Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek
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Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.
DEC 9, 2025
09/12/25 - Mind Your Business: Building a business around honest nutritionMost adults in Singapore take supplements, but few can explain what’s actually inside their daily capsules. With confusing labels, vague marketing, and little transparency around sourcing, the wellness aisle has become one of the most opaque corners of consumer health.
In this episode, the Breakfast Show speaks to Joyce Tan, founder of Needful, about why the supplement category needed rethinking, how she built a brand grounded in radical transparency, and what her journey reveals about consumer trust, product design, and building a business with integrity in a crowded market.
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DEC 9, 2025
09/12/25 - Breakfast Bites: Words of the Year 2025 - We'll try not to 'rage-bait' you with 6-7.It's the end of the year, so review time is underway! The Breakfast Show breaks down the world’s biggest buzzwords, from Gen Alpha’s favourite “meaningless” catchphrase to the AI-powered future of writing code. Audrey and Ryan try their best to understand all the jargon!
Presented by Audrey Siek and Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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DEC 9, 2025
09/12/25 - Morning Shot: What MOH’s 2026 Insurance Changes Mean for YouWith premiums for private health insurance rising sharply and medical bills climbing faster than wages, the Ministry of Health is rolling out major changes to Integrated Shield Plan riders from April 2026. New riders will no longer cover minimum deductibles, co-payment caps will double, and policyholders will take on a larger share of their bills, even as annual premiums are expected to fall by about 30 per cent.
What do these shifts mean for Singaporeans trying to balance affordability with adequate protection? Vincent Gan, Chartered Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter with 20 years experience in the financial services industry, joins the Breakfast Show to unpack how these reforms may shape everyday decisions around hospital choice, budgeting, and long-term healthcare planning.
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DEC 8, 2025
08/12/25 - Bigger Pic: Singapore’s PMI Cooldown and the Global Signals That Matter This WeekSingapore’s economy is still expanding, but November’s PMI pullback from 57.4 to 55.4 raises fresh questions about whether this is a healthy reset or the first sign of global pressures. Pan Jingyi, Economics Associate Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, breaks down what the latest data says about the strength of various sectors and how Singapore compares with a surprisingly strong ASEAN manufacturing landscape. We also look ahead to the week’s biggest global signals, including new PMI readings from the world’s major economies and the upcoming Fed meeting, to understand how external demand, trade flows and financial conditions could shape Singapore’s outlook heading into 2026.
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DEC 8, 2025
08/12/25 - Mind Your Business: Could co-living be Asia’s next big real estate bet?Urban living is changing fast, driven by mobile talent, rising rents, and new expectations around flexibility and community. Co-living has moved from niche experiment to mainstream housing solution, and at the forefront is Coliwoo, now Singapore’s first listed co-living company.
The Breakfast Show speaks to Kelvin Lim, Executive Chairman of LHN Group and CEO of Coliwoo, about the future of urban living, the strategic pivot behind the brand’s rapid rise, and the leadership lessons that come from building and listing a new category of real estate.
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DEC 8, 2025
08/12/25 - Breakfast Bites: Pantone picks… white?! The colour of 2026 is a polarizing one.Pantone has spoken; and 2026’s Colour of the Year is officially... white. "Cloud Dancer" is here to wash over everything; but is it even a colour?! We break down why Pantone hit reset, what the internet really thinks, whether Pantone is losing its sparkle, and what this all means for brands, trends, and your shopping cart next year.
Presented by Audrey Siek and Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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DEC 5, 2025
05/12/25 - Bigger Pic: Asia’s Clean Energy Moment - Why APAC Is Charging AheadAs policy uncertainty in the United States slows investment momentum, Asia Pacific is emerging as one of the world’s most resilient and attractive regions for clean energy deployment. Joost Bergsma, Global Head of Clean Energy at Nuveen Infrastructure, explains why APAC investors are increasing commitments to renewables and how the region is accelerating its energy transition through grid upgrades, large scale solar and wind, and rising power demand from data centres and digitalisation. He also breaks down the impact of supply chain shifts, evolving risk return expectations and the long term policy signals shaping capital allocation across Asia.
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DEC 5, 2025
05/12/25 - Mind Your Business: Why Asia White Knight is entering F&B now and what it means for Singapore’s dining futureSingapore’s F&B sector is shifting, and Asia White Knight Group believes it’s a transition, not a downturn.
The Breakfast Show speaks with Adam Tan and Ash from White Knightto unpack their investment logic behind the acquisition of Creative Eateries, and what the next generation of dining in Singapore could look like.
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DEC 5, 2025
05/12/25 - Breakfast Bites: Tired of hoarding your leave? Micro-adventures may be the way to go!We all have our different styles of how we take vacation. We have those people who save all their leave days for one big blow-out trip, and we have a growing camp of folks who are seeing the benefits of splitting them up into many tiny breaks.
We're seeing the rise of the micro-adventures: the 24 or 48-hour jaunt to a nearby getaway to help us unwind and break routine.
Presented by Audrey Siek & Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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DEC 4, 2025
04/12/25 - US Markets Wrap: Nov private payrolls fall; Fed rate cut expectation elevatedJosé Torres, Senior Economist, Interactive Brokers, analyses the unexpected fall in private payrolls numbers for November and the consequential impacts for risk assets and Fed rate cuts; the factors driving the divergence between small-business job cuts and hiring at mid-size and large firms; whether there's any weight to Big Short investor Michael Burry's comments about the AI market bubble unwinding within the next two years; and how investors should position themselves in the current environment.
Produced & Presented by Emaad Akhtar
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