Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss how markets responded to the latest move by the US and UK to ban Russian oil imports just yesterday, the suspension of nickel trading on the London Metal Exchange after prices soar past US$100,000, an attack on the leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party ahead of the country's presidential election, and more. 

So Sin Ting, Chief Client Officer, Endowus, discusses how much truth there is to popular notions that female investors are more risk averse, as well as which gender is more successful in investing. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they analyse China's role in promoting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and its rationale behind the urgency and need to call out to Asean to resist external influences. Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh  Follow China Perspective Podcast every Tuesday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites:  https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei's stories: https://str.sg/3xR7 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 The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has recently announced their financial results for last year and they saw an outstanding year for the company with record annual revenue and profitability. Peter Chambers, Managing Director (Sales), AMD Asia Pacific & Japan shares some of the factors contributing to AMD’s outstanding performance in 2021 and what future plans AMD have in the works. 

Despite the championing of Meta's Sheryl Sandberg and YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki, women still face barriers when it comes to entering and succeeding in the world of technology. Data obtained by London Tech Week finds that 68 percent of respondents believe that gender perception is the biggest obstacle to women entering the tech industry. Jade Francine, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, WeMaintain shares more about her personal journey venturing into the tech scene and the difference women can make in male dominated sectors. 

Turning our attention to China, Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times joins us to discuss how China will play a constructive role in promoting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's blunt response to US related questions at the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing, and China's rationale behind the urgency and need to call out on ASEAN to resist external influence. 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/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the risk off mood on wall street as Russia’s war on Ukraine and the sanctions from U.S. and European allies on Russian assets sent a jolt through financial markets, the rise of gold prices, Grab being the latest target at risk of potential litigation with class action lawsuits, and more. 

Synopsis: In this special series, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed. In this episode, we revisit the mystery of Malaysian flight MH370, the plane that vanished into thin air on 8 March, 2014. ST's Malaysia correspondent Hazlin Hassan narrates and also speaks with the following guests - French journalist Florence De Changy, who has written her book called The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370, ST's Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh. She also interviews the husband of a passenger on board MH370 - management consultant K.S. Narendran and Dr Joel Low, a clinical psychologist. Highlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended) 02:05 Recap on what happened to flight MH370 eight years on 05:55 Crash location: What data and debris washing ashore in six different countries point to 07:55 Theory #1: British retiree Richard Godfrey predicts where the plane crashed 08:43 Theory #2: French journalist Florence De Changy believes that the plane was shot down from above the South China Sea 15:45 ST Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh explains how the information gap has dogged investigations from the very start  20:07 One family member of a MH370 passenger finds catharsis writing about his personal ordeal 22:40 Why alternative theories and wild speculation still proliferate as people struggle to find ways to cope in the aftermath of disaster Check out ST's interactive special on MH370 at str.sg/mh370 Produced by: Tan Jia Ning (jianing@sph.com.sg), Hazlin Hassan (hazlinh@sph.com.sg), Magdalene Fung (magfung@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai Edited by: Teo Tong Kai Follow The Unsolved Mysteries Of South-east Asia podcast series here every third Tuesday of the month till July: Channel: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wu3W Spotify: https://str.sg/wuJ9 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wE7i SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Hazlin Hassan's articles: https://str.sg/wsys --- Discover more ST podcast channels: All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7 The Usual Place: https://str.sg/wEr7u In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt COE Watch: https://str.sg/iTtE Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m Hard Tackle: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad Music Lab: https://str.sg/w9TX --- ST Podcast website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts ST Podcasts YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa --- Special edition series: True Crimes Of Asia (6 eps): https://str.sg/i44T The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2 Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa --- Get The Straits Times' app, which has a dedicated podcast player section: The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX #unsolved

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.  The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they analyse Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's attempt to secure direct Nato help in the Ukraine-Russia conflict ahead of a ceasefire talk, and the implications of Finland’s interest to join Nato. Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh & Paxton Pang Follow Washington Report every Monday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories: https://str.sg/JbxG Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Ben Sheehan, Senior Investment Specialist, Equities, abrdn discusses how the Ukraine crisis will affect the outlook for the economy, earnings and dividends.