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Kopi Time E177 - Deborah Elms on Trade Matters

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A year since the reciprocal tariff bombshell, how has trade changed and what realignments are in the making? We invite back to Kopi Time, Deborah Elms...

DBS Kopi Time E176- Notes from IMF Meetings - Stark Disconnect

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The week of the IMF Spring Meetings were characterised by a stark contrast. Markets focused on fading war risks and kept rallying. But official sector...

Kopi Time E175: DBS CEO Tan Su Shan on wars, tariffs, AI, and fintech

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The first time Tan Su Shan came on Kopi Time, it was right after the war in Ukraine had broken out and energy and food prices were spiking worldwide. ...

Kopi Time E174 - Future of Jobs and Tasks with AI Singapore's Leslie Teo

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a recent collaboration with Dr. Leslie Teo, Senior Director of AI Products at AI Singapore, we published an article on redefining jobs and expertis...

Kopi Time E173 - Dr. Khor Hoe Ee on Asia_s Resilience and the Road Ahead

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Khor Hoe Ee, presently with Nanyang Technology University, with a long career in multilateral institutions and central banking, returns to Kopi Ti...

Kopi Time E172: ICRIER head Shekhar Aiyar on key aspects of India’s outlook

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Shekhar Aiyar, Director and CEO of Indian Centre for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), returns to Kopi Time for a wide-rangin...

Kopi Tine E171 - IIF's Tim Adams on the Fed, US Fiscal, & Financial Stability

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Adams, President and CEO of the Institute of International Finance, brings his deep experience and expertise to Kopi Time. We begin with the n...

Kopi Time E170: Bernard Haykel on foreign policy in the Americas and the Middle-East

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, returns to Kopi Time to walk us through various geopolitical flashpoints. W...

Kopi Time E169 - Upside to the US, China, and Singapore

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the year’s first podcast, we examine the factors that could help overcome ongoing geoeconomic uncertainty, helping achieve trend growth outco...

Kopi Time E168 - 2026 Stagflation Risk with Komal Sri-Kumar

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fiscal slippage, lower economic growth, sticky inflation, weaker dollar, steeper yield curve, financial instability; these are the key prognostication...

Kopi Time E167 - Noah Doyle on Tech, AI, and Bubbles

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Noah Doyle, Managing Partner at Javelin Investment Partners in Silicon Valley, with decades-long background in venture capital, joins Kopi Time to tal...

Kopi Time E166: David Marsh on Europe’s Existential Challenges

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Marsh, Chairman of OMFIF economic research group, returns to Kopi Time to talk about the UK and Europe, with his new book, “Can Europe Sur...

Kopi Time E165 - Jawed Ashraf on India's Foreign Policy

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jawed Ashraf, with over three decades in Indian foreign service, including Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to Singapore, offers his insight...

Kopi Time E164: The “new China shock” with Arvind Subramanian

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, to Kopi Time. We focus on some recent work by...

Kopi Time E163 - Notes from IMF Meetings - Resilience Among Fragmentation

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I deliberate over the recently concluded IMF-World Bank annual meetings. The IMF Meetings in Washington DC featured some recognition ...

Kopi Time E162: AMRO’s Dr Dong He on the regional outlook

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dong He, Chief Economist of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), joins Kopi Time to discuss the regional outlook. Dong weighs in on the i...

Kopi Time E161 - Jeff Johnson from AWS on cloud and AI

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Johnson, MD and General Manager for Asean at AWS, joins Kopi Time to talk about all things cloud. We begin with AWS’s reach and scale, spec...

Kopi Time E160 - Eswar Prasad on Stablecoins

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We go deep into stablecoins, the idea and practice of which have been around for a while, but a few things have happened this summer to make the matte...

Kopi Time E159 - Mark Domitrak on Consumer and Corporate Sentiment

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Domitrak, CT Group’s head of research, spends his time figuring out the pulse of consumers and corporate boardrooms. In this wide ranging p...

Kopi Time E158 - Lauri Myllyvirta on Green Energy and Climate Tech

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having been an avid consumer of the output of Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) for a few years, I have been keen to have its co-foun...

Kopi Time E157 - Apollo's Torsten Slok on the US economy

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We connect with New York-based Torsten Slok, Chief Economist of Apollo Global Management, to discuss the US economy. This highly compelling discussion...

Kopi Time E156 - 2H25 outlook and Ask Me Anything

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this podcast, it’s just yours truly. With 2H25 in mind, I go over trade wars, Middle East tension, and the US economy. Then I take a bunch o...

Kopi Time E155 - Capital Wars with Dr. David Skilling

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We dive into the presently shifting capital flow dynamic with David Skilling, Founding Director, Landfall Strategy Group. David’s firm provides ...

Kopi Time E154 - Chatib Basri on Indonesia’s Present and Future

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a recording from the DBS Asia Insights Conference 2025, held in Jakarta on May 21. I had the privilege of discussing Indonesia’s near an...

Kopi Time E153 - Prof Danny Quah on the Fracturing World Order

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof Danny Quah, Dean of LKY School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, returns to Kopi Time to share his insights on the danger...

Kopi Time E152: IMF’s Asia head Krishna Srinivasan on tariffs and the region

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Krishna Srinivasan, IMF’s Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, takes us on a journey of Asia, which is facing a major challenge to i...

Kopi Time E151 - Private Equity with Alicia Gregory, Blue Owl

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alicia Gregory, Managing Director at Blue Owl, an alternative asset manager, joins Kopi Time to walk us through private equity, a USD12trln asset clas...

Kopi Time E150 - Piyush Gupta on the Present and Future of Banking

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kopi Time hits 5 years and 150 episodes! We celebrate the milestone with Piyush Gupta, outgoing CEO of DBS Bank Ltd. Piyush brings his remarkable inte...

Kopi Time E149 - Longevity with Brian Kennedy

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome a foremost expert on the science of aging, lifespan, and healthspan, Professor Brian Kennedy, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and P...

Kopi Time E148 - Private Credit with Fitch’s Meghan Neenan

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We dive into the rapidly growing world of private credit. Meghan Neenan, managing director and the North America head of Non-Bank Financial Institutio...

Kopi Time E147 - Kishore Mahbubani on a Fragmenting World

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back to Kopi Time Kishore Mahbubani, distinguished diplomat, academic, and writer on geopolitics. Our conversation, recorded in Mumbai, kic...

Kopi Time E146 - Trade War with Deborah Elms

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back Dr. Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at Heinrich Foundation, Singapore, for a timely discussion on intensifying trade wars. We set t...

Kopi Time E145 - Markets and Trump 2.0

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy new year! We kick off the year with a discussion on the likely impact of Trump policies on US markets, starting with the 1890s McKinley tariff n...

Kopi Time E144 - 2025 outlook with Dr. Komal Sri-Kumar

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We bring the year to an end with astute market strategist and Fed watcher Dr. Komal Sri-Kumar. Sri begins by taking stock of the US economy and market...

Kopi Time E143 - Markets and Policy Path Dependence with Mustafa Chowdhury

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are today’s policy challenges and market behaviour largely about post pandemic macro, or are they reflecting fiscal, monetary, and financial “domi...

Kopi Time E142 - Tech and security with Gaurav Keerthi

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gaurav Keerthi, Head of Advisory and Emerging Business at Ensign InfoSecurity, joins Kopi Time to provide a fascinating overview of the current state ...

Kop Time E141 - Ashish Gupta on India's Financial Markets

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All about India’s financial markets with Ashish Gupta, CIO of Axis Mutual Fund, one of the largest and fastest growing asset management companies in...

Kopi Time E140 - US Elections with Angela Mancini

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We dive into the implications of Donald Trump’s emphatic win at the US presidential elections. Angela Mancini, partner at Control Risks, a global sp...

Kopi Time E139 - Fintech Zeitgeist with Varun Mittal

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the current state of fintech? Varun Mittal, founder of Fintech Nation, returns to Kopi Time after nearly 100 episodes to comment on the change...

Kopi Time E138 - IMF Notes; Economic Resiliency and Financial Risks

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is an 11-minute reflection on the recently concluded IMF annual meetings, held at Washington DC. The meetings were characterised by relie...

Kopi Time E137 - US public debt and deficits with Shai Akabas

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shai Akabas, Executive Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Economic Policy Program, joins Kopi Time to discuss all things US fiscal. There is...

Kopi Time E136 - Drew Thompson on Taiwan from Multiple Perspectives

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drew Thompson, Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, brings his deep China and Taiwa...

Kopi Time E135 - Techno-nationalism with Alexander Capri

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer and academic Alexander Capri returns to Kopi Time after nearly 5 years, but the issues we discussed then and now remain relevant, if not even m...

Kopi Time E134 - Vasuki Shastry on India’s Manufacturing Future

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vasuki Shastry, Senior Advisor at Gatehouse Advisory Partners, returns to Kopi Time to talk about the decade-old “Make in India” initiative. From ...

Kopi Time E133 - Dr. Jennifer Sciubba on Contextualising Demography

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Sciubba, PhD, President and CEO of Population Reference Bureau, joins Kopi Time to discuss the science and policy dimensions of demographics...

Kopi Time E132 - GIC’s Prakash Kannan on Global Macro and Asset Allocation

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Prakash Kannan, Chief Economist and Director of the Economics & Investment Strategy department at GIC, returns to Kopi Time to talk about evolving...

Kopi Time E131 - SE Asia 2024-34 with Charles Ormiston

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation is about a flagship report on Southeast Asia’s outlook. Earlier this year, researchers from DBS, Angsana Council (backed by Monk’...

Kopi Time E130 - Shekhar Aiyar on the Case for Globalisation

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shekhar Aiyar, a Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel, on leave from the International Monetary Fund, joins Kopi Time to mount a substantive case for globa...

Kopi Time E129 - James Crabtree on the Geopolitics of Elections

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James Crabtree, distinguished visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and a senior fellow at the Asia Society, returns to Kopi Ti...

Kopi Time E128 - Payments trends with Mastercard's David Mann

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss global payment trends with David Mann, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Mastercard. From experiential travel to business events, there h...

Kopi Time E127 - My commencement speech for Yale-NUS graduating class of 2024

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mdm Kay Kuok, Chair of the Yale-NUS Governing BoardMembers of the Yale-NUS Governing BoardProfessor Aaron Thean, Deputy President (Academic Affairs) a...

Kopi Time E126 : Gen AI with Microsoft's Zia Zaman

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We hear about the subject of the moment from Microsoft’s Asia head of business development, Zia Zaman. We begin with the question if the world has ...

Kopi Time E125 : China from a US business perspective with Mitchell Presnick

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mitchell Presnick, a visiting fellow of practice at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, joins Kopi Time to bring much neede...

Kopi Time E124 : Indonesia outlook with Reformasi's Kevin O'Rourke

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded in Jakarta, Kopi Time delves into Indonesia’s elections, domestic and foreign policy, investment environment, and economy with Kevin O'Rour...

Kopi Time E123 - Control Risks’ Nicolas Reys on Cybersecurity

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode subject is in response to popular demand. Whether at work or at home, concerns on cybersecurity are elevated to say the least. Nicol...

Kopi Time E122 - Development Multilateralism with Atlantic Council’s Martin Mühleisen

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Mühleisen, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, returns to Kopi Time to talk about the state of multilateralism. He sees the rec...

Kopi Time 121 - IMF meetings takeaways with PwC's Dr. Alexis Crow

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We catch up in Washington DC with Dr. Alexis Crow, lead, Global Geopolitical Investing Practice, pwc. Recorded on the last day of the IMF-World Bank 2...

Kopi Time E120 - Henny Sender on China, Hong Kong, and India

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Henny Sender, after several decades of writing on international finance for the Finance Times and Wall Street Journal, presently runs Apsara Advisory,...

Kopi Time E119 - Angela Mancini on Geopolitics and Business Risks

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Mancini, Partner and Head of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis practice for Asia Pacific at Control Risks, returns to Kopi Time after four years. ...

Kopi Time E118: Bert Hofman on China’s NPC, deflation, trade/tech war, industrial policy

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bert Hofman, adjunct Professor at the East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore, returns to Kopi Time to comment on the National People...

Kopi Time E117 - Munib Madni on the Gigaton Coalition to Decarbonize

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome back Munib Madni, CEO of Singapore-based Panarchy Partners, a fund management company with responsible investing at its core. In this chat...

Kopi Time E116 - Caesar Sengupta on the present and future of e-payments and investment

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We explore the present state of digital payments, their impact and potential, and tech-enabled investment platforms with Caeser Sengupta, CEO and co-f...

Kopi Time E115 - Vandana Hari on Energy Market Outlook and Risks

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vandana Hari, founder of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based provider of intelligence on energy markets, returns to Kopi Time. She was with us in the ea...

Kopi Time E114 - US markets with Dr. Komal Sri-Kumar

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We do a US market wrap-up for 2023 and outlook for 2024 with our favourite strategist, Dr. Komal Sri-Kumar. No stranger to Kopi Time, Sri is blunt and...

Kopi Time E113 - World Bank’s S Asia Chief Economist Franziska Ohnsorge on the Region’s Outlook

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

South Asia has pockets of strong growth (Bangladesh and India), pockets of balance of payments difficulties (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), and an ...

Kopi Time E112 - Charles Ormiston on making the most of out of geopolitics

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a thoughtful discussion on maximising a company or economy’s growth potential while navigating geopolitical constraints. Charles Ormiston di...

Kopi Time E111 - Dirk and Lelya Eichelberger on Sustainable Fishing and its Offshoots

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This couple is walking the talk on marine sustainability. Dirk Eichelberger is the CEO of Singapore Aquaculture Technologies; in other words, he runs ...

Kopi Time E110 - Notes from Marrakech - Polycrisis and Resilience

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global central bank heads and finance ministers gathered over the past week in Marrakech, Morocco for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetar...

Kopi Time E109 - Dr. Tony Annett on economics and Catholicism

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is an atypical episode—the first time in Kopi Time we discuss the intersection of faith and economics. Dr. Tony Annett, a Visiting Scholar at t...

Kopi Time E108 - Chris Miller on Chip War

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast will be an indispensable resource for those have not read Chip War by Chris Miller, Professor at Tufts University. Chris explains, both i...

Kopi Time 107 - Kishore Mahbubani on the Asian century versus the American century

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, returns to Kopi Time to give his take on Ch...

Kopi Time E106 - Prof Aurobindo Ghosh on inflation expectations and cost of living in Singapore

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aurobindo Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, joins Kopi Time to talk abo...

Kopi Time E105 - Eswar Prasad on the future of money

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, returns to Kopi Time to talk about the USD, China, cryptos, and CBDCs. We...

Kopi Time E104 - Wellington’s Santiago Millán, on China’s complexities

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Santiago Millán, Macro Strategist at Wellington Management, one of the largest asset managers in the world, joins Kopi Time to talk about China. Whet...

Kopi Time E103 - Helge Muenkel on climate finance

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Helge Muenkel, Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS, responsible for developing the bank’s overarching sustainability framework, joins Kopi Time. We ...

Kopi Time E102 - Mustafa Chowdhury on why rates will remain higher for longer

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mustafa Chowdhury, who has held senior positions at Voya Investments, Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns and Freddie Mac, brings his deep fixed income expert...

Kopi Time E101 - Reviewing our Top-10 Episodes

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This series began right before the 2020 global pandemic, and at that time the idea was to record chats with thinkers I meet during my travels. I reall...

Kopi Time E100 - Raghuram Rajan on fault lines in global finance and economy

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kopi Time hits 100 episodes! Raghuram Rajan, Professor at the University of Chicago, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2013-16), former IMF Chie...

Kopi Time E099 - Professor Bernard Haykel on the Middle East, China, US

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and Director, Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Midd...

Kopi Time E098 - Prem Bhatia on shifting sands in the tech start-up scene

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Prem Bhatia, co-founder of Graas, a tech solution provider for e-commerce, joins Kopi Time to talk about the direction of data driven e-commerce and i...

Kopi Time E097 - Chatib Basri on Indonesia

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I sat down with former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Chatib Basri, at the DBS Indonesia Asian Insights Forum 2023, held on March 15. During the conve...

Kopi Time E096 - TIGER 21’s Greg Wells on a network for the ultra-wealthy

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Wells, Chief Operating Officer of TIGER 21, a peer membership organisation for high-net-worth wealth individuals, joins Kopi Time. He provides an...

Kopi Time E095 - World Gold Council’s Shaokai Fan on the evolving nature of the demand and supply of gold

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shaokai Fan returns to Kopi Time to talk about gold’s recent journey through inflation spike, war in Ukraine, weaponization of the USD, monetary pol...

Kopi Time E094: IMF’s Asia head Krishna Srinivasan on the region’s outlook

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund, breaks down the prospects for the region. We begin b...

Kopi Time E093 - China Outlook with Bert Hofman

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bert Hofman, Director of the East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore and former World Bank Country Director for China (2014-19), prov...

Kopi Time E092: Balyasny’s Archana Parekh on global market opportunities in 2023

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to 2023, dear Kopi Time followers! We kick off the new year with a chat on markets with seasoned trader and strategist, Archana Parekh, head o...

Kopi Time E091 - Dr Nouriel Roubini on MegaThreats

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Caution: You may need a strong cup of Kopi after listening to our year-ending podcast with Dr. Nouriel Roubini, an economist and market analyst, who f...

Kopi Time E090 - Dr. Torbjörn Becker on Ukraine-Russia

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, joins Kopi Time to discuss the economic dimensions of the ongoing U...

Kopi Time E089 - Stuart Haber, Co-Inventor of Blockchain, on its Genesis and Current State

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast was recorded in early November, on the sidelines of the Singapore Fintech Festival 2022. It was fitting in the spirit of the event to hav...

Kopi Time E088 - Dr. Lynn Loo on Decarbonising International Shipping

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Lynn Loo, Professor in Engineering at Princeton University and head of Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore, joins Kopi ...

Kopi Time E087 - Notes from IMF meetings in Washington

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This 10-minute commentary summarises my key impressions from the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Held amid the ba...

Kopi Time E086 - OMFIF’s David Marsh on the Sterling crisis and UK

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Marsh, Chairperson of Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) joins Kopi Time to go over the UK’s recent bout with extraord...

Kopi Time E085 - Ila Patnaik on India’s Economy and the Politics of Welfare Delivery

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ila Patnaik, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, joins Kopi Time to discuss a number of pertinent aspects of India’s economy. We talk about the cur...

DBS Kopi Time E084 - The Woke Salaryman on Financial Literacy

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thewokesalaryman handle on Instagram has over 357k followers; on Telegram, it has nearly 37k subscribers. It is a highly popular social media platform...

DBS Kopi Time E083 - Munib Madni on Climate Investing

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Munib Madni, CEO of Singapore-based Panarchy Partners, returns to Kopi Time to talk about the fast growing world of climate investing. We go over the ...

Kopi Time E082 - Carin Smaller on Global Food Security

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carin Smaller, Executive Director of the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, joins Kopi Time to talk about global food security. As per the United N...

Kopi Time E081 - Prof Robert Dekle on recession risks and inflation

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Dekle, Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, joins Kopi Time. Robert’s speciality is Japan, so we start there, goi...

Kopi Time 080 - Serey Chea on central banking and fintech for good

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Serey Chea, Assistant Governor at the National Bank of Cambodia, joins to Kopi Time to provide an incisive view on central banking geared toward finan...

Kopi Time E079 - Minister Grace Fu on green transition, energy & food security, climate finance

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ms. Grace Fu, Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, joins Kopi Time to go over the nation’s challenges and response regardi...

Kopi Time E078 - China slowdown and implications for Asean growth

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Substantial trade linkage notwithstanding, Asean’s near-term outlook is not particularly vulnerable to the ongoing slowdown in China . Asia face...