Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian

Generations ago, the only option people really had for shopping was to buy local. But as the world becomes ‘smaller’, international brands are more easily available. But buying locally is touted as the best way to be environmentally friendly while supporting local communities at the same time.  Ivan Cheong, Chief of Business, Co-Founder, FATfreq shares with us how ‘being local’ has been an advantage for them. 

How competitive is the fitness industry in Singapore? Mitch Price, National Group Exercise Manager, Virgin Active SG shares how Virgin Active SG is keeping up in this competitive market and what sets them apart from other gyms. 

Of all a company’s functions, marketing has perhaps the most to gain from artificial intelligence or AI. This means that if you are a marketer and you are not using AI, you are missing out on the benefits of what is possibly the most transformational technology. So how will AI marketing work for new businesses owners in the-ecommerce space? Kiyan Foroughi, CEO & Co-Founder, Needle shares his views. 

Singapore stocks opened weaker today following a global retreat last Friday as traders worried over inflation as well as the Israel-Gaza conflict.  In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) headed down 0.5 per cent to 3,171.26 points after 44.2 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch for today, we have DBS. That’s as the bank said all of its banking services resumed last morning after over 12 hours of disruptions to its digital, ATM and payment functions, which began on Saturday afternoon.  Elsewhere from China’s efforts to prop up its economy and mainland stock markets to VinFast Auto planning to move aggressively into Southeast Asian markets, more regional headlines remain in focus.  On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.

For these former national women’s team football team players, walking is the new running as they take on a modified version of the beautiful game. We speak to two members of the “4 Ever Young The Legends” team - captain 67-year old Madam Maimun Wahab and 22-year old Ms Nur Hanis Amira, to find out more! READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/10/walking-football-singapore/index.html?shell Got a story to tell? Get in touch with us! edanker@sph.com.sg | raushan@sph.com.sg

In recent years, discussions of wine connoisseurship have been buzzing with noise about the rise of wine collectors under the age of 40. Indicative of the changing demographics, among the clientele for wine and spirits at Sotheby’s in 2022, a stellar 30% were under the age of 40, and in what was a record year for the department globally, more than one third were hailing from Asia. How is Penfolds, one of Australia’s oldest and most iconic wineries, adapting to this trend? Plus, can tech and AI bridge the gap with younger wine consumers? We find out from Stephanie Dutton, Penfolds Country of Origin Group Winemaker.

From being labelled 'Israel’s 9/11' to the culmination of a '50-year time bomb', the world is reacting to the Hamas-Israel recent conflict. Singapore has come forward to strongly condemn the rocket and terror attacks and our Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam has also spoken to the media with regards to this matter. Why does this surprise attack matter to a country like Singapore? Will there ever be a conclusion for the turmoil in that particular region?  Dr Samir Puri, Visiting Lecturer in War Studies at King's College London and author of 'Russia's Road to War with Ukraine shares his reactions and thoughts. 

Singapore shares opened lower today following news that the country’s economy grew 0.7 per cent on year for the third quarter of 2023. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) was down 0.7 per cent to 3,195.22 points after 34.6 million securities changed hands in the broader market.  In terms of companies to watch today, we have Keppel Corporation. This comes as its private fund is acquiring two properties in Australia for A$198 million (S$175 million).  The group said yesterday that it intends to lease out the properties to educational institutions.  Meanwhile, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced ahead of trading hours that it left monetary policy settings unchanged in October, though it intends to shift to a quarterly monetary policy statement schedule from 2024. But what bearing will this have on the Singapore stock market? On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments withSunny Soh, Lead Technical Analyst (Capital Markets & Investor Education), SIAS.

When Coldplay’s concert tickets first went on sale in June, tickets for all six days in Singapore were sold out. While fans might be rejoicing with more tickets going on sale this month, the overwhelming demand also set the stage for exploitation. Since January 2023, at least 522 victims have fallen prey to concert ticket scams in Singapore, with total losses amounting to at least $518,000.  With the all the advancements in the tech space, why haven’t we found a way to stop concert ticket scams in Singapore? JenniferCheng, Proofpoint’sDirector of Cybersecurity Strategy for Asia Pacific and Japan shares how scams work and ways to detect social engineering scams.

Helping people eat, sleep, exercise and hopefully, feel better. That’s the aim of our guest Mito Health.  Started by Seedly co-founders Kenneth Lou and Chew Tee-Ming this year, Mito Health is a startup focusing on personalised health plans for executives keen on looking beyond annual health check-ups and supplements to maintain their health.  It aims to guide users in improving their diet, exercise and sleep with diagnostics results and wearable data.  Question is – how different is Mito Health from other Executive Health Screening providers and what additional value do they bring on board?  Meanwhile, the company recently raised over S$1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Forge Ventures.  The firm is also backed by a number of angel investors including ShopBack founder Henry Chan, Carousell founder Quek Siu Rui, Glints founder Oswald Yeo, Rainforest founder JJ Chai and Singlife’s innovation head Varun Mittal.  But what strategic value does this group of angel investors bring to the table?  On Under the Radar, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Kenneth Lou, Co-Founder and CEO, Mito Health, and Ryan Ware, Chief Medical Officer, Mito Health.