Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek
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Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.
NOV 16, 2023
16/11/23 - [SFF Special] Morning Shot: Will cash disappear with the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies?"Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) have the potential to replace cash, but adoption could take time," said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2023.
Even as cash grows incompatible with the digital economy, how prudent must countries be in their adoption of CBDCs?
On this special Singapore Fintech Festival edition of Morning Shot, Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union shares her perspective.
Presented by: Ryan Huang
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
Music/sound credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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NOV 16, 2023
16/11/23 - [SFF Special] Morning Shot: Digital Inclusion at the core of FintechWhat does it take to drive digital inclusion, ensuring that people have consistent and equal access to digital information, services, and products?
On this episode of Morning Shot, Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore shares his perspective.
Presented by: Ryan Huang
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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NOV 16, 2023
16/11/23 - [SFF Special] Mind Your Business: How to access and assess ESG data?For layman investors, it’s often a challenge to hunt down sustainability reports by companies, make sense of how transparent they are, and if the data is based on science.
On this episode of Mind Your Business, Gordon Tveito-Duncan, Co-Founder of GaiaLens shares more about his company's real-time ESG analytics platform that provides scientifically curated data ESG data of some 19,000 companies.
Presented by: Ryan Huang & Audrey Siek
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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NOV 15, 2023
15/11/23 - Bigger Picture: What's next as bond yields appear to hit peakAudrey Goh, Head of Asset Allocation and Thematic Strategy, Standard Chartered discusses what's next for the rest of 2023 and next year, following a strong rally in stocks as bond yields appear to hit their peak.
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NOV 15, 2023
15/11/23 - US Markets Wrap: How long more will it take for the Fed to reach its targetted inflation level?Alexander Morris, Chief Investment Officer at F/m Investments shares his insights on what the normalised inflation for the US economy might look like moving forward, what the Fed might do in the coming months, whether he is expecting a US government shutdown, and how will this might impact markets.
Presented by: Willie Keng
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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NOV 14, 2023
14/11/23 - Bigger Picture: China spending sentiment under questionPhan Vee Leung, CIO, Trackrecord Asia, discusses the latest round of data showing that Chinese consumers are starting to hold back, and also how much weaker the Japanese yen can get as it hits new lows against the USD.
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NOV 14, 2023
14/11/23 - Morning Shot: Why are middle managers "meat in the middle of a sandwich"?In many ways, middle management jobs are the most difficult in the business world, especially for executives who want to move up and feel boxed in.
Why are middle managers so miserable and what can they do to meet up to the demands of that delicate balancing act?
Yeo Chuen Chuen, Founder of ACESENCE Agile Leadership and Author of the book called “Leaders People Love” weighs in.
Presented by: Ryan Huang & Audrey Siek
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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NOV 14, 2023
14/11/23 - Mind Your Business: Why do 10,000 kids love this coding method?Digital games were our childhood pastime, but today's kids are on a different level – they're not merely players; they're budding game creators.
The secret? Coding programs that enable them to turn their imaginations into interactive digital worlds.
Edmund Lee & Eunice Lam, Co-founders of Presence Pictures join us to share how this evolving landscape and how children are becoming game creators, shaping the digital future through the language of code.
Presented by Ryan Huang and Audrey Siek
This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg)
Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech
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NOV 14, 2023
14/11/23 - US Markets Wrap: How will Xi and Biden's upcoming meeting impact the markets?Abigail Watt, Research Economist, abrdn shares her insights on the impact investors could see with a looming government shutdown on the horizon, whether the Fed might cut rates next year and how the upcoming meeting between Xi and Biden will impact the world's two largest economies.
Presented by: Willie Keng
Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
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NOV 10, 2023
10/11/23 - Bigger Picture: Going overweight on ChinaJames Cook, Executive Director, Head of Investment Specialists at Federated Hermes explains why it may pay off to be contrarian amid pockets of opportunities in Asia ex-Japan.
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