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In the Spotlight on Prime Time, Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish are joined by Pete Ross, Producer/Presenter from the BBC, who has been following the 2022 FIFA World Cup, for a report card on the football showcase in Qatar, both on and off the pitch.

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Wall Street is in a retrenchment mode with job cuts and hiring freezes in the tech world making their way to the finance industry. 

Major banks including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group have either announced plans or carried out rounds of layoffs ahead of an impending recession. Is this a cause for concern or should investors heave a sigh of relief that banks are taking measures ahead of a potential downturn?

Elsewhere, the crypto sector continues to be a focus area of our discussion today, with Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether Crypto ETFs raising US$79 million amid the saga surrounding FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Will Hong Kong be able to attain its goal of becoming a crypto hub?

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Professor of Finance at INSEAD.

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28 days, 32 teams, 64 matches and 172 goals later - it all comes full circle as Lionel Messi finally gets his fairy tale ending, delivering two goals that were instrumental in securing Argentina's third World Cup title.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Correspondent Cheow Sue-Ann spoke with Sports Correspondent Sazali Abdul Aziz for a recap of the tournament. 

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Living in an increasingly digital world, protection against digital eye strain is also increasingly important. This is even more so if we were to prevent chronic eye discomfort in old age. How can eye care technology help us?

In the Spotlight on Prime Time, Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish speak with Alex Neo, Founder, The Eyes Inc, a qualified optometrist with over 15 years of experience and expertise in progressive lenses troubleshooting.

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Shoppers are returning to malls in preparation for holiday gifting, but what sets this holiday season apart from previous years is the integral shift in consumer behaviour since the Covid-19 pandemic. As consumers return to stores with renewed expectations, what’s next for retailers? Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish find out from George Pepes, APAC Vertical Solutions Lead, Healthcare and Retail, Zebra Technologies.

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We’ll wrap up the key developments for the week, looking at markets in the US, Europe and China. In the US, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by yet another 50 basis points as predicted by market watchers. 

But with Fed boss Jerome Powell maintaining the central bank’s resolve to fight red-hot prices, how would that affect market movements as we close off the year?

In other news, FTX’s new CEO said Sam Bankman-Fried committed ‘old-fashioned embezzlement’. How would that affect investors’ confidence in the crypto sector? 

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian sat down with Jeremy Tan, CIO, Tiger Brokers (Singapore) to unpack all the information you need to know for the week. 

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Two more matches to go for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha - Croatia and Morocco on Saturday for the 3rd place playoff and the final on Sunday between defending champions France and Argentina, which will also be the swansong for Lionel Messi.

Can the seven-time Ballon d’or winner sign off his illustrious career with his first ever World Cup title?

On the Straits Times The Big Story, Multimedia journalist, Cheow Sue-Ann gets some insights from Sports Correspondent, Sazali Abdul Aziz in Doha.

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Tech companies are quickly shedding jobs, marking a reversal over the last few years.

How is this surge in job cuts impacting talent acquisition in organisations in Singapore and the region?

In the Spotlight on Prime Time, Bharati Jagdish and Timothy Go speak with Daniel Kolbe, Founder and Group CEO of ITCS Group to talk about the challenges of sourcing tech talent and how to overcome them.

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As we head closer towards the end of the year - let’s have a guess on what's to come for 2023. 

On that note, online trading and investment specialist Saxo has released its 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2023.

Titled ‘The War Economy’, predictions focus on a series of underappreciated events which, if they were to occur, would send shockwaves across the financial markets as well as political and popular cultures.

Saxo said these predictions are a thought experiment in considering the full extent of what is possible. It’s key to note that they do come true occasionally - take Saxo’s prediction of the UK's exit from the European Union for example. 

So, in a world where central banks and governments are set to lose their battle with inflation, what are the risks of markets becoming as outrageous as ever in 2023 and beyond?

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian chatted with Steen Jakobsen, Chief Investment Officer at Saxo on a series of mind-blowing predictions including an Un-Brexit referendum and a billionaire coalition for energy.

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We’ll deep dive into the private equity or PE industry today. According to a report by global law firm Dechert, PE deal values have almost halved from US$1.2 trillion to just US$685 between Q1 and Q3 this year amid a global economic downturn and tightening monetary conditions. 

Question is - how concerned should we be about the industry’s performance for the year, and where are the bright spots?

Separately, the combined value of the three of the most hyped Southeast Asian tech listings over the past year-and-a-half losing a combined market value of US$51 billion since their debut so far. So can PE firms meet the needs of their investors by investing in such tech startups?

On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with Siew Kam Boon, Co-head of Dechert’s global private equity practice and Partner in Dechert’s Singapore office to find out more. They also talked about a growing trend of firms turning to private credit to finance buyouts.

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