Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Caroline Loke, Portfolio Manager for Asia ex Japan Equity, PineBridge Investments discusses the highlights of her investment strategies in 2021 and her views on where valuations are going in 2022. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss China's Evergrande securing payment extension as more developers race to avert defaults and Microsoft board reviewing their sexual harassment, discrimination policies. 

Synopsis: Join The Straits Times's associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this episode, he hosts Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego. He also happens to be a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which makes him the Pope’s climate scientist. Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 03:27 Professor Ramanathan on the outcomes of the COP26 in Glasgow and whether the world is doing enough to curb fossil fuels 16:26 Global warming morphing into a global disruption of the weather systems, including those along the equator and the polar region 22:05 Remedies for climate change and ways to cut global warming 30:36 Geopolitics coming in the way of taking effective steps to cooperate on climate change? 33:54 How Professor Ramanathan built his relationship with the Vatican leading up to the encyclical that was issued by Pope Francis in 2015 and is there a need to enlist religious authorities into climate effort? 48:43 The Pope's view that poverty is the main pollutant and Professor Ramanathan's thoughts on a possible future world leader who might dismiss climate change issues Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg) and ST Video Edited by: ST Video & Fa'izah Sani 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 Website: 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

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital discusses how the cloud over China's growth will affect other economies and markets, and why he's got his eye on the US mid-term elections in November.

With hotels opening up for staycations in Singapore, most of us might still be looking for an experience which gets us on our feet, with more physical activity. One company, Discover Sailing Asia (DSA), is offering staycations at sea for those who enjoy being under the sun. Chong Wei Yong, Director, Discover Sailing Asia shares how the idea of staycation at sea came about and the activities that come along with this seacation. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the highest inflation rise of 7% over the past year since 1982, and World Health Organization's report of a record numbers of Covid-19 cases globally for a single week amid the omicron surge

For executives in many industries, particularly tech, the talent wars have been a reality for years but now it has become the new normal for everyone. It is an undeniable fact that Singapore is facing a war for talent as more roles require a certain level of specialist expertise. Julie Wang, Head of Marketing, JobStreet Singapore shares some of the contributing factors to Singapore's war for talent and how job seekers can ride the Great Resignation Wave and gain job opportunities of their preferences. 

Just last week, iFast announced that it has signed an agreement with its partner Eagles Peak Holding to acquire BFC Bank from Bahrain’s BFC Group. And this deal will see iFast purchase an 85% stake in the UK digital bank for SGD$46 million. Alvin Chow, CEO, Dr Wealth shares the importance of adding a digital bank to iFAST's fintech ecosystem and the opportunities it will open up for the company in the global market. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. Highlights (click/tap above): 0:58 Malaysia's newest political party, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) 06:10 Omicron cases in Indonesia tripled within a week and government appeals for suspension of overseas leisure trips 07:40 Philippines' increase in national COVID-19 positivity rate 08:30 Thailand's reopening of three popular beach destinations amid the emergence of an Omicron outbreak Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Hadyu Rahim 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 Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories: https://str.sg/3xRX 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:  http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Manpreet Gill, Head of FICC Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Private Bank discusses the recent spike in 10-year treasury yields as expectations rise around rate hikes - as many as four this year.