Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Manpreet Gill, Head of FICC Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Private Bank, discusses the tailwinds for Chinese markets as Shanghai eases restrictions, and how commodity currencies like the AUD could get a boost.

Today on The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the effects of lowering oil prices, Chinese stocks gaining after Shanghai reopens, Japan and South Korea easing travel restrictions, the Chicken export ban from Malaysia to Singapore, and the inflation reading from Europe hitting a record high.

How do we cope with volatile markets and inflation? What are the effects of the US dollar gaining strength and how should investors react? Is the Fed's decision to increase interest rates until inflation comes down feasible? Lastly, what are the benefits of Shanghai easing Covid-19 restrictions? David Kuo, Co-Founder, The Smart Investor helps us answer these questions, as well as looking at the winners and losers in the stock market over the past 5 months.

According to a recent survey from Oracle and Pamela Rucker, CIO Advisor, Instructor for Harvard Professional Development, there is a greater demand for business prioritization of sustainability and social efforts. Whether its employees or investors, the older or younger generation, this trend is visible across many demographics. With Singapore's geographic location and talent pool it increases its potential to develop innovative measures to improve sustainability in businesses. Moreover, the effective use of data and technology can make achieving this endeavor easier. We speak to Jay Tuseth, Vice President, Oracle Applications, ASEAN about this.

In this week's Regional Roundup, we talk about issues surrounding the chicken export ban in Malaysia, the prospects for PKR in the next Malaysia election, the discussion between Vietnam and Thailand about raising rice prices together, and a tragic incident where a ferry ran out of fuel and sank off the coast of Indonesia. This is all with Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times. Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter. Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

Martin Hennecke, Head of Asia Investment Advisory, St James’s Place discusses whether inflation has peaked and outlines prospects for overlooked geographies, such as Japanese and Chinese equities, as well as the benefits of equities as an asset class against inflationary risks.

Rebranding has its benefits but also many challenges. It can allow for freedom to change the company's outlook. However, a lot of work is required to re-establish the company in an industry. Fujifilm Business Innovation rebranded from Fuji Xerox in April last year, announcing it would not be renewing its technology agreement with Xerox. Mutsuki Tomono, President, Fujifilm Business Innovation APAC shares with us the evolution of the company since then, and how understanding the market, developing partnerships and being innovative has allowed his company to continue to tackle the global market.

The importance of data in the healthcare system has been brought to light during the Covid-19 period, during which tracking the progression of the pandemic was pivotal. While we are realizing the value of data in this sector, the role of the government and collaboration between different companies are crucial to use it efficiently. Chua Ming Jie, Chief Executive Officer, EVYD Technology, tells us more about this.

Today, on The Breakfast Brief, President Joe Biden meets with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discuss the state of the American and global economy, BTS is meeting Joe Biden to discuss Asian hate crimes and what can be done to prevent it, and Shanghai easing its Covid-19 restrictions is lifting mood of Chinese markets.