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It’s a year since President Biden stepped into The White House. But, with major setbacks on his vaccine mandates and voting reform efforts, is time running out for him to impress voters ahead of November’s midterm elections? Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Melissa Hyak speak to Curtis Chin, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute who shares his analysis.

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Two Singapore special-purpose acquisition companies have opened their books for initial public offerings and are set to list here later this month.

IPOs by Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp and Pegasus Asia mark the first SPAC listings in Asia since the frenzy for such blank-check firms began in the US in 2020.

Benjamin Goh, Head of Research and Investor Education, SIAS tells Prime Times' Rachel Kelly what investors need to consider diving into the world of SPACs.

They also discuss how to evaluate if this is a good investment for investors. 

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The recent Hawkish tone from The US Federal Reserve with the prospect of multiple rate hikes is jolting markets. To give a European perspective on this, Prime Time's Finance Presenter, JP Ong speaks to Peter Lundgreen, Founding CEO, Lundgreen's Capital who shares what these policy paths might mean for markets in 2022.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore said OCBC Bank will be conducting a thorough probe to identify the deficiencies in its processes and implement the necessary measures to address them in the wake of a spate of SMS phishing scams.

This comes after nearly 470 customers lost at least $8.5 million to fraudulent fund transfers in December 2021. 

In The Straits Times' The Big Story, technology, media and telecoms lawyer Bryan Tan tells video editor Olivia Quay whether it is possible for the affected customers to get their money back. Mr Tan is also the cyber response lead for law firm Pinsent Masons Singapore.

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In November 2021, Tokens.com a publicly traded company that invests in revenue-generating crypto assets linked to Decentralized Finance , Non-Fungible Tokens and metaverse real estate announced made the largest recorded land acquisition in Decentraland.

Andrew Kiguel, CEO, Tokens.com shares with Prime Time's Rachel Kelly the key property trends he's watching out for when it comes to metaverse property in 2022. 

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