Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor, gives an analysis of the main concerns mounting into the month of October, including elevated inflation, supply-chain bottlenecks, a global energy crunch and regulatory risks emanating from China. He also provides a breakdown of September's biggest winners/losers on the Straits Times Index.

Even though Turochas Fuad, CEO, Pace, co-founded three startups that were acquired by Yahoo, Airbnb's rival HomeAway, and WeWork, he has no intention to stop anytime soon and is now working on his fourth startup Pace Enterprise, a "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) business. Here, he shares more about his journey as a serial entrepreneur and how he made the decision to join the emerging BNPL business. 

Recently, Forge Ventures launched its debut fund, which raised US$21.9 million at first close. According to the firm, it was oversubscribed and has led a total of three investments across three countries to date. Foo Tiang Lim, Partner and co-founder, Forge Ventures shares howForge Ventures sets itself apart from other venture capital firms and how they are planning to build a concentrated portfolio of 15 companies with a focus on Singapore and Indonesia.

Singapore’s road to reopening borders and boosting tourism and travel has been a long and interesting one. But with the recent opening of the VTL with Germany and Brunei, we are seeing a glimpse of hope. Mae Cheah, President – Asia, TRAFALGAR shares what the take up in bookings/enquiries has been like since the VTL announcement, and if an arrangement like VTL will be the future of travel. 

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank, discusses how high the risk of stagflation is amid rising prices and signs of slowing growth.

The 2021 Global CEO Reflections Study, by global management consulting and executive search firm Egon Zehnder, revealed that the most successful CEOs today are those who have mastered the capacity to be adaptive, relational, and self-aware. Edmund Siah, Managing Partner, Egon Zehnder Singapore, shares more about the study including how the role of a CEO has evolved over the past few years and why there is a pressing need to reassess one's own leadership style in today's world. 

Asian Insider Ep 76: Citizens should push politicians and companies on climate crisis and vaccine inequity, says UNDP head 17:12 mins Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests. The climate crisis and the Covid pandemic's global vaccine inequity were the two main issues on the agenda at the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by the United States and China. In this episode, Nirmal Ghosh hosts the head of United Nations Development Programme - Achim Steiner - who's based in New York City. The Human Development Index was created to emphasise that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. They discuss the following points: Did events at the recent United Nations General Assembly by the United States and China show there is concrete progress towards solving the climate crisis (1:04) How Steiner assesses the state of the world in terms of vaccine equity globally (3:45) Why there is a drop in the UNDP's Human Development Index for the first time in 30 years (5:45) Why citizens must make their voices heard by politicians and companies that depend on them (7:42) Why in 2021 - across most of the world - renewable energy today is cheaper per kilowatt hour than any other fossil fuel-based energy generation (12:27) Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) and Ernest Luis Edited by: Hadyu Rahim Subscribe to the Asian Insider Podcast channel and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Follow Nirmal Ghosh on Twitter: https://str.sg/JD7r Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories: https://str.sg/JbxG Asian Insider newsletter: https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/asian-insider Asian Insider videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnK3VE4BKduMSOntUoS6ALNp21jMmgfBX --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Regional Round-up Ep 17: Why Malaysia is allowing interstate travel, despite recent surge of Covid-19 cases? 10:43 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Why is inter-state travel to be allowed from October despite Malaysia's Covid-19 high number of cases? (2:40) Indonesia's President Joko Widodo's budget of 2714 trillion rupiah approved by Parliament (4:24) 70,000 homes inundated and 6 killed by floods caused by tropical storm, Dianmu in Thailand (6:33) Phillippines' President Rodrigo Duterte to roll out vaccination programmes for the public from October (8:20) Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani 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/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- 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 Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #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!

While the animation industry is no stranger to having different teams working in different parts of the world, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a curveball as now industry leaders such as DreamWorks need to ensure that animation artists can also access the files securely from home, not just from the office. Matthew Hurford, Vice President, Solutions Engineering & Field CTO, Asia Pacific, NetApp shares the impact of Covid-19 on film production for Dreamworks and how NetApp technology helped DreamWorks’ overcome this challenge while staying ahead of future production trends. 

Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of the latest on Malaysia’s Covid-19 situation, Indonesia's parliamentary budget committee's approval of President Joko Widodo's 2022 budget, Tropical Storm Dianmu which caused massive flooding in Thailand, and more.