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Known as the “angpao exodus”, employees tend to wait until receiving their large annual bonus pay-out, which happens typically around the Lunar New Year, before they resign and this may lead to increased rate of resignation across companies. Leong Chee Tung, Co-Founder, EngageRocket shares how the trend of ‘angpao’ exodus will impact colleagues who stay on in the company and what employers can do to avoid it. 

The Covid-19 pandemic and the slew of arbitrary restrictions imposed had undoubtedly impact many business sectors in Singapore, and the F&B industry is no exception. Unfortunately for No Signboard, a Catalist-listed seafood restaurant operator famed for its White Pepper Crab, they recently made headlines for failing to pay their rent of more than $176,000. Willie Keng, CFA, Founder, Dividend Titan gives an analysis of their biggest fundamental flaw and why they are in such a bad position when compared to other restaurants like Jumbo. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Samsung's launch of its new Galaxy S22 smartphones and Tab S8 tablets to take on Apple, Disney's reporting of its earnings for the fiscal first quarter that beat analyst estimates, 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. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:46 New conditions set in place for high-risk groups to retain COVID-19 vaccination privileges in Malaysia 03:06 Myanmar's military leader agreed to arrange for an ASEAN special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on future visit 04:49 Myanmar's military handling of opposition activists 05:51 Philippines kicks off election campaign season 07:33 Thailand's efforts to ink bilateral travel deals with China and Malaysia Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Hadyu Rahim 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/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories: https://str.sg/3xRX Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- 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 #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!

Thilan Wickramasinghe, Regional Head of Banks & Financials Research, Maybank Securities discusses if it is too late for investors to jump on Singapore bank stocks which are now trading at near record highs, and how much compliance costs will be a headwind amid increased regulatory scrutiny.

A recent research from Accenture indicates that only 6 percent of executives are completely confident in their organisation’s ability to foresee and respond to future disruption. As we head into 2022, the future business environment requires leaders to be built for change, and that is why becoming an intentional futurist is so critical. Valentin de Miguel, Senior Managing Director and Strategy and Consulting Lead, Growth Markets, Accenture shares what it means to become an intentional futurist and some guideposts, or signals to anticipate when wanting to be intentional about the future. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss a much-needed dose of good news for China after state-backed funds were said to have entered the local market to buy shares, indirect talks between the US and Iran indirectly over a nuclear deal that could see more than a million barrels quickly come back online, the widening of theU.S. international trade deficit, and more. 

From the appropriate legal framework to ethical questions to digital responsibility, the 2021 “SocAIty”study from the &Audi Initiative examines the overall societal dimension of autonomous driving. The study also offers possible solutions and stimulates public discourse regarding the new technology and the mobility landscape of the future. Markus Schuster, Managing Director, Audi Singapore shares an overview of the state of autonomous driving today and some of the key considerations around the development and implementation of autonomous vehicles we should be aware of. 

On this week's Regional Roundup, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of Malaysia's latest measure to 'blunt' the impact of an ongoing Omicron wave, Myanmar military leader's agreement for an ASEAN special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party, the kickoff of Philippine’s election campaign season, 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/

Johan Jooste, CIO, The Global CIO Office, explains why markets are starting to get more jittery around bond yields, and whether a deeper correction is due for technology stocks.