Let's Talk, Singapore

Due to the changing landscape around attracting and retaining talent, many businesses find themselves desperately trying to recruit from the outside to fill a growing skills gap. Yet at times, the solution could be to turn to the resources that exist within one's own workforce. Sandeep Sharma, President of Asia, Workday shares how business leaders can approach the ‘war for talent’ strategically and the common mistakes that local businesses are making in their digital transformation journey.

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Real estate group City Developments is divesting its majority stake in Chongqing Sincere Yuanchuang Industry, in the wake of the Chinese developer’s cash troubles. CDL acquired a majority stake in Sincere last April, but the pandemic and China’s “three red lines” policy increased liquidity constraints at the unit. Vijay Natarajan, Analyst, RHB Group shares the possible risk exposures that CDL needs to pay attention to in China's real estate sector and their funds reallocation after writing down almost all of its S$1.92 billion investment in Chongqing Sincere. 

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Regional Round-up Ep 15: Najib Razak's advisory role in Malaysian Parliament

11:46 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:

1. Malaysia's 14th Parliament signs memorandum of understanding for transformation and political stability (2:22)
2. Former Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak's role as an advisor for the government (6:29)
3. Philippines set to reopen despite increase in Covid-19 cases (8:08)
4. Bali eased travel restrictions but stricter measures for international tourists (10:00)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank discusses how the 5.3% rise in August US consumer prices will affect taper timelines, and how markets will react when tapering does actually take place.

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Shareholders of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have overwhelmingly backed its plan to hive off its media business. And this will pave the way for the formation of a new company limited by guarantee (CLG), while potentially unlocking shareholder value for the mainboard-listed company. Patrick Daniel, CEO, SPH Media Trust shares what becoming not-for-profit would mean for a company with so much history in the media industry locally and SPH Media's plans to continue to be a strong brand in Singapore. 

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