Let's Talk, Singapore

As cybersecurity threats continue to rise in Singapore, companies need to continue focusing on detecting anomalous behaviour and provide easy authentication with the help of AI. Setting the right zero-trust frameworks helps businesses ensure their customers are continuously authenticated and authorised. 

Ajay Biyani, Regional Vice President ASEAN, ForgeRock tells us how this can be done. 

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From what we can expect from Rosman Mansor’s upcoming verdict to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr upcoming visit to Singapore, the suspension of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and highlights from UN's new special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer trip to the country. 

We analyse more headlines from the region with Dr. Felix Tan, Political Observer, Nanyang Technological University

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss China's lockdown of several cities surrounding beijing ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year. Also, market participants may want to see a significant upside surprise in China's upcoming PMI for some renewed market confidence, otherwise it will likely point to a lower-for-longer economic picture.

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Sanjay Guglani, CIO, Silverdale Capital, discusses whether peak inflation has passed, as well as how investors should position themselves between equities and fixed income.

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Howe Chung Wan, Head of Asia Fixed Income, Principal Global Investors discusses the level of risk appetite among investors as they continue to mull over Jackson Hole. He also explains why good news on the economic front will be bad for US markets, and bad news will also be bad as well.

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Digital debt is the business killer that is spreading across organisations that fail to leverage digital transformation, yet those who overdo it fall into technical debt. Businesses often step into the pitfalls of technological overhaul and overlook the simple, game-changing strategies to completely redesign the future of work. 

So how can a business avoid overdoing their digital transformation? 

Chris Huff, Chief Strategy Growth Officer, Kofax shares more on this and how businesses can gauge their digital transformation journey. 

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Beijing finally signs an agreement with the US audit regulator to let them inspect and investigate registered accounting firms in China. Senator Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan's capital Taipei on board a US military aircraft, the third visit by a US dignitary this month. 

We analyse these headlines and more with Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs. 

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss the new work pass called the Overseas Networks and Expertise Pass, which will be open for applications next year, to attract top talent across all sectors. Also, updates are made to existing work pass requirements such a new points-based evaluation process and tightening of rules regarding the advertising of S-pass jobs.

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SleekFlow’s CEO, was forced to make his hardest decision at the age of 25. To help his company survive, cutting half of his company’s workforce, which mainly consisted of employees older than him, was the only solution. Now, he is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in the region. 

Henson Tsai, Founder & CEO, SleekFlow shares more about his journey. 

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Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses the markets for the week ahead after the big rout as a result of Jay Powell's comments at the Jackson Hole symposium. 

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