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 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Morning Shot: Trade, Tech and Diplomacy at the 2025 APEC SummitThe APEC Summit in Seoul unfolded last week, against a backdrop of shifting global power dynamics, from President Trump’s early departure and renewed U.S.–China trade talks to President Xi’s call for unity and proposals for new global AI cooperation.
Dr. Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, joins the Breakfast Show to unpack what the summit revealed about Asia-Pacific leadership, how countries like Singapore are navigating this changing landscape, and what to watch as China prepares to host APEC in 2026.
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - US Markets Wrap: Tech Turns, Traders RebalanceU.S. markets pulled back as investors digested a mixed bag of Big Tech earnings and a cautious tone from the Fed. While Alphabet impressed, Meta and Microsoft stumbled, sparking a rotation out of AI and into banks and healthcare. Portfolio Manager Daniel Tan from Grasshopper Asset Management unpacks the tech pull back, the Trump–Xi summit’s trade signals, and what it all means for markets heading into year-end.
Produced/Presented: Ryan Huang
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
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07:23
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Bigger Pic: Invested in Growth: The STI’s 10,000-Point AmbitionCould Singapore’s Straits Times Index really reach 10,000 points by 2040? That’s the forecast from DBS, pointing to sustained growth in the economy and capital markets. But as IPOs continue to be oversubscribed and institutional investors dominate allocations, the big question is: how can individual investors get a bigger piece of the pie? Phua Zhenghao, Group Head of Investments for Asset Management at CGS International, discusses what’s driving optimism in Singapore’s equity market, and what it’ll take to make that growth more inclusive.
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11:07
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Breakfast Quiz: How well do you really know October’s headlines?Are you ready to test your news smarts? This week on the Breakfast Show Quiz, we dive into the biggest stories from October — from global tech layoffs and the U.S. government shutdown, to Donald Trump’s Asia tour.
Play along at home, see how well you’ve been keeping up with the headlines!
Presented by Audrey Siek & Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Dan Koh
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Mind Your Business: Building a business in Singapore’s health economySingapore is getting older, but also more active. Yet one in three seniors still suffers a fall each year, with treatment and rehabilitation costing families thousands.
The Breakfast Show invites Martin John, Director & Osteopath at Orchard Health Clinic, to discuss how preventive care is reshaping Singapore’s healthcare economy, why movement is the new medicine, and what entrepreneurs can learn from building a business around better living.
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Companies To Watch: October stock pick challenge review!What happens when four market watchers pick wildly different stocks and track them for a month?
Join Dan, Ryan, Emaad, and Audrey as they revisit their October stock picks, from Chinese e-commerce giants to biotech heavyweights and quirky toy makers, to see whose call crushed it and whose didn’t quite stick the landing.
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13:43
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OCT 30, 2025
30/10/25 - Bigger Pic: As cyber threats evolve, how do we keep up?Cyber threats never take a break, and neither can the companies protecting against them.
Gene Yu, CEO and Founder of Blackpanda, shares how cybersecurity in Southeast Asia is evolving, why innovation matters without losing sight of the fundamentals, and how companies can stay resilient in this ever-changing world.
Produced and presented by Audrey Siek
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OCT 30, 2025
30/10/25 - Breakfast Bites: What was the last book you read, and did you get it from Tiktok?We’re talking about the phenomenon known as BookTok, and how social media is giving publishing a real boost. Yu may have seen this in Kinokuniya or other bookstores that now have some shelves dedicated to social media recs!
Audrey and Dan chat about our last reads and how we get our reviews.
Presented by Audrey Siek & Dan Koh
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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OCT 30, 2025
30/10/25 - Mind Your Business: How Bruce Yang scaled Agnes AI to two million users without hypeAgnes AI has become one of Asia’s fastest-growing AI platforms, built right here in Singapore.
The Breakfast Show sits down withBruce Yang, Founder & CEO of SapiensAI, to unpack how the company scaled to two million users in three months, what this says about Singapore’s AI adoption, and the lessons entrepreneurs can learn about building tech that truly adds value.
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OCT 30, 2025
30/10/25 - Companies To Watch: Visa still has the world’s walletEven with inflation, higher rates, and talk of a spending slowdown, consumers are still tapping away, and Visa’s numbers prove it. With quarterly revenue up 12 percent and cross-border transactions climbing 12 percent, Visa remains one of the clearest reflections of how the world spends.
Dan Koh and Audrey Siek find out what these results reveal about consumer confidence, digital payments, and the quiet power of a company that moves nearly half the world’s money.
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