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The Philippines revealed that GDP in the 2nd quarter of the year grew by a whopping 11.8% --- days after the Metro Manila region was placed under another lockdown to contain the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 delta variant. Investors in the country though don't as spooked as they were when the pandemic first started. Ron Acoba, Chief Market Strategist of Trading Edge joined us from Manila to disc...

Did you know that according to some estimates the energy used to mine and power Bitcoin is the equivalent to the energy used by Argentina? Cryptocurrencies have been in the hot seat for their impact on the environment. One Singapore trader has now launched what he is calling a green crypto platform.  In Eco Money, host Rachel Kelly spoke to Mr Jimmy Li, Founder and CEO of Sharemine AI about a...

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to the Singapore Nightlife Business Association’s vice-president Nasen Thiagaraja on why he thinks this is an apt time for the Government to reconsider Covid-19 restrictions affecting the F&B sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SeaChange was this year's winner of The Liveability Challenge for its technology that converts dissolved CO2 in seawater, into minerals. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Camly Tran, Chief Operating Officer, SeaChange who shares more on the process, and how it's a game-changer in tackling carbon emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Song Seng Wun, Economist, CIMB Private Bank , joined us on Prime Time to share his outlook for Singapore’s economy as restrictions ease up.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been dubbed the most important climate change report so far, and its linked human behaviour directly to temperature increases. In The Spotlight, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Wai-Shin Chan, Head, Climate Change Centre of Excellence & Head, ESG Research at HSBC to find out what the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report means for current climate g...

In Powering Your Property, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Dr Lee Nai Jia, Deputy Director, Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies at the National University of Singapore  on why the top salespersons are bagging the lion's share of HDB resale units and the outlook for the HDB resale market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealed that a severe cut in greenhouse gas emissions is necessary to slow down the pace of global warming. However, it will not stop prolonged heat waves, weather extremes, and rising sea levels from happening as global warming is expected to rise by 1.5 degree Celsius.  In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Assistant video edit...

The start of August saw the greenback show signs of firming up after weeks of weakness, as more Fed officials strike more hawkish tones. Meanwhile, market uncertainty boosted safe haven currencies like the Japanese Yen and the Swiss Franc, while resurgent COVID-19 outbreaks weighed on ASEAN currencies like the Thai Baht and the Philippine Peso. Han Tan, Exinity's Chief Market Analyst, joined us on...

In The Spotlight, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Jing Cong (JC) Xue, Portfolio Manager and Equity Analyst, Foord Asset Management where he shared more about financial literacy for the young and how parents can better engage them in this area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In SGextra, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Maz Farookhi, reporter at the BBC for some of the key highlights from the Tokyo Olympic Games as they come to a close. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Time hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Cheryl Tan, Journalist at The Straits Times who shared why experts are not worried about Singapore’s Covid-19 situation despite the rise in active clusters.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Spotlight, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Loh Boon Chye, CEO, SGX where he discussed the exchanges earnings and outlook for FY2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joevin Teo, Head of Investments for Singapore at Amundi, joined us on Prime Time to talk about their latest outlook on markets, and taking stock of how growth concerns linked to resurgent COVID 19 cases along with inflationary pressures may be shaping where equities might lean. He also shares with us Amundi's outlook on Emerging Markets, China and Singapore.  See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay and multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Joshua Tong, Lawyer, Kalco Law LLC about safe distancing enforcement officers and how they are allowed to enter and search residences, even without a warrant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Tech Talk, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Cheryl Tan, Tech Journalist, Tech360.tv about the latest happenings in the tech world, including China's crackdown on the tech space, the looming extinction of old android phones, Instagram Youth for kids, and upcoming charging stations for electric vehicles in Singapore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Spotlight, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Elaine Tan, Senior Analyst, Refinitiv Deals Intelligence about the driving force behind the growth of sustainable finance bonds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Big Story, Multimedia correspondent Hairianto Diman and assistant video editor Olivia Quay, speak to Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh on the latest in Malaysia after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin told the country that he still commands the parliamentary majority and Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of NUS' Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health  on the current Covid-19 situation in Sing...

Kobsidthi Silpachai, KasikornBank's Head of Capital Markets Research, joined us on Across the ASEAN to discuss the impact of resurgent COVID-19 infections on Thailand's economic outlook, and the threat it poses to its important tourism and manufacturing industries. He also talked about why Thailand's IPO pipeline is still lookin strong versus the rest of the region despite ongoing market uncertain...

Extreme weather events have dominated the news cycle recently, and some top climate scientists have admitted they failed to predict the intensity of the German floods and the North American heat dome. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Roman Carrasco, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS  who shares his thoughts on this, and whether governments ar...

Thilan Wickramasinghe, Head of Research at Maybank Kim Eng Singapore, joined us on Prime Time ahead of the earnings release of Singapore's 3 banks, where he outlined their expectations, his thoughts on the MAS lifting restrictions on dividends, and what 3 post-pandemic trends that UOB, OCBC and DBS need to be mindful of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Spotlight, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics and Political Science at INSEAD to find out more about Malaysia’s current political landscape and updates on the country's Covid-19 situation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay and multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Professor Dean Ho, Director of the National University of Singapore's Institute for Digital Medicine about combining drugs which can be used to treat Covid-19 patients with mild to moderate disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Powering Your Property, hosts Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go catch up with Nicholas Mak, Head of Research and Consultancy at ERA Real Estate about the term ‘integrated development’, and find out whether they are the next big thing Singapore. They also discuss the recent spate of buying activity in the market for Good Class Bungalows and why there is a rising demand for such landed...

On Prime Time, Finance Presenter JP Ong spoke to Terence Chua, Senior Research Analyst, Phillip Securities Research to find out what the big Keppel SPH news may mean for investors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.