OCBC Research Insights

2021-04-30 13:00:02 What does it take to create a start-up? In the latest episode of Back to the Future, Siva Ramanathan - who set up new ventures for AirAsia - shares the traits that may make you or break you. Now the Chief Growth Officer for China-based e-payments firm KSher, he is candid about the challenges Covid has piled on, how to differentiate oneself in a competitive market, and his ideas on how traditional companies can continue to attract young talent.

Listen here: http://bit.ly/FutureKSher Open / Comment

2021-04-28 04:02:41 Climate change is on everyone's mind. Is it also on your mind when it comes to investing? Listen to our Executive Director of Investment Strategy, Vasu Menon, chat with Money FM's Elliott Danker on how ESG - environment, social, governance - can become a key driver for your investment decisions.

Have a listen here: http://bit.ly/CaseForESGInvesting

Get more insights on ESG investing from this article: http://bit.ly/ESGInvestingArticleVasu Open / Comment

2021-04-23 12:30:09 In our latest episode of Back to the Future, Teddy Oetomo shares about Bukalapak, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Indonesia that he started. Hear how he has built his own ecosystem by working with mom-and-pop convenience shops across the country, and learn why he thinks Special Purpose Acquisition Companies would dominate the conversations on tech firms making it big.

Listen here: http://bit.ly/FutureBukalapak Open / Comment

2021-04-20 07:00:01 A hot topic on every Singaporean's mind - what's going on with the Singapore residential property market? Residential property prices rose more than 2% despite the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Is property still a good asset class to hold and invest in? Will a slew of market cooling measures come into play? Hear Carmen Lee, our Head of OCBC Investment Research, make sense of this property phenomenon in the OCBC Wealth Insights podcast on Money FM.

Listen here:
https://bit.ly/SGResidentialPropertyorStocks

Read more here: http://bit.ly/PropertyMarketInsights Open / Comment

2021-04-16 12:01:04 In our fifth episode of Back to the Future, Eddy Christian Ng of Indonesian start-up accelerator Skala takes us on his entrepreneurial journey. Listen to how he started selling furniture, then waded into blockchain and now, ventured into the venture capital space.

Learn from his successes and failures here: bit.ly/FutureSkala Open / Comment

2021-04-16 07:00:17 In our latest podcast, our credit research team discusses rising property prices (and whether cooling measures are imminent); which REIT sectors are doing well; as well as idiosyncratic developments in Credit Suisse, Huarong and Alibaba.

Find out what this could mean for you: bit.ly/OCBCCreditCatchup Open / Comment

2021-04-13 13:01:15 China's economy is expected go grow 8% this year, ahead of any other major economy in the world. Has its containment measures with regards to Covid-19 enabled it to benefit from being the 'first in, first out' of the Covid-19 onslaught? What does an 'industry-led' recovery mean? Find out what our Head of Greater China Research, Tommy Xie, has to share with Money FM 89.3 about China pulling ahead on the economic front.

Listen here: http://bit.ly/ChinaPhenomenalGrowth Open / Comment

2021-04-09 07:30:16 Whether you love them, fear them, or have no idea what they are about, cryptocurrencies is the unavoidable new buzzword. Wellian Wiranto speaks to Jeth Soetoyo, the founder of Pintu, a cryptocurrency exchange in Indonesia, about what is driving the latest boom. Find out the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum and learn why blockchain technology is key in powering Decentralized Finance.

Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/FutureCrypticCrypto Open / Comment

2021-04-09 07:01:08 Know someone in their 30s who hasn't started investing? Help them make their money work harder with a few tips. In this podcast, in partnership with the CPF Board, Our Head of Wealth Advisory, Kelvin Goh, chats with a millennial, Andy, to give him some financial tips on how to start investing and financial planning, starting with just $100.

http://bit.ly/MillennialGuideToInvestingCPF Open / Comment

2021-04-06 12:31:13 Investors, you'll want to take notice of Asia ex-Japan. The region has come a long way from the 1970s-90s, where it contributed to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 due to excesses and poor economic management. Executive Director of Investment Strategy, Vasu Menon, says investors may want to turn their focus back to this region - which has managed Covid-19 better than some of its Western counterparts - and consider investments into Asian companies because this is one region with huge potential.

Tune in here:
bit.ly/AsiaXJapanRiskyProposition Open / Comment