Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In this week's Stocks to Watch, we're joined by Thilan Wickramasinghe, Regional Head of Banks & Financials Research, Maybank Securities to discuss Singapore banks' strong comeback following their correction in February, prospects of local chip companies amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and other stocks to watch out for this week. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the US stocks reactions coming out of after a hawkish FOMC statement initially sent risky assets lower, some of the key details from the Fed's policy meeting, and the strong surge in Chinese stocks after China’s officials vowed to stabilize the financial markets. 

Mitul Kotecha, Chief Emerging Markets Asia & Europe Strategist, TD Securities, discusses if the Ukraine war and a tailspin in commodity prices will make the Federal Reserve more cautious in its rate hike path this year as it gets ready to raise rates for the first time since 2018.

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. In this week's episode, they break down the latest of Barisan Nasional's major electoral win in Saturday’s Johor state polls, why the Philippines waited 6 weeks before confronting the Chinese ambassador over a navy ship’s ‘illegal intrusion’ and Vietnam’s unclear quarantine and testing rules that left international tourists confused.  Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Money FM's Dan Koh & ST's Penelope Lee Follow Regional Round-up Podcast every Wednesday 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 Leslie Lopez's articles: https://str.sg/3xRX 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!

From conception to execution, the process of toy manufacturing is a highly complex feat. Homegrown toy collectibles recently announced that they have raised US$20 million in their Series A+ funding bringing its total funding to US$34.8 million, pushing the company’s valuation to over US$200 million. Bryan Tan, Chief Strategy Officer, Mighty Jaxx shares how will their latest funding rounds reinforce Mighty Jaxx's leadership in enabling future culture and how NFTs will contribute to Mighty Jaxx's work of building future culture. 

Shipping accounts for 90 percent of all global trade and 3 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. And without an acceleration in sustainability efforts, industry GHG emissions could grow by 50 percent from 2008 levels by 2050. Tan Thai Yong, Chief Executive Officer, PaxOcean & Chairperson, CSA Council shares the struggles faced by the maritime industry when moving towards sustainability and what CSA is doing to ensure Singapore’s maritime industry can go green seamlessly.

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss all about the renewed hopes of a revived Iran deal deflating oil prices, Japan and South Korea's search for alternatives to space launch services from Russia's Soyuz as Asia deals with the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Tesla's plan to raise prices by 3% to 5% in both the U.S. and China, and more. 

In this week's Regional Roundup, LeslieLopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times breaks down the latest of Barisan Nasional's major electoral win in Saturday’s Johor state polls, why the Philippines waited 6 weeks before confronting the Chinese ambassador over a navy ship’s ‘illegal intrusion’, Vietnam’s unclear quarantine and testing rules which left international tourists confused and more.  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/

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 discuss Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s announcement to step down from his post in March 2023, with eyes on his successor, China’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the country’s latest battle with Covid-19. Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Money FM 89.3's 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 articles: 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!

Lee Kian Soon, CEO, Astral Asset Management explains why he's on a buying spree despite many other investors being spooked by concerns over Beijing’s close relationship with Russia, renewed regulatory risks and a dampened economic outlook with more cities under lockdown.