Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank, discusses if the negatives have been fully priced in yet in the upcoming earnings season, as well as the events that will have the energy narrative this week.

As borders are being lifted and economies pick up, Singapore faces strong pressure to bridge the divide between new digital realities and skills gap of its workforce, a necessity to pull off this transition. So how can one ensure they are taking the right steps in their skills development journey?  Eric Sim, Author, Small Actions & Founder, Institute of Life shares his life philosophies and tips on how one can work towards strengthening their skills to differentiate themselves from the crowd.

In this week's Weekly Wrap Up, Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim and Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan were sparring in parliament about the rising cost of living in Singapore. Should we depend on the government solely to ease these rising costs? What can we do on an individual level? Terence Ho, Associate Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS discusses with us on these matters.

In The Breakfast Brief, we look at what Boris Johnson's resignation as UK Prime Minister has set in motion, including potential successors and the fate of Larry the Cat, 10 Downing's long time resident.

Shekhar Jaiswal, Head of Equities Research, RHB Singapore, discusses why he favours ComfortDelgro in the second half of 2022, as it benefits from border restrictions easing and return to pre-pandemic transport demand.

Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this episode, he hosts Ms Eirliani Abdul Rahman, former Singapore diplomat and co-founder of the Berlin-backed Global Diplomacy Lab, to discuss if a feminine foreign policy (FFP) could prove a balm for global conflicts and tension points such as Ukraine, Afghanistan and the South China Sea.  They also discuss the role of women diplomats and ask the question: What would it take for Asian nations to have more feminist-oriented external policies? Highlights (click/tap above): 1:54 What is feminine foreign policy (FFP)? Could FFP be applied in the context of Ukraine and Afghanistan? 8:50 Where is Singapore in the FFP space? 10:08 How FFP principles would help in solving the South China Sea dispute 12:20 Women in diplomacy vs masculinity in foreign policy; do women diplomats feel a need to act like men? 15:30 What can Asian foreign ministries do to promote FFP? Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai Edited by: Teo Tong Kai Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Websites:  https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Ravi Velloor's columns: https://str.sg/3xRP Ravi Velloor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviVelloor 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 SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #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

Singaporeans have gained a reputation for being results and numbers driven, hence the coining of the Singapore 5Cs - cash, car, condo, credit card and country club.  However a survey by Circles.Life has revealed that the old 5Cs are out and have been replaced with new value-based 5Cs. Jeanette Wong, Singapore Growth Lead, Circles.Life reveals to us what the new 5Cs are based on their study. 

In The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the implication of the latest minutes as the Federal Reserve signals further hikes in interest rates to ‘restrictive’ levels to restrain inflation, as well as recap the woes of UK PM Boris Johnson as over 30 staff quit from his government in the past day.

Hou Wey Fook, CIO, DBS discusses why he feels investors should raise their exposure to China now, in view of the 3 C's: Cheap, Clarity, Catalysts, as well as why he has shifted his recommendation on Japan from neutral to overweight despite the weakening yen.