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On Market View, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish spoke with Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital about market movements this week, the situation in China where inflation has increased more than expected and the risk of a recession. 

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Assistant Video Olivia Quay spoke with journalist Amrita Kaur about tips on how to deal with the challenges of returning to the workplace.

Amid the tide of change in the past two years, one thing has remained the same, and that is the success of a company starts with its people. The launch of the inaugural Glints Best Employer Awards: Beyond Borders cements this belief by awarding trailblazing technology companies in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan for their outstanding achievements in building and managing their talent in a post-pandemic world.   On Career360, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Puay Lim Yeo, Commercial Director, Glints and John Tan, CEO, Doyobi join us on Career360 to talk about talent attraction and retention in a post-pandemic world.

Endowus has published a three-part report, “Endowus Wealth Insights” on 28 Apr 2022. The report provides an update on the firm’s overall performance across all investment portfolios in 2021, its business strategy and views on the general investment outlook for 2022, as well as trends and insights derived from a study of 680 Singapore respondents. Some of the insights derived focused on respondents’ thoughts on financial-related worries and goals for 2022, current and future investing behaviours and sentiments, as well as the adoption rate of offline and online investment platforms and services. In The Spotlight, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharti Jagdish spoke with Gregory Van, CEO of Endowus to find out why 80% of Singaporeans intend to invest more this year amid strong concerns over inflation and rising costs. 

Just last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission added 88 US-listed Chinese firms to an enlarged list of companies that could be forced to delist from US exchanges. What does this mean for Chinese corporates and for investors? Should you be putting your money in these companies? Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish spoke with Zerlina Zeng, Senior Credit Analyst, CreditSights to find out.

In Powering Your Property, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Nicholas Mak, Head of Research & Consultancy, ERA Realty to find out if the new ABSD rule on living trusts will have any impact private housing market, as well as his outlook for the residential property sector in Singapore. 

After waiting for more than 30 years, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is finally set to become the Philippines' 17th president. By the early hours of Tuesday (May 10) morning, the 64-year-old son and namesake of the late dictator chalked up almost 30 million votes with over 94 per cent of the eligible ballots counted, surpassing the 27.5 million votes needed for a majority. In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke with Philippines correspondent Raul Dancel as he weighs in on Mr Marcos Jr's victory.

In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Rob Hugh-Jones, Editor, BBC to find out more about the headlines he's watching in the week ahead including Putin's Victory Day speech, the Philippines election and the presidential inauguration of South Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol.

On SGExtra, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor at The Straits Times for a recap from Parliament., including updates on the recent revelations that 11 aspiring lawyers had cheated in the 2020 Bar exam known as Part B. They also discuss the relaxed Covid-19 restrictions announced on April 22 and what that means for Singapore going forward.

The ASEAN region, no doubt, has been affected by several external macro headwinds, including the Fed rate hikes, higher commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions in China. In addition, at least one economy is also in political transition right now - the Philippines where Filipinos are going to the polls to choose their next President. What’s the outlook for the region? In spite of the challenges, what are the opportunities available? On Market View, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish spoke with Jason Liu, Head Chief Investment Office APAC at Deutsche Bank International Private Bank to find out.