Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

On today's The Breakfast Brief, after the announcement of the rate hikes by the federal reserve, many analysts foresee an inevitable recession and some see it as necessary to reset and stabilize the economy.

DBS stock price is down nearly 9% year to date, and recession fears could further affect their overall earnings outcomes. Keppel is up by over 29% year to date and Sembcorp Industries is up nearly 40% year to date. We discuss the factors that are driving Keppel's share price and whether Sembcorp can continue it's growth. This is all with Terence Chua, Senior Research Analyst, Phillip Securities.

Gunung Raja Paksi is one of the largest private steel companies in Indonesia. To tell us more about their strategies on going green and how it will be beneficial for their business, Argo Sangkaeng, President Director of Gunung Raja Paksi shares more.

Abhilash Narayan, Senior Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered Private Bank, discusses what the spate of job cuts by crypto firms, startups like Shopee and others indicate for the economy. He also previews the potential impact of the FOMC meeting.

There are many schemes and resources available for companies to bounce back from a state of insolvency through restructuring. Yet, there is a negative stigma surrounding the idea of insolvency especially in Asia as people tend to equate it to bankruptcy. Through education, however, this stigma can be reduced. Sim Kwan Kiat, Head, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP gives us more insight into this.

Malaysia is in focus today. They have partially lifted their ban on chicken exports, look to introduce a moving ceiling price for consumer products, and plan to abolish the death penalty. Elsewhere, in Thailand the growing and consumption of marijuana has been legalized while the situation in Myanmar continues to worsen. Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times helps us dive deeper into these headlines. 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/

On today's The Breakfast Brief, professional investors are scrambling to preempt losing out due to the soon-to-be released Federal Reserve rate hikes. Moreover, tech companies, such as Shopee, BlockFi and Tesla, may have been too optimistic about growth productions and now seem to be cutting jobs to make up for it. 

Computer hackers are unauthorised users who break into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information, often by installing dangerous malware without your knowledge or consent.  But what if we have a way to go around with handling these ‘bad hackers’, by getting the good hackers into the picture?  Benjamin Harris, CEO & Founder, watchTowr shares his insights with us.