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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Oil supply shift, central banks caution

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Susan Ng speak with Uday Vikram, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Klay Group

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CNA938 Rewind - Stronger dollar, higher prices: Singapore braces for inflation risk

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) moves to strengthen the Singdollar and raises 2026 inflation forecasts as the Iran war drives up global energy costs, signalling tougher months ahead for prices and growth. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman make sense of this latest move by MAS and assess Singapore’s economic outlook with Dr Aurobindo Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Finance Education, Lee Kong Chian, SMU. He is also Principal Investigator of Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx)

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CNA938 Rewind - Most overqualified workers in Singapore are there by choice

Nearly one in five Singapore workers was overqualified in 2025, though this rate remains lower than in other high-income economies, according to a study by the Manpower Ministry (MOM) that was released on Tuesday (Apr 14). A "vast majority" of these cases on overqualification were voluntary. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at this “mismatch” and the impact of overqualification for employees in the long term with Gerald Tan, Projects Director, Avodah People Solutions

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Strait of Hormuz risk, oil price swings, inflation pressures

On today's (Apr 15) markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Stephanie Leung, Chief Investment Officer, StashAway 

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CNA938 Rewind - From crisis to turning point: Rethinking Asia’s energy future

The Iran war isn’t just shaking global markets – it’s exposing Asia’s deepest energy vulnerabilities. With oil supplies tightening and governments scrambling, the region faces hard trade-offs between short-term survival and long-term sustainability. Are renewables, nuclear, or regional grids the answer – or is Asia too late to pivot? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out with TC Chew, Managing Director, Arup

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: "You may begin there, but you don't end there" — Minmed's Dr Eric Chiam's journey from modest beginnings to medicine and menus

Dr Eric Chiam is the founder of Minmed, a prominent chain of clinics focussing on preventive healthcare and wellness. In addition to sharing what he'd write in his "letter to his younger self", Dr Chiam also shares how the modest circumstances of his growing-up years motivated him to become a doctor, how he learned to embrace his talent for enterprise, and the harmony he's discovered between his medical purpose and his culinary passion — he is also the founder of Saveur, a French restaurant on Purvis Street, which he started with two young chefs in 2011.

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