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BTxM+S Podcast Ep 3: CBD home buying - factoring in lifestyle and well-being 13:07 min Synopsis: This is the third in a series of four episodes on Marina One Residences and topics covering the advantages of inner city park-like living in the heart of Singapore's downtown area. It is brought to you by developer M+S: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Nicholas Mak, head of research and consultancy at ERA Realty Network, as they discuss the following: More residential properties within the central business district (CBD) today (1:13) Key pros and cons of living within the CBD (2:36) How ERP charges can be offset with a residence connected to MRT network (3:33) Calculating "value" of being nearer to top lifestyle, retail, dining and cultural options downtown (6:54) Well-being value: Easy access to beneficial "green heart" areas within and near residences in the Marina Bay financial district area (9:57) Find out more: Marina One Residences: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/ Virtual Tour: http://marinaone.com.sg/virtualtour.html Registration: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/register.html Listen to Ep 1 - Pros and cons of investing in mixed-use property: https://str.sg/Jj9H Ep 2 - Understand prime property investing in Singapore better: https://omny.fm/shows/st-bt/understand-prime-property-investing-in-singapore-b Ep 4 - How sustainable property developments can save costs: https://omny.fm/shows/st-bt/bt-x-m-s-podcast-ep-4-esg-property-investing-how-w Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis Edited by: Adam Azlee Discover ST & BT podcasts: Channel: https://str.sg/JWVR Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PwZCYU Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Lu4rPP Google podcasts: http://str.sg/googlestbt Websites: http://str.sg/stbtpodcasts https://bt.sg/moneyhacks Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg  Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser. --- Discover more niche BT podcast series: Follow BT Money Hacks Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Follow BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #SponsoredBTPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BT x M+S Podcast Ep 2: Understand prime property investing in Singapore better 11:52 min Synopsis: This is the second in a series of four episodes on Marina One Residences and topics covering the advantages of inner city park-like living in the heart of Singapore's downtown area. It is brought to you by developer M+S: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Nicholas Mak, head of research and consultancy at ERA Realty Network, as they discuss the following: The definitions that make a property "prime", and how the new financial District 1 has joined traditional high-end real estate areas such as Districts 9,10 and 11 (0:50) Which development with wider unit selections buyers can purchase directly from the developer (2:05) Key characteristics of high-end properties relevant for prime real estate buyers (2:25) Step-by-step roadmap for a buyer thinking of a home in Singapore’s upmarket districts (6:08) Covid-19's impact on Singapore's high-end residential property market, and how the vaccination programme can lead to higher demand (9:10) Find out more: Marina One Residences: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/ Virtual Tour: http://marinaone.com.sg/virtualtour.html Registration: http://www.marinaone.com.sg/register.html Listen to Ep 1 - Pros and cons of investing in mixed-use property: https://str.sg/Jj9H Ep 3 - CBD home buying - factoring in lifestyle and well-being: https://omny.fm/shows/st-bt/bt-x-m-s-podcast-ep-3-cbd-home-buying-what-role-do Ep 4 - How sustainable property developments can save costs: https://omny.fm/shows/st-bt/bt-x-m-s-podcast-ep-4-esg-property-investing-how-w Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis Edited by: Adam Azlee Discover ST & BT podcasts: Channel: https://str.sg/JWVR Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PwZCYU Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Lu4rPP Google podcasts: http://str.sg/googlestbt Websites: http://str.sg/stbtpodcasts https://bt.sg/moneyhacks Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg  Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser. --- Discover more niche BT podcast series: Follow BT Money Hacks Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Follow BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #SponsoredBTPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BT Mark To Market Ep 5: How to invest in an overvalued market8:34 minListen to Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this new podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.In this fifth episode of the Mark To Market podcast, BT's senior correspondent Ben Paul talks about how to invest in the market at a time when Covid-19 beneficiaries like Top Glove face a looming earnings slump while recovery plays like Singapore Airlines are yet to deliver significant improvement in profitability.  Why the Straits Times Index began outpacing the S&P500 in Oct 2020 (1:40) SIA's rocketing share price belies continued cash-burn and hefty losses (2:55) Analysts unsure how to price Top Glove's sinking stock as earnings peak (4:12) Investors should be selective, and avoid being fully invested in the market (6:08) Produced by: Ben Paul (benpaul@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Lee Kim Siang and Adam AzleeEdited by: Aleemah BasirahFollow BT Mark To Market podcasts and rate us on:Channel: http://bt.sg/btmark2mktApple Podcasts: https://bt.sg/4DJpSpotify: https://bt.sg/4DJNGoogle Podcasts: http://bt.sg/4D2EWebsite: http://bt.sg/mark2mktFeedback to: podcast@sph.com.sgDo note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser. --- Discover more BT podcast series: BT Money Hacks Podcast on: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks WealthBT Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btwealthbt BT Podcasts on: http://bt.sg/podcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BT Money Hacks Ep 91: Investing in China's market - the case for retail investors 11:43 min Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode looks at the case for investing in China in 2021 and beyond. It is brought to you by Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Catherine Yeung, Fidelity International's investment director, who explains the following: China's household consumption, GDP, and pent-up demand (0:42) How retail investors can take advantage of China's domestic demand story (2:12) What China’s tremendous data advantage means (3:15) Investing opportunities: looking outside China’s big-name equities (6:10) Income opportunities: yield from Chinese state-owned enterprises (8:26) Assessing risk in Chinese markets (9:30) Find out more about: Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/beginners/learn-about-investing Fidelity's Global Market Outlook 2021: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/news-and-insights/outlook Fidelity's Learn About Investing: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/beginners/learn-about-investing Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis Edited by: Adam Azlee Follow BT Money Hacks podcasts fortnightly on Mondays and rate us on: Channel: http://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Apple Podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeXe Spotify: http://bt.sg/oeGN Google podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeGP Website: http://bt.sg/moneyhacks Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 4: MAS' Ravi Menon previews the 2020 Singapore FinTech festival 19:03 min Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual Singapore FinTech Festival from Dec 7-11, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners. Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at bt.sg/sffxswitch2020. In this final part of the series, listen to BT banking and finance editor Jamie Lee's full interview with Mr Menon about the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on the Singapore FinTech Festival and the local finance scene. How the Singapore FinTech Festival adapted to extraordinary times (1:00) How a pandemic means solid growth in finance, as driven by technology (3:09)  How challenger digital banks will rise up in a post-Covid era (10:15) How the new evolving financial industry can help all Singaporeans and local businesses get onto the digital train (14:50) Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee ---Follow BT podcasts:Channel: http://bt.sg/podcasts BT Money Hacks Podcast on: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt WealthBT Podcast at: http://bt.sg/wealthbt Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg ---Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 3: How the Singapore FinTech Festival adapted to Covid-19 4:05 min Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual Singapore FinTech Festival from Dec 7-11, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners. Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at bt.sg/sffxswitch2020. In this third episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how the Singapore FinTech Festival has evolved over five editions annually, and how it has adapted to this Black Swan event of our times. Why the new innovative 24/7 hybrid model for the 2020 Singapore FinTech Festival could be the way forward for future global conferences (1:00) Top global speakers are now able to join in the festivities, from the comforts of home (2:00) How the festival shows that digital innovation and collaboration is not restricted by physical, security or cross-border boundaries (2:10) Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee ---Follow BT podcasts:Channel: http://bt.sg/podcasts BT Money Hacks Podcast on: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt WealthBT Podcast at: http://bt.sg/wealthbt Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg ---Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 2: Tech boom in the time of Covid-19 8:46 min Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual Singapore Fintech Festival from Dec 7-11, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners. Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at bt.sg/sffxswitch2020. In this second episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how financial technology unexpectedly grew in demand and provided new jobs amid a pandemic.  A new demand for tech skills in the financial sector with up to 1,800 new jobs being offered through till July 2021 (2:03) Helping good, mature and mid-career professionals move into a new sector (3:40) How banks can better integrate foreign talent and locals (4:56) How financial institutions are encouraged to have a balanced foreign and local employee mix (6:45) Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee ---Follow BT podcasts:Channel: http://bt.sg/podcasts BT Money Hacks Podcast on: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt WealthBT Podcast at: http://bt.sg/wealthbt Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg ---Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 1: New digital banks to jazz up Singapore 9:30 min Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual Singapore Fintech Festival from Dec 7-11, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners. Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at bt.sg/sffxswitch2020. In this first episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee sounds out Mr Menon on the excitement over digital banks. He tells us why digital banks now have an even bigger playing field in the post-Covid world.  What is the fresh gameplan brought on by digital banks? (1:38) Micro enterprises find it tough to get just $200 overnight from banks to make an urgent payment. It's a gap to fill, and the lesson comes from China (1:59) Digital bank applicants had to overhaul proposals, as MAS asked how they would cope in the post-Covid world (3:15) Given the spate of cybersecurity breaches, digital banks cannot compromise on standards here (6:45) Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee ---Follow BT podcasts:Channel: http://bt.sg/podcasts BT Money Hacks Podcast on: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt WealthBT Podcast at: http://bt.sg/wealthbt Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg ---Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BT Money Hacks Ep 90: Achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19 9:36 min Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this week's episode, we look at strategies for achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19 and the post-pandemic recovery. BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Luke Lim, managing director at Phillip Securities, brokerage and wealth management arm of PhillipCapital. They discuss the following: Concrete steps to rebuild passive income amid the pandemic and post-pandemic recovery: Which sectors performed? (1:55) Diversify when faced with financial vulnerability, in asset classes, geographical regions and sectors (2:41) What is the "barbell" approach in diversification? Why it is still worth working with a remisier who acts as a trading coach (4:35) Views on single stocks, ETFs and index funds (6:25) Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis Edited by: Adam Azlee Subscribe to BT Money Hacks Podcast series for our new episodes fortnightly on Mondays and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: http://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Apple Podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeXe Spotify: http://bt.sg/oeGN Google podcasts: http://bt.sg/oeGP Website: http://bt.sg/moneyhacks Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser. --- Discover more BT podcast series: BT Mark To Market Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt WealthBT Podcast on: http://bt.sg/btwealthbt BT Podcasts on: http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BT Mark To Market Ep 4: GameStop short squeeze and the power of retail investors 13:26 min Listen to Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times. In this fourth episode of the Mark To Market podcast, senior correspondent Ben Paul examines how the short squeeze of US-listed GameStop has focused attention on the return of retail investors as a force in the markets. How retail investors trade stocks; and the impact they've had on the markets (2:18) The popular narrative on the GameStop short squeeze; and why it probably isn't true (7:35) How retail investors, enabled by social media, are driving change in the markets (8:58) What investors should do as the markets become more speculative and volatile (11:10) Produced by: Ben Paul, Ernest Luis & Lee Kim Siang Edited by: Adam Azlee Follow BT Mark To Market podcasts and rate us on: Channel: http://bt.sg/btmark2mkt Apple Podcasts: https://bt.sg/4DJp Spotify: https://bt.sg/4DJN Google Podcasts: http://bt.sg/4D2E Website: http://bt.sg/mark2mkt Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser. --- Discover more BT podcast series: BT Money Hacks Podcast at: https://bt.sg/btmoneyhacks WealthBT Podcast at: http://bt.sg/btwealthbt BT Podcasts at: https://bt.sg/pcOMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.