putting Singapore’s name on the international fashion platform with the first Singapore Ready-To-Wear brand sold at internationally renowned stores such as Harrods, Selfridges, Barneys NYC, and more. But after the label closed in 2007, he left the country to pursue other creative interests, which included de...

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to  Arun Pai, Chief Kristals Officer, Kristal. AI  about the latest stock market movements that investors ought to take note of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Mario Aquino, Managing Partner, FutureLabs Ventures about venture capital investments, the dynamics of ecosystem venturing and what we need to know about what FutureLabs Ventures does as a venture builder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Ngan, CEO & Co-Founder of QFPay International Limited talks about helping merchants with their payment solutions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Kenneth Lou, CEO of Seedly and Junus Eu, a top 10 contributor at Seedly and Venture Capitalist about knowing when it would be the best time to start investing and how to go about doing it right. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Samuel Rhee, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, EndowUs about his operation's new portfolio service for savings in the CPF Investment Scheme and how FinTech is set to revolutionise the modern investing landscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robo advisors have been getting more popular these days as more of us turn to the ease and convenience of investing online, and is usually a cheaper alternative. One such platform is Smartly - a Singapore-based robo-advisory platform that educates users with basic financial literacy and help them invest easily without barriers and at a low fee.  The company was acquired by Vietnam-based inves...

Should you go for 99-year leasehold or freehold? What are the prices differences, which will depreciate more, and what are the factors that will affect a property’s value other than the lease period? And if you’re going to buy your next property, we discuss which would be a better area to do so in our east vs central comparison. We find out with Mohamed Ismail Gafoor, Chairman & CE...

Singaporeans have an average nightly sleep of 7 hours and 5 minutes, making them the third most sleep-deprived after Japanese and Indians, this according to activity tracker Fitbit. Singaporeans also only get on average 80 minutes of REM sleep, which is a crucial aspect for emotion regulation and memory and the peak stage of protein synthesis at the cellular level and important in keeping many pro...

Top professional Spanish football league LaLiga and GCOX are bringing you closer to your favourite football superstars through tokenisation. Ivan Codina, Managing Director for LaLiga Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan & Australia, and Sir Dr Jeffrey Lin, CEO of GCOX shares how its bringing exclusive merchandise and services to fans and the global crypto community. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Vincent Chok, Group CEO, Legacy Trust Company about the importance of seeking custody for digital assets in this day and age, where trading is starting to take on a more intangible, electronic form. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Jonathan Ang and Kelvin Seetoh, 10x Capital, Co-Authors of ‘Value Investing: Expand Your Circle of Competence’ about what you should and should absolutely not do when investing during an economic recession. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Real estate co-investment platform, Fraxtor, allows investors to invest in any type of property worldwide with a small amount of capital. And with blockchain technology, the platform allows investors to invest in real estate projects that are not yet completed. Oliver Siah, CEO & Co-founder of Fraxtor and Rachel Teo, Co-founder & Executive Director of Fraxtor, and Director of Daniel Teo &a...

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Kenneth Lou, CEO & Co-Founder, Seedly and Chew Tee Ming, CTO & Co-Founder, Seedly about Personal Finance 101 for working millennials.  Maybe you’re worried you’re not saving enough to buy that dream house? Or you’re concerned that you won’t make enough to save for a comfortable retirement? Well, then all the more re...

'Loss Adjustment' is searingly original and heartbreaking work of creative non-fiction. Author Linda Collins, a copyeditor from the political desk of Straits Times wakes up one school morning to the completely unanticipated loss of her 17-year-old daughter. In the wake of Victoria McLeod’s suicide, Collins writes to make sense of the forces that drove her daughter to the act of suicide. Vict...

Join  Michelle Martin , as she speaks to Christopher Long, Founder, Cryptotrader SG , about what the Bitcoin Ecosystem is, the variables that co-exist within it and how their relationship with one another impacts investors and discuss the ways on how to mine it without making the wrong moves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adrian Chng, CEO of GoBear shares his personal finance and investment journey. Before he entered the world of fintech, he was an investment banker who had spent years dealing with mergers and acquisitions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An encounter with a painting in Los Angeles led him on a quest to understand and on a mission to spread art’s unique transformative power. A TEDx speaker and conceptual artist, Guillaume Levy-Lambert is an artologist & the co-founder of Art Porters Gallery, whose mission is "sharing happiness with art". He shares more about art investing and his personal journey.  See omnystudio.com...

More first-time buyers will get higher grants and more flexibility to select the size of their flat and where it is located. The income ceiling for eligible buyers has also been raised for the first time since 2015. The move comes as the government hopes to make HDB housing more affordable and encourage young couples to have more kids. How would the new Enhanced Housing Grant (EHG) benefit you? Mo...

What do investment professionals need to know about AI and what are its roles in investment analytics and the financial industry? Dr Bernard Lee, author of ‘Investment Analytics in the Dawn of Artificial Intelligence’, and founder & CEO of HedgeSPA USA talks about his book and what are some misconceptions we have about AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.