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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. 

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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. 

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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! 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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