Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Funding has always been a very important aspect for SMEs to keep the business going. But according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu, more than four in five (86 percent) of SMEs in Singapore have been unable to secure sufficient, or any, funding on at least one or more occasion over the last five years. Myles Bertrand, Managing Director APAC, Mambu shares why business loan applications continue to remain complex and what financial institutions here can do to ease the process of such loans. 

From China’s ongoing ‘dilemma’ with regards to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, to a spike in Covid-19 cases and the latest on the Evergrande saga, Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives an analysis of it all.  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/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's announcement of a possible acceleration of rate hikes amid surging inflation, China's first fatal aviation incident in a decade, and commemorating World Water Day! 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.  The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. In this week's episode, they discuss the US' informal push for Turkey to send its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine, the call between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to seek a resolution to the war in Ukraine, and Texas wildfires which forced evacuations and wiped out 86 homes. Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team Edited by: Dan Koh Follow Washington Report every Monday 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 SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites: https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's articles: https://str.sg/JbxG 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!

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank, discusses what will be the implications of slower global growth for stock markets, and what will be the key drivers for sentiment in the week ahead.

Sylvan Group recently made headlines after announcing that it is investing US$140.5 million to take majority stakes in four healthcare and pharmaceutical companies in Singapore. Kyungsun Chung, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The Sylvan Group shares why the group has a particular core focus on impact investing and what goes behind the selection process in his company when choosing a company to invest in. 

Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM) is an organic way of spreading information which utilizes components of viral marketing, though unlike viral marketing, it spreads by more natural channels. Evangeline Leong, Founder, Kobe Global Technologies shares how her company is connecting brands and influencers through the use of patented AI technology, and some of the strategic measures a brand or business can take to boost word-of-mouth marketing for businesses. 

Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times joins us this morning to discuss the US's informal push for Turkey to send its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine, the call for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Ukraine by US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Texas wildfires which forced evacuations and wiped out 86 homes, 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/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the sustainability of last week's powerful rally in technology and growth stocks which helped drive the stock market higher in its best week of the year, a preview of Nike's earnings with supply and demand trends in focus, Pinduoduo quarterly results against a backdrop of sluggish economic growth in China, and more. 

Kyle Rodda, Market Analyst, IG, reviews the rate decision by the Bank of Japan, and shares his outlook for commodity prices including oil and nickel.