Your Money with Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin speaks with Walter de Oude, Founder and CEO of Singlife to find out how its platform is enabling consumers to save, protect themselves and eventually, invest. Walter also shares his rule of thumb for investing a critical time like this.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View today, Stephen Innes, Chief Market Strategist for AxiCorp joins Michelle Martin to discuss stock valuations, gold prices and the costs of re-opening economies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia is the developed world's most Chinese reliant economy - how is it faring as China gradually reopens? China launched a trial of a digital yuan in four cities:,Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chengdu and Xiong’an. Is this the future of currency?  How will consumer behaviour change post COVID-19?  Bitcoin is halving in May. What does this mean for investors? Today, Michelle Martin speaks with Dr. Michael Berman, CEO and Co-Founder of PsyQuation to talk about China’s economic leverage on Australia, taking a behavioural finance approach to US job data and the halving of Bitcoin.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Singapore enters its second month under the circuit breaker, business and commerce are hampered by world-wide lockdowns and movement restrictions, what can you do to protect your contracts and mitigate your risks in these uncertain times?  Michelle Martin speaks with Justin Chan, Senior Partner and the Head of Dispute Resolution at Tito Isaac & Co to discuss pandemic proofing your contract, force majeure provisions and contractual changes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve all turned home chefs; which supermarket chain has reported 50% profit in Q1 of 2020 and how can an investor think through it's valuation? What do fundraising measures mean for SIA's shareholders? How can they think through the possibilities for action? Michelle Martin speaks to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital to discuss these questions, the recent results of local banks, where the insurance industry is heading and- while we are all looking forward to haircuts this week- what  infection waves mean for the economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could chickpeas be an important part of the future of food? Growthwell Group started as a homegrown food solutions company catering to the need of vegetarian consumers. Now, it's looking at a global market that is hungry for alternative proteins.  Michelle Martin speaks with the two brothers at the helm of leadership Colin Chou, Commercial director of Growthwell and Justin Chou, Executive Director of Growthwell about their recent 11 million dollar funding round and investment in an Israel food tech start-up for a chickpea based protein isolate for a seafood-alternate range of products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As markets grapple with the shocks of COVID-19, US-China trade tensions and dismal earnings results, investors have a lot to sieve through.  Michelle Martin speaks with Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at AsiaCollect to review these market movements and updates.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Cassandra Xu, founder of the Facebook page of Singapore Home Cooks with over 200,000 members to find out why she started the page, what she is learning about how to grow the community and how its using Facebook "live" to serve the needs of its members.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin invited Gabriel Yap, Chairman of GCP Global to break down the S-REIT index and to share his thoughts on what investors need to know about building their wealth as we transition to opening economies. Which RETS are rising stars? How does a seasoned investor spot trouble or opportunity ahead for REITS?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we see more divorces or babies post COVID-19? What picture do legal queries paint of how relationships, bankruptcies and companies willingness to sue are being affected by COVID-19 at this mid point in our stay-home battle against the virus? Michelle Martin speaks to Justin Chan, Senior Partner and the Head of Dispute Resolution at Tito Isaac & Co to discuss this and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.