Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Sudhan Purushothuman, Head of Content Strategy, MoneyWiseSmart discusses what investors should watch out for as Singapore marks a milestone this week with the first round of SPACs making their listing debut on the SGX: Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp and Pegasus Asia.

Lenskart, a leading omni-channel eyewear retailer with a strong presence in Singapore, recently unveiled its plans to expand its network of physical stores across Southeast Asia by next year. Anantha Nayak, Chief Business Officer, South East Asia, Lenskart shares more about their expansion plans in the eyewear industry and how technology has helped the company grow in the region.   

Cyber hygiene is enhanced by having the right automation systems in place, giving businesses the right antibodies to fight off attacks carried out on them. Automation serves as a force multiplier for businesses, to address the alert overload by eliminating false positives, prioritising threats and providing actionable notifications. David Sajoto, Vice-President of Asia Pacific and Japan, ExtraHop shares more about the need to move beyond education in providing practical training for cyber hygiene practises and how security automation can support cyber hygiene

From Canada's termination of its sourcing contract with Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corporation following allegations about forced labour, to President Joko Widodo choosing a new national capital and Thailand developing the country’s first plant-based Covid vaccine, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of it all. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss what business leaders are hoping to see in Singapore Budget 2022, the highlights of the recent pre-Budget roundtable organized by The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), the expected lifting of Singapore's data centre moratorium, and more.

Shekhar Jaiswal, Head of Equity Research, RHB Singapore, discusses how much more the Straits Times Index can push higher after jumping 5% year-to-date, driven by a rally in bank stocks.

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. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:38 National Bureau of Statistics releases latest GDP numbers 02:32 Beijing’s first locally-transmitted Omicron infection case 05:00 Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for improved regulation and governance of China's digital economy Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh 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 SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: 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 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!

While many industries and sectors have seen their growth hindered by the pandemic, geospatial and location intelligence technologies have seen widespread deployment by governments and public health authorities in combating Covid-19. Rupert Owen, Co-Founder, Geo Connect Asia shares how the geospatial technology has been helping countries combat Covid-19 and if it is time for the world to realise the importance of investing in such technology. 

While most of the attention and headlines focus on initiatives from large multinationals and industry leaders, SMEs are only sporadically recognised and often neglected as major drivers of economic activity, as well as social and environmental progress around the world. Dr Rashimah Rajah, Lecturer, NUS Business School shares more about the new World Economic Forum report, which defines the future readiness of SMEs and highlights some of the best practices that help SMEs to be future-ready. 

in this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)'s latest announcement to crypto service providers, bank SMS phishing scams in Singapore, what to expect from the Bank of Japan's meeting, and more.