Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Warren Patterson, Head of Commodities Strategy, ING discusses the Ukraine war will affect the demand and supply equation, how much a boycott against Russian oil will influence the outlook, and whether US shale oil can step up capacity to keep a lid on prices.  

While employees takes the time to upgrade themselves, leaders on the other hand must learn to re-evaluate their own skills internally to create a more conducive working environment. Yeo Chuen Chuen, Founder & Executive Coach, ACESENCE shares how the role of a leader in a company has evolved over the years and the steps one can take to re-evaluate their work and external environments the right way.

In this week's Stocks to Watch, we're joined by Ong Khang Chuen, Research analyst, CGS-CIMB Securities to discuss his outlook for BRC Asia & Pan United and why he thinks the Singapore construction industry is set for a recovery this year. 

utu is on a mission to transform tax-free shopping worldwide by returning control and ownership to the consumer. And with the travel industry all set to bounce back, the company has launched a compelling world-first VAT refund proposition rewarding travellers’ shopping abroad. Sanjay Chinchwade, Chief Marketing Officer, utu shares more about utu’s latest partnership with KrisFlyer and how it ties in with their ongoing plans to innovate the VAT refund space. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss how Russia's redeployment of troops to take full control of Donbas after giving mixed messages on the state of talks is shifting market sentiments, the upcoming OPEC+ meeting which is expected to keep to its pace of gradual 400,000 bpd increase, renewed jitters around Chinese US-listed firms, and more. 

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. In this week's episode, we give an analysis of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines' expansion of their trilateral cooperation in an effort to bolster national security, Myanmar's top general's plan to ‘annihilate’ opposition forces, and the commencement of the Philippines and the United States' largest-ever joint military drills.  Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh Follow Regional Round-up Podcast every Wednesday on our Asian Insider Podcast channel: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Websites: https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's articles: https://str.sg/3xRX Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Wellian Wiranto, Economist, OCBC Bank, discusses how much of an uptick in the economy the region will see as more border restrictions are eased.

The recent Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s quarterly survey has sounded the alarm over inflation as a key risk for economic recovery. And what’s interesting is that inflation has been under control over the last two decades or so, so current business analysts and many executives have not had to deal with this type of swing, likely ever in their careers. Bhavik Vashi, Area Vice President, Asia, Anaplan talks about some of the common mistakes companies make during periods of high inflation and what businesses can do to react meaningfully to pricing pressures. 

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently voted to move a proposal forward that will require publicly traded companies to disclose the financial risks they face from climate change. John Leung, Director, Southeast Asia & Oceania, CDP shares CDP's plans to implement capacity building programmes for corporate and financial institutions on climate disclosure, and what more can be done to encourage ESG disclosures amongst companies in Singapore and the region. 

Taking a look at some of the headlines coming out of the region, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times gives an analysis of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines' expansion of their trilateral cooperation in an effort to to bolster national security, Myanmar's top general's plan to ‘annihilate’ opposition forces, the commencement of the Philippines and the United States' largest-ever joint military drills, 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/