Live Well with Michelle

Dennis Khoo was the man at the heart of the team responsible for the creation of TMRW, ASEAN's first digital bank -- and he did it all without a playbook. Now he's written one of his own, sharing the thinking behind the design of the undertaking so that any business involved in transformation can learn from his experience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin meets EI Lee, Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of Digital Treasures Center (DTC) to discuss merchant acceptance of cryptocurrencies, locally and globally.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin brings the popular Market View game of Up or Down to you, the listener! What are your takes on today's edition? Play along and find out your score.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is he or is he not on Twitter's board? Elon Musk makes an about-turn about his role at Twitter, plus how GoTo's stock performed at its IPO debut and new leadership at Warner Bros' Discovery make the headlines, while Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang compare notes on Nio, Shopify, Alibaba and rents in Singapore's CBD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GoTo has announced plans for a US$1.26bn IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, valuing the company at US$26-29bn, but Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, Head of Consumer Sector Equity Research at Tellimer  says it could be overvalued given the tepid tech landscape for 2022. Find out why with Michelle Martin.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore REITs are poised to benefit from positive momentum as Singapore eases pandemic restrictions and border measures. But can they maintain the upswing? Michelle Martin gets an analysis from Kenny Loh, REIT Specialist and Independent Financial Advisor . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China's "Little Giants" are a group of government-endorsed start-ups in China that’s becoming a “growing force” in the country’s push for greater technological self-reliance. Michelle Martin introduces some of these so-called Little Giants that form part of Beijing's plans to boost thousands of start-ups in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang begin Market View on the macro front with a playbook of earnings due this week, discuss the bond payment default of China's Zhenro Properties and Russia's move to halt bond issuance for the rest of the year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Phillips, Head of Content & Investment Lead for ProsperUs by CGS-CIMB Securities shares with Michelle Martin his stock take on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and ASML, and whether Twitter can be the new Tesla in valuation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin talks about Berkshire Hathaway's latest massive purchase, Peter Thiel's comments on Warren Buffett and naming Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink as crypto’s enemies, plus analyst directions on Samsung Electronics, hotels in Malaysia, Sembcorp Industries and a bullish take on currencies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin meets the man heading the iconic tea company that has become a household name. Dilmah Tea's second-generation leader and current CEO Dilhan C. Fernando shares the company's storied history, discusses growing up without a sense of entitlement and his view of protests in Sri Lanka.    1:54 History of tasting tea in Asia 5:58 How business leaders can be involved in calls for...

Michelle Martin enlists Vijay Ayyar, VP Corporate Development & Global Expansion, Luno for a rundown of what's making news the crypto market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang digest the latest minutes from the US Federal Reserve meeting and discuss the implications of Russia's ongoing debt. The conversation continues with a LinkedIn survey of the best places to work, a new Catalist listing by the makers of Singapore's TraceTogether token and the benefactors of the upcoming GoTo IPO.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

This Chinese pharmaceutical company's share more than doubled in Hong Kong on Wednesday following positive news of its trial of a new Covid-19 treatment drug. Michelle Martin has the name.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning filmmaker, investigative journalist and international speaker Sylvia Yu Friedman  tells Michelle Martin the stories of the modern slavery of women written in the pages of her latest book,  A Long Road to Justice – Stories from the Frontlines in Asia . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swapnil Mishra, Adjunct Mentor, Singapore Management University gives Michelle Martin his insights on the upcoming IPO by Gojek-Tokopedia merged brand GoTo, what Twitter's future could look like with Elon Musk as active majority shareholder and the unsurprising trouble brewing at Donald Trump's new social media company.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JetBlue has made an offer for Spirit Airlines, kicking up dust to potentially disrupt its merger with Frontier Group Holdings. With such demand for the ultra-low-cost carrier, market watchers believe this could present a buying opportunity for investors.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang analyse brokers' takes on Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and GuocoLand, Elon Musk's active stake in Twitter, the Feds spooking the US markets, new sanctions against Russia, and a round-up of news from Porsche, GM and Honda, Yeo's, Jumbo and how Ukraine is readying NFT sales.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After introducing us to his book Grandpa's Fortune Fables , which teaches kids about managing finances,  Will Rainey, founder, Blue Tree Savings   returns to Money and Me to talk about some of the concepts of wealth, saving and investing that parents can use to share key financial lessons to their children.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elon Musk buys a stake in his favourite social media platform, GoTo's upcoming IPO, bad news from Donald Trump's new social media company, plus a round-up of news from Nike, Great Britain's NFT market, Exxon Mobil and Sembcorp Marine.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shares of Chinese EV makers are in bear territory, but analysts are still bullish on some they see accelerating into the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you have a toxic co-worker or gaslighting boss? If you do, you need this field guide to understand the motivations of the 7 different types of " Jerks at Work ".  Associate Professor Of Psychology Tessa West  has identified a taxonomy of personality types ranging from the cunning to the intentionally devious. It's a book which puts power back in the hands of those dealing wi...

As Vietnam is forecasted to be the fastest-growing ASEAN economy in 2022, Michelle Martin asks Joe Tan, Executive Vice President, Sing-Viet Impact Ventures  on the  non-profit business association's plans to help 4th Generation Singaporean small-and-medium enterprises set up shop there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As obesity continues to be a big problem for both America and the world, investors think the ones to gain positively are pharmaceutical companies. Michelle Martin tells you who to look out for.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin reads the tea leaves and draws an outlook of how the markets could perform for the week ahead.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.