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According to a survey by Magnify Money in 2021, younger investors are more inclined to make emotion-driven investment decisions and suffer investment remorse, and overall, retail investors who let a financial specialist manage their portfolios are less susceptible to the pressures of the markets.

Wilfred Lim, Head of Strategy, Investment Solutions, PhillipCapital shares more with us on the importance of getting help from a financial specialist in your investment journey. 

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Despite inflation, football transfers are at an all time high. How are clubs like debt ridden Barcelona doing it? How can clubs afford to make signings? Where does the money come from?

James Walton, Sports Business Group Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia share more. 

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Synopsis: Every month, The Straits Times Kuala Lumpur bureau analyses the latest issues making the headlines in Malaysia.

This ST video livestream was hosted by Lynlee Foo on Sept 1.

Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, was sentenced to 10 years' jail and fined RM970 million for corruption.

ST's Malaysia correspondent Ram Anand discusses the development of the case.

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Edited by: ST Video and Eden Soh

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Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.

In this episode, she chats with ST's China correspondent Aw Cheng Wei. 

China is on a rural revitalisation drive, helping villages pull themselves out of poverty and closing the income gap with cities. Will the efforts make an impact?

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:12 How important are villages to the Chinese economy?

3:20 Is President Xi Jinping especially committed to the rural economy?

4:58 An eye opening trip to Hunan; top-driven changes only? Are villagers sceptical?

9:32 From a geopolitical angle, what roles do villages play?

11:56 Is village life being romanticised?

Read Aw Cheng Wei’s article here: https://str.sg/wzcs

Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Eden Soh

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we chat about a new ETF that lets investors get slice of the KPOP action, with a basket of 30 stocks including Hybe, SM Entertainment, JYP, YG and etc.

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Stanley Lim, chief editor, Value Invest Asia and Video creator at Invest with Stanley shares why he is keenly watching Diageo, AMD, and Yum China.

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Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist, AMP Capital, discusses how OPEC+ producers may reduce their output to support recently falling oil prices, as well as how expectations are rising for rates to stay high for longer.

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The Grand Hyatt Singapore will be closed by September 19 when the hotel reaches the last phase of extensive renovation. The hotel will be reopened within the first quarter of 2023 with a new restaurant by Sergio Herman. 

Andreas Stalder, Senior Vice President, Food & Beverage Operations and Product Development, Asia Pacific, Hyatt shares more. 

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Will a K-Pop ETF attract better investment in the industry? What does the US market expect to face after the US Fed's interest rate rise kicks in by September? Those are the top concerns in August. 

David Kuo, Co-founder, The Smart Investor shares more

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According to the Ministry of Health, one in two Singaporeans aged 65 could become severely disabled in their lifetime. In response to this, there has been strong emphasis on healthy ageing and taking a proactive and preventive approach towards ailments and diseases that come with old age. How could the world of geroscience be able to tackle biological ageing and extend one's healthspan? 

Dato Shaun Lim, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Regenosis shares more. 

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