Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
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Money Matters is your guide to navigating the day's most important topics, from politics and current affairs to wealth management and trending issues. Every evening, the team delivers insightful discussions on business news, market movements, and the latest in alternative assets. Whether navigating the political landscape, understanding the economy, or uncovering emerging investment opportunities, Money Matters keeps you informed and ahead of the curve. Tune in daily to Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian from 4 pm to 7 pm on MONEY FM 89.3.
NOV 10, 2021
10/11/21 - Across the ASEAN: Who Stands to Gain From Malaysia's Budget?Weeks after Malaysia unveiled a record budget to help jumpstart the country's economic recovery, Maybank Kim Eng thinks that some sectors may be better positioned to gain. Anand Pathmakanthan, the Head of Regional Equity Research at Maybank KE, joined us on Across the ASEAN to talk about why palm oil stocks, tech shares and auto firms may benefit from Malaysia's latest budget, and if this may come at the expense of previous COVID winners like glove makers.
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NOV 10, 2021
10/11/21 - ST: The Big Story, 10 NovIn The Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to Education correspondent Amelia Teng about a pilot program to help under-privileged students stay in school which is going nationwide.
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NOV 10, 2021
10/11/21 - Sustainable Singapore: UNDP says ‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ and gives updates on COP26 progressThe United Nations Development Programme is calling on world leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies in their ‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ campaign. This comes as the United Nations COP26 Climate summit is taking place in Glasgow, so what outcome is UNDP hoping to see there? On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Niloy Banerjee, Resident Representative for UNDP Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam who shares more on what they hope to achieve in the campaign, and progress at the COP26 summit.
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - Amazon on e-commerce export opportunities, trends, and challengesA recent survey commissioned by Amazon has found that e-commerce sellers in Singapore currently earn an estimated S$1.4 billion from overseas sales, with almost half of this earned by Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. So how do these small players further expand beyond national borders to accelerate these export figures, especially at a time when supply chain chaos is hitting global growth?
Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go speak to Bernard Tay, Head of Amazon Global Selling, Southeast Asia who shares more.
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - Of Easing Travel, Inflation, and Year-End RisksWith the US reopening its borders to fully vaccinated travelers and Singapore reopening new travel lanes, new hope has breathed into the global reopening as more countries learn to live with COVID-19. Inflationary pressures though, continue to show up in household expenses and the profit margins of some firms. Song Seng Wun, Economist at CIMB Private Banking, joined us on Prime Time to talk about the risks and opportunities these pose for the last 2 months of the year.
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - ST: The Big Story, 9 NovIn The Straits Times’ The Big Story, following the announcement of upcoming Vaccinated Travel Lanes between Singapore and Malaysia, there are some concerns that the flights may be too costly for Malaysian workers here.
But, what about the situation in Malaysia? Assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to Malaysia correspondent Ram Anand about the groups of people in Malaysia looking to take this opportunity to travel to Singapore
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - Powering Your Property: Why do property prices keep going up in Singapore?Prices of resale non-landed private homes have also climbed for the 15th consecutive month in October - but is the only way up for private and public property prices?
In Powering Your Property, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Christine Sun, Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics at Orange Tee & Tie to find out.
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - Singapore, Malaysia to start VTL for quarantine-free air travel from Nov 29Vaccinated travellers will be able to take flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur without quarantine from Nov 29. Prime Time's Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor at the Straits Times about the details.
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NOV 9, 2021
09/11/21 - Should Investors Be Worried About Bids Undervaluing Companies?Though SPH received a competing offer from the Cuscaden Peak consortium to rival Keppel's offer, investors wrote to the Securities Investors Association of Singapore, with worries that the bids actually undervalue the company. In fact, Sembcorp Marine also dealt with a mandatory bid from Temasek that was well below its Net Asset Value as well.David Gerald, the CEO of SIAS, joined us on Prime Time to talk about these bids, what concerns SPH investors raised about the SPH offers, and what retail investors can do if a bid comes in below some valuation metrics.
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NOV 8, 2021
08/11/21 - In The Spotlight: What to look out for in COP26 this weekIn The Spotlight, host Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Audrey Tinline, Senior Journalist, BBC about COP26 and other stories they are tracking this week.
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