Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

After a year-long consultation exercise to pinpoint better ways to assist professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce has recently issued nine recommendations to address pertinent concerns of PMES. Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress & Co-Chair of the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce, discusses these recommendations and the current outlook of our local market.

Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance, discusses the latest FOMC minutes and the pressure on other central banks to also tighten amid rising inflation.

After a long wait, Daiwa House Logistics Trust, an industrial REIT that's holding 14 logistics properties in Japan, will finally be the first REIT IPO this year! Royston Yang, Portfolio Manager, The Smart Investor shares more about the DHLT's distribution policy and its sustainability in the long run, and how much of an influence its sponsor, Daiwa House Industry, will have on its future growth. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss some of the top market moving headlines that investors will be paying attention to and its potential implications, Germany consideration of a full Covid lockdown and mandatory vaccines as Covid cases hit records in Europe, and more. 

Regional Round-up Ep 25: Singapore-Malaysia land VTL's dry run was a success 10:30 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. 0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 0:30 Dry-run for Singapore-Malaysia land vaccinated travel lane via the Johor Causeway 3:45 Myanmar's opposition has raised $6.3m to take down the military junta 5:31 Indonesia's counter-terrorism agency warned that JI are able to infiltrate mainstream religious organisations and government institutions 7:26 Reasons behind Thailand's plans to join talks on membership of the Trans-Pacific free trade agreement 8:47 Chinese coast guards vessels blocking the Phillipines resuming their military re-supply mission for their troop station 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/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- 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 Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #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!

While regulators and industry players alike recognise the opportunity that the transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) presents – in terms of economic growth and sustainable development – the adoption rate in the region still remains low. Gerald Ang, Founder & CEO, Milieu Insight, shares the factors that may prevent people from choosing an EV for their next car purchase and what can be done to achieve greater EV adoption. 

Sportsbridge Asia, a sports marketing agency, recently brokered a sponsorship between one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and leading Italian football team S.S Lazio. Andy Mankiewicz, Chairman, Sportsbridge Asia, joins us on The Breakfast Huddle to share his experience on facilitating the deal and what we can expect for the future of the crypto scene in the sporting world.

Yun Liu, ASEAN Economist, HSBC, discusses what's lifting Singapore's growth trajectory for the year which is now forecast to see the economy expand around 7%, before moderating to growth of 3% to 4% in 2022.

Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis the recent Melaka state election, Myanmar’s opposition movement to take down the ruling military junta, resumption of Philippines’ military resupply mission, and more. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the effects of President Joe Biden's order for a record 50 million barrels of oil to be released from America’s strategic reserve, what is driving the Japanese yen drop, and more.