Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Evelyn Yeo, Head of Asia Investments, Pictet Wealth Management Asia discusses how investors should position themselves as COVID-19 progresses further from pandemic to endemic, and look at how whether supply/demand imbalances will persist in 2022 as well as how commodities might trend in the year ahead.

Changes in travel regulations, such as suspension of flight tickets, affect those in the travel advertising/marketing sphere as much as primary consumers - since most strategies would need to be changed every now and then. So how can those in the scene handle the uncertainties and last minute announcements well? Stuart McLennan, Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Rakuten Advertising shares more.

According to Kincentric’s Regional Best Employers in 2021 for the Asia Pacific region, DBS and Olam International Limited came out on top. But how were these companies assessed and how does this list benefit current and potential employees of such companies? Able Cheong, Director & Executive Coach, Kincentric Singapore joins us on The Breakfast Huddle to share more.

SenseTime, China’s largest AI firm, relaunched its Hong Kong IPO this week after its original share-scale schedule was delayed by concerns over US sanctions earlier this month. Jacques Lemoisson, Founder and CEO of GATE Advisory and GATE Capital Management SA shares about the significance of SenseTime’s IPO and what it says about their influence in the AI space. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss WHO officials criticising blanket Covid-19 vaccine booster programs as poor countries struggle to obtain initial immunisation shots, two studies that found that Omicron hospitalisation risk is far below Delta’s and en-bloc hopeful Lakepoint Condominium in private talks after offers fall short of reserve price. 

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): 01:15 How Malaysians are responding to their government's poor flood management, especially just outside Kuala Lumpur 03:30 Anger of Malaysian society over this sudden crisis and slow response of authorities 04:30 Gabungan Parti Sarawak's (GPS) whopping win in polls over the weekend and impact on Malaysian politics  06:32 Global-warning debate in Asia following rising death toll from super typhoon in Philippines Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@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 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!

A recent survey done by NTU found that 1 in 3 Singaporeans have inadvertently shared deepfake content on social media, despite being aware of such technology. As deepfake technology continues to improve rapidly, businesses are also at risk. Sean Duca, Vice President and Regional Chief Security Officer, Asia Pacific & Japan, Palo Alto Networks shares the security risks associated to deepfakes and how companies can train their employees as the first line of defence against this looming threat, especially when it becomes related to financial fraud. 

Indoor farms are gaining great traction on the back of Singapore’s “30 by 30” goal. By harnessing technology to grow food, indoor farming innovators are making locally produced and fresher food more accessible to Singaporean consumers. Stuart Oda, Founder & CEO, Alesca Life shares what a digitalised farming future mean for global food security and sustainable development in Singapore’s small but changing agritech landscape. 

In this week's Regional Roundup, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of how Malaysians are responding to the government's poor flood management, the Super typhoon Odette which tore through the central and southern Philippines, Thailand's suspension of its quarantine-free entry programme, 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/

Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Oanda talks about how much has already been priced into markets as investors adjust to the prospects of the stimulus plans being trimmed.