Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Dong Chen, Head of Asia Macroeconomic Research, Pictet Wealth Management discusses what a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases in China mean for the economy and markets.

In today's Breakfast Brief we talk about the rejig of the Straits Time Index, Chengdu's tightened restrictions and Twitter's new edi button.

Have you ever wondered about the essential factors one have to consider when it comes to designing a toy for children?  Donn Koh, Co-Founder and Principal Designer, STUCK DESIGN & Matterkids shares more. 

According to a survey by Magnify Money in 2021, younger investors are more inclined to make emotion-driven investment decisions and suffer investment remorse, and overall, retail investors who let a financial specialist manage their portfolios are less susceptible to the pressures of the markets. Wilfred Lim, Head of Strategy, Investment Solutions, PhillipCapital shares more with us on the importance of getting help from a financial specialist in your investment journey. 

Despite inflation, football transfers are at an all time high. How are clubs like debt ridden Barcelona doing it? How can clubs afford to make signings? Where does the money come from? James Walton, Sports Business Group Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia share more. 

Synopsis: Every month, The Straits Times Kuala Lumpur bureau analyses the latest issues making the headlines in Malaysia. This ST video livestream was hosted by Lynlee Foo on Sept 1. Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, was sentenced to 10 years' jail and fined RM970 million for corruption. ST's Malaysia correspondent Ram Anand discusses the development of the case. Read more: https://str.sg/wzyD Produced by: ST Video Edited by: ST Video and Eden Soh Follow Across The Causeway Podcast regularly here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Ram Anand's articles: https://str.sg/wzyz Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. In this episode, she chats with ST's China correspondent Aw Cheng Wei.  China is on a rural revitalisation drive, helping villages pull themselves out of poverty and closing the income gap with cities. Will the efforts make an impact? Highlights (click/tap above): 1:12 How important are villages to the Chinese economy? 3:20 Is President Xi Jinping especially committed to the rural economy? 4:58 An eye opening trip to Hunan; top-driven changes only? Are villagers sceptical? 9:32 From a geopolitical angle, what roles do villages play? 11:56 Is village life being romanticised? Read Aw Cheng Wei’s article here: https://str.sg/wzcs Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Eden Soh Edited by: Hadyu Rahim Follow Letter From The Bureau Podcast every first Friday of the month on our Asian Insider Podcast channel here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Bhagyashree Garekar’s articles: https://str.sg/whNo Read Aw Cheng Wei's articles: https://str.sg/wzce Read ST's Letters From The Bureau: https://str.sg/3xRd Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

In today's Breakfast Brief, we chat about a new ETF that lets investors get slice of the KPOP action, with a basket of 30 stocks including Hybe, SM Entertainment, JYP, YG and etc.

Stanley Lim, chief editor, Value Invest Asia and Video creator at Invest with Stanley shares why he is keenly watching Diageo, AMD, and Yum China.

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist, AMP Capital, discusses how OPEC+ producers may reduce their output to support recently falling oil prices, as well as how expectations are rising for rates to stay high for longer.