Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In his Budget 2023 speech,  Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong continued his approach to wealth taxes, increasing buyer’s stamp duty (BSD) for higher-value properties and further taxing luxury cars.  Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Economics at NUS Business School explains how taxes on the wealthy will benefit the wider community.

Budget 2023 focused largely on strengthening Singapore's social compact, with a slew of new support measures targeted at parents. But are they bold enough?  Louis Ng, Member of Parliament of Nee Soon GRC who's also a father of three shares his take. [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenter: Lynlee Foo Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact 1:04 - What are your thoughts on more paid paternity leave? 1:42 - So what do you think - how much is enough really? Is for four weeks enough or should we get four months for fathers as well? 2:21 - How about mothers, do you think the current 16 weeks is enough? 2:59 - So apart from paid leave, there are also a number of other financial initiatives for parents. Are there any challenges you foresee in implementing these initiatives, especially for employers? 3:37 - Share with us your own experience with raising children - how are the challenges faced by parents evolving? 4:28 - Especially during the COVID time we really felt the need for more leave to take care of our children right? 5:02 - Let's talk about help for single unwed parents. That's another segment of the population that you've talked about in Parliament. Aside from what's already in place, how else can the government better help these single unwed parents? 6:25 -  How far do you think these new initiatives go in solving some of those things that you've just mentioned? 6:57 - Moving ahead - as a parent, which other areas, on top of those that you've mentioned, are you hoping that the government will look into gaps that may not have been covered this time around in Budget 2023? 7:52 - And one more thing that is definitely good news in a sense, the lapse of foreign domestic worker levy tax relief, right?

Willie Keng, Founder, Dividend Titan, discusses which sectors will benefit from the handouts from Budget 2023 the most, and conversely who the losers are.

Seemingly muted green measures in Budget 2023, despite the global push to get businesses and individuals to go green. Allan Lim, Founder and Chairman, ComCrop shares an inside look on challenges faced by enterprises in the green space and additional support the sector needs to push ahead.  [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenters: Lynlee Foo Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact

With the global economy facing uncertain headwinds, retailers are expecting consumers to tighten their purse strings in the coming months. But are the new Budget measures such as enhanced tax deductions and new cash payouts to support innovation by firms enough to keep a positive momentum going? Terence Yow, Chairperson, Singapore Tenants United For Fairness and Managing Director, Enviably Me Group gives insight into pain points faced by the retail, F&B, and service sectors. [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenters: Lynlee Foo Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact

Giving back voluntarily certainly strengthens the spirit of community and fellowship, in addition to the impact that such acts can make on society. Anson Ng, The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2022, joins us to explain why he's made it his life’s mission to help strangers in need.

The Breakfast show gets an in-depth assessment of Budget 2023 and what's missing from analysts' wishlists. Panelists:  Chiu Wu Hong, Partner, Head of Enterprise, Tax, KPMG Singapore Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research), Institute of Policy Studies Ryan Chioh, Deputy President, Singapore Manufacturing Federation & Managing Director, FarEastFlora.com [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio

Christopher Wong, South East Asia Portfolio Strategist, at Fidelity International discusses why he sees light at the end of the tunnel in the later half of the year, even as companies enter 2023, with higher prices and higher interest rates.

Yeap Junrong, Market Strategist, IG discusses if the upside in Net Interest Margins has already been priced in, with DBS guiding for peak NIMs of 2.25% (from current levels of 2.05%), alongside a warning of potential downside risk from outflows to Treasury bills, a stronger Singapore dollar and higher treasury market funding costs.

On Mind Your Business and ahead of Budget 2023 in the afternoon, we zoom in on sustainability - from green funding and financing, green bond and tax policies, green buildings, green infrastructure for our roads to green talent. Rachel Kelly and Ryan Huang are joined in the studio by Mark Addy, Partner, Energy & Natural Resources, KPMG Singapore to talk about how Singapore and the rest of the world will have to address the energy trilemma – security, affordability and sustainability in their energy transition journeys, as well as the key pillars of KPMG's Budget wish list.