Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

On the Breakfast Special, we look at the evolution of Singapore’s public housing from the 1960s, when our first prime minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, set the vision of housing a nation. From turning squatters into stakeholders to the challenges we face today and looking into the future with former CEO of HDB and URA in the late 1960s, Dr. Liu Thai Ker, Founding Chairman of MORROW, who's also known as the “Architect of Modern Singapore”, takes us on a walk down memory lane, sharing some of his works, his insights, and advice for our future Singapore. *This podcast is produced in commemoration of the 100th birthday anniversary of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.  Presented by Ryan Huang This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech Highlights: (0.08) Mr Lee Kuan Yew's speech on public housing progress in the 1960s (1.10) Introduction - Housing A Nation (2.00) Introduction to Dr Liu Thai Ker  (2.22) Past: What were your most memorable moments in transforming Singapore from slums to a garden city? (5.15) Present: How do you perceive the current state and challenges of our urban housing? (8.16) Present: What are your thoughts on shrinking flat sizes and the rising number of million-dollar flats? (10.35) Present: Have we drifted away from the original mission of public housing? (12.12) Present: What innovations or strategies do you recommend to resolve current issues for aspiring young homeowners? (14.38) Future: What are the most critical considerations for the future of urban planning? (18.42) Future: What advice will you give to future urban planners? Credits: -Audio file of Mr Lee Kuan Yew: National Archives of Singapore -Music: pixabay; bensound ; soundcloud ; chosic ; mixkit -Sound Effects: deadsounds

Matt Maley, Chief Market Strategist at Miller Tabak shares his insights on Fed Governor Christopher Waller's confidence that the current policy is “well positioned”to slow the economy and bring inflation back to 2%, as well as sentiments around energy, consumer demand and property. Presented by: Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) 

On this episode of Mind Your Business, Avishek Kumar, Co-founder and CEO of VFlowTech shares how his company developed more efficient flow batteries that can store renewable energy over long-duration and the growing potential this holds for the wider energy landscape. Presented by: Emaad Akhtar  Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

COP28 kicks off in less than a day. This year, leaders and experts from some 200 countries will gather in Dubai to do a global stocktake of the progress nations are making towards the Paris Agreement.  On this episode of Morning Shot, Christine Amour-Levar, Founder & CEO, HER Planet Earth and Co-Founder, Investors for Climate shares what she’ll be looking out for at COP28, and her assessment on climate leadership.  Presented by: Ryan Huang & Audrey Siek Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

Data centre real estate investment trust, Digital Core REIT has navigated some challenges this year - with the bankruptcy of its second largest customer. After swiftly resolving the challenge amid rising interest rates and refinancing costs, the company has made its inaugural expansion into the APAC region through Japan, in a move that’s a stepping stone for future acquisitions in the region. John Stewart, the CEO of Digital Core REIT shares more of the company's goals, and plans for the future amid AI advancement. Presented by Audrey Siek This podcast is produced and edited by Audrey Siek (audreysk@sph.com.sg)

With COP28 around the corner, we delve into the gender gap in venture capital funding, where it is widely known that women have struggled in raising venture capital, with only 2.3% of venture capital granted to all female founders.  But it is a different story in the field of climate tech, where women-led companies are yielding higher returns. That has prompted one early stage venture capital firm to change the game by bringing on strong female leadership to its global governance & investment team. Rod Bristow, CEO, Investible, Australia Funds Board Member & Singapore Funds Board Member & Sarah Moore, Investment Analyst, Climate Tech,Investiblediscuss the impact on reshaping broader investment practices and the valuable insights for a sustainable future.  Presented by Ryan Huang This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech

Sean Quek, Senior Portfolio Manager (Paragon SAGE Fund), Paragon Capital Management Singapore discusses the traits he looks out for in quality companies, and where the magnificent 7 tech stocks rank on his list.

What is precision engineering and why is it a vital contributor to every economy? Two female second-generation leaders steering their family-owned precision engineering businesses shed light on the industry's impact on our daily lives,  discuss the challenges of attracting the younger generation, and advice for those considering joining the industry. Jessica Chan, Managing Director, MetalCool & Kia Jiehui, Business Development Manager, Ichi Seiki, will also share how they met each other in a SPETA Gen II group and how this group has supported many more in the space. SPETA being the trade association for precision engineering. Music credits: chosic & its talented community of contributors Presented by Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech

Imagine using AI to guide your investment decisions.  One startup from Korea has developed an AI-based trading interface that does that, by tapping on the science behind Nobel Prize winning modern portfolio theory and probabilistic deep learning models.  On this episode of Morning Shot, Sam Kim, CEO of Alchemi lab - one of the exhibitors at the recent Singapore Fintech Festival - shares more about his AI-based trading platform, Zolbo. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

US stocked edged lower early this week, ending the session modestly in the red, with investors taking a post Thanksgiving pause as the holiday shopping season kicked in to high gear and retailers lured bargain hunters with Cyber Monday deals. Cameron Brandt, Director of Research at EPFR weighs in on consumer sentiments as retailers continue to entice people to spend this year-end, whether companies will continue with their stock buybacks, as well as expectations for next month's FOMC meeting and where rates might go. Presented by: Audrey Siek Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)