Let's Talk, Singapore

Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank, talks about how markets will be affected by Ukraine-Russia tensions, and the pre-emptive move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to tighten policy ahead of the April meeting.

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Groundup.AI, the region’s first end-to-end sound-first AI-based predictive maintenance “operating system”, helps companies across manufacturing, construction, and maritime industries prevent unplanned downtime and reduce wastage. Leon Lim, CEO & Founder, Groundup.AI shares the difficulties industrial companies are facing in adopting AI-based predictive maintenance solutions and how a solution like Groundup.AI can be applied across the manufacturing, construction, and maritime industries. 

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While SPACs have been fizzling out in the US, stock exchanges in Singapore and Hong Kong are betting the vehicles will boost their allure to global investors and startups in the region. Max Loh, EY Asean IPO Leader and Singapore and Brunei Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP shares more about the accounting challenges of SPACs and how the introduction of SPAC will likely further bolster IPO activity in Singapore and attract fast-growing companies and startups in South-east Asia.

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In this morning's 'The Breakfast Brief', we discuss the dramatic comeback overnight on Wall Street as stock swung back from deep losses, Indonesia's to reopening of Batam, Bintan to fully vaccinated Singapore travelers, the highest priced red packets ahead of Chinese New Year, and more. 

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From China’s budding relationship with Russia, US President Joe Biden’s uncertainty on whether China tariffs will be lifted soon and lastly, the US government suspending China-bound flights from the US, Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives an analysis of it all.

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