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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned Singapore households to carefully assess their ability to meet mortgage obligations, as households have amassed a larger pile of debt than they had before Covid-19 struck. So what do homeowners need to know about financing their home? Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque find out from Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Fin...

Germany will be choosing its new chancellor this week, Time person of the year is set to be announces, and what's the latest on the Omicron Covid-19 variant. In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Rich Preston, Senior World News Reporter/Presenter, BBC on the headlines he is tracking in the week ahead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Straits Times' The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to opinion editor Grace Ho gives her take on the Workers' Party's possible next steps as hearings on Raeesah Khan's case continues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Christmas song goes.. on the 5th day of Christmas my true love gives to me 5 gold rings. But how much have those 5 gold rings gone up by on year in value? And would you have been better investing in another previous metal? In Market View, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Avtar Sandu, Senior Manager, Commodities, Phillip Futures to find out.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

On SGExtra, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly catches up with Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor at The Straits Times on the special report by Parliament’s privileges committee on the Worker’s Party’s Raeesah Khan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to   Sandhya Sriram, Group CEO & Co-founder, Shiok Meats,  one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Prof Darren Sun, Founder and Ann Chai, Managing Director, at Nanosun , one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Lewis Tan, Director, Mr Popiah,  one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Karthik Rajan, CEO, LivFresh Farms , one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Uncertainty connected to the new COVID-19 Omicron variant kept markets volatile and on their toes. Lim Jun Kit, Strategist at Phillip Futures, spoke to us on Forex Fridays on how this is shaping trends in the FX space, touching on the USD, currencies across the ASEAN, the SGD, and the resilient Chinese Yuan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Red hot rallies in crypto currencies have caught the attention of many investors.  But how much do we really know about how cryptos are regulated? A new Finance Action Task Force (FATF)  guidance seeks to alleviate some of the risks involved in virtual assets  - To find out more, Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Bharath Vellore, Managing Director in APAC, LexisNexis Risk Solu...

People will still be able to travel without quarantine between Singapore and South Korea under the Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme, despite new border restrictions kicking in in the country. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to  Toh Ting Wei, Journalist, The Straits Times who shares more on the latest situation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore has been named Asia's priciest city, due to the rising inflation and global supply chain issues. To share more about the findings, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Simon Baptist, Global Chief Economist, at the Economist Intelligence Unit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Year-to-date, gold prices have fallen by more than 6% with rising interest rate pressures sapping demand for the classic inflation hedge. JP Ong spoke to Robin Tsui, APAC Gold Strategist for State Street Global Advisors, about the challenging year that was for the precious metal, and if there are better days ahead in the new year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leaders of the Workers' Party were told by their MP Raeesah Khan that she had lied in Parliament, about a week after she made false statements about a sexual assault case in a speech on Aug 3. Straits Times Multimedia Correspondent Harianto Diman spoke to Straits Times Senior Political Correspondent, Tham Yuen-C who shares more on what happened between the time Ms Khan confessed to WP leaders and...

The maritime industry is predicted to miss the zero emissions target by 2050 due to a lack of available low-carbon options on the market. However, in order to make better progress Sea Forrest , is committed to providing sustainable solutions to the launch vessel industry through its hybridisation and electrification business. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Sea Forrest's CEO, George Lee to fin...

In The Straits Times The Big Story, Hairianto Diman spoke to Senior political correspondent Tham Yuen-C to find out what’s next for Sengkang GRC following Raeesah Khan's resignation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In its latest report - The Social and Economic Contribution of Gold Mining - the World gold Council has sought to demonstrate how gold mining can support the economic development of local communities and national economies. To find out more Shehzad Haque speaks to Terry Heymann, CFO, World Gold Council. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite a challenging year that hit many economies across Southeast Asia hard -- Deloitte notes  that public listings across the ASEAN surpassed 2020's levels in the first 10 and a half months, with signs that there may be more listings in the last weeks of the year. Tay Hwee Ling, Deloitte's Disruptive Events Advisory Leader for Southeast Asia and Singapore, joined us on Across the ASEAN to...

According to Project DrawDown, reducing food waste is the number one solution to the climate crisis. In a bid to tackle this, OLIO was launched in 2015 to connect neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food could be shared, not thrown away. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder, and CEO, OLIO  who shares what impact this ha...

The Straits Times Index lost 180 points in the last 3 trading days of November, sending the Straits Times Index plunging below the 3100 level, with concerns rising over the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. JP Ong spoke to Azure Capital's Founder and CEO Terence Wong about the month that was, and that terrible end to November for local stocks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore has announced tighter border measures to detect and contain the new Omicron variant, whereas some countries have closed borders altogether. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Terence Fan, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, SMU  who shares more on what Omicron means for travel bans and vaccine diplomacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore announced tighter border measures to detect and contain the new Covid-19 variant. In the Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman speaks to TEO Yik Ying, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS  who shared more about these precautionary measures and how they might help.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the age old private property investment debate.. Leasehold vs Freehold. Do you really hold a freehold property indefinitely? And what happens to a leasehold after 99 years if that is the stated tenure? Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to  Nicholas Mak, Head of Research and Consultancy at ERA Realty  to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

With new risks from the new COVID-19 Omicron strain added to inflationary pressures, tighter monetary policy and potential energy shortages ahead of the winter months. Are there more risks to markets as we close out the year and head into 2022? Johan Jooste, Managing Director for the Global CIO Office, joined us on Prime Time to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.