The Money Makers: Recent Episodes
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The Money Makers Podcast is a finance, innovation and investing show for amazing women everywhere of all ages. Each fortnight, we will feature an inspiring woman from the investing and finance sector or a female founder with a special focus on Asia. The podcast is hosted by Tanya Rolfe (of Sophia.
On this episode, Sophia Co-founder Christine Yu sits down with Ildi Gritsayenko, Asia lead for Goals-based Planning at J.P. Morgan Private Bank Asia they cover what it is, its importance in our lives, and how to think about financial planning across different life scenarios to help us navigate the future with confidence.
Join Tanya and Karen to talk about the importance of building the early habit of thinking before spending. Early childhood financial literacy is critical to forming great money habits for a financially healthy and wealthy life.
Batya Shulman is passionate about good financial literacy and financial inclusion. Join Tanya and Batya to talk about the importance of women staying engaged in their money matters!
Welcome to today's episode, where Tanya and Diya Lowe delve into the challenging topic of coping with the unexpected loss of a loved one and the crucial aspect of financial preparedness. Drawing from her own personal experiences, Diya candidly discusses and offers practical advice, aimed at women everywhere.
Sophia is delighted to unveil our new collaboration with HSBC Singapore, where we now bring our Sophia courses to HSBC's Premier customers. Join us in our latest podcast featuring Ashmita Acharya, Head of Wealth and Personal Banking, as we delve into the details of this exciting partnership.
Join Tanya and Ashley Koh talking all about breaking the glass ceiling. Ashley has an extensive amount of experience of working within a typically male industry - fintech and brings a very unique perspective on this hot topic. Connect with Ashley: Ashley Koh | LinkedIn
We welcome Lou Ann to the show today to discuss salary negotiations. We have all seen the headlines regarding gender pay gaps but how can women effectively negotiate their way to fair pay - check out today's show.
In today's Financial Sprint: 10 Minute Conversations, Tanya catches up with Tamara Singh who has crafted her career to work for her and her family life through having multiple roles and 'gigs' to make up the equivalent of a full time job but much more enjoyable and multi-faceted.
Cambridge University research suggests that children form many money habits by the age of 7. Are you talking to your children about money? Do your children learn about money at school? If you're a parent or a teacher, listen in to find out more.
Aneesha Reihana sits down with Tanya Rolfe from Sophia to discuss her company Honeycomb web3 and the world of blockchain development.
This is a very special podcast episode hosted by Christine Yu, announcing our Sophia partnership with J.P. Morgan Private Bank. We're pleased to partner with J.P. Morgan to deliver a year-long programme called Women and Wealth, a series of in-person and digital experiences for women in their wealth management. Join Christine and Yvonne talking about this very special collaboration.
Federica Brugnera, EAM Sales & Marketing and Amy Lu, Director of Operations, both of Andaz Singapore. Andaz is a client of Sophia and have recently completed two of Sophia's financial edcuation courses and rolled out to their female employees. We catch up on how the roll out went.
Nicole delves into our Sophia expert network for tips and advice on how to form habits that will help build your wealth. Nicole speaks with Jessica Cutrera, Leo Wealth and Melissa Gecolea, Pearl Magazine, Money Matters, TVB Pearl on what their key money habits are and how they use them for their own financial management.
Join Christine Yu and I as we take you through the results of our recent financial education survey for women in Asia.
96.2% of women surveyed believed they had gaps in their financial knowledge. We roll up our sleeves, dive into the data and get back to work at Sophia on addressing this knowledge gap.
Join Daphne of CMC Markets as we launch an exciting finance course for young women in Singapore in conjunction with polytechnics and universities across the island. Finance 101 For Young Women is a great course completely sponsored by CMC Markets and built in collaboration with Sophia. Reach out to tanya.rolfe@sophiawomen.com if you are part of a university or polytechnic in Singapore and would like to know more about the course for your female students.
Join Tanya and Dr Suellen, Clinicial Psychologist and Head of Wellness at Sophia to celebrate the launch of Sophia's latest course, Your Money Mindset. We dive into some of those external factors that shape our relationship with money. We try to turn any financial anxiety into financial courage.
Join our latest episode with Redhill's Managing Director, Tavy Cussinel who talks about the importance of financial literacy for their employees.
Join Tanya as she talks to three soon-to-be university leavers about their money experience to date. We talk about fears, spending money for the sake of it and future plans.
Christine talks to Angelina Kwan about all the state of crypto right now, future regulation and whether crypto has a trust problem.
Today's episode features three pioneering women working on investing for female founders. I managed to catch up with Jennifer Buckley, the founder and Managing Director of Sweef Capital. Sweef is a Singapore-based impact investment firm investing in the potential of women and the future of Southeast Asia.
Ine Jacobsen, Ine is a vc investment professional and Anna Pearson is the confounder of Harriet, a platform to support women entrepreneurs.
Tune in to our two founders, Christine Yu and Nicole Denholder speaking to attendees and speakers at the HK Fintech Conference.
Join our latest episode with Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin who is as passionate about healthy money mindsets as we are at Sophia. In this episode, we talk to Jennifer about knowledge, tools, and systems that unlock prosperity in all levels. If you are considering financial education then this is a great starting point.
Join Tanya as she speaks to the amazing Agnes Wun from Neufast, an AI platform providing accurate and reliable assessment tools to HR professionals to assess candidates.
Join our latest episode with Rebecca who set out on a mission to fix a problem she saw and knew it was a problem she could fix for people everywhere. Improving the working lives of so many people.
Tune in to hear from Natalie who ventured from the UK over to Singapore to start a fresh adventure but without a job. We follow her journey to her current role as CEO of Lytehouse,an AI-powered security guard that upgrades and integrates every sensor into a single feed of intellgent alerts for total visibility and fast response.
Did you know that many money habits are formed by age 7?
Join us for our latest show featuring Will Rainey and Sharon Moo as we discuss the importance of financial literacy for children.
Our Sophia team keep it in-house in this latest episode as we talk Introduction To Investing, Money & Children and rising costs of living.
Tune in to hear from Lindsay Davis, the go-getting founder who saw the gap (women's health) and took the initiative to start a collective. To bring all the FemTech founders, investors and enthusiasts across Asia together in one community. #genius
Our latest episode hosts long term investor professional Grace Cheng who started her career in NYC before moving home to Singapore. Her latest role as Director of Investment Research at Syfe is very exciting as Syfe expands across Asia.
Hear from Jessica Cutrera on how to focus on fundamentals and build wealth for the long term, even through volatile markets.
Join our latest episode with Syarina who talks about studying overseas, being a 'lost child', starting her career in finance, moving into journalism and now back into the finance ecosystem.
Jingjin talks being the only woman in the room in the automotive industry, exiting startups, being the opposite of a perfect Chinese daughter and finally starting a sexual wellness company in SEA.
This week's show is hosted by Sophia's Co-Founder, Christine Yu. It is a special episode for two reasons i) Christine is guest hosting and ii) a quick deep dive into the recent crypto market volatility.
Oh what a journey! Join the Money Makers as we talk to Helen about her super interesting journey to running an impressively impactful global business.
Join us on this amazing episode where we are speaking to the wonderful, Klementina (Tina) Sula on the art of networking. Tina likes to say that 'everything you ever learned about networking is wrong!'.
Krakakoa Chocolate, a "farmer-to-bar" social enterprise working directly with smallholder cocoa farmers to produce award-winning Indonesian chocolate.
Did someone say chocolate.....?
We are back with the Sophia team as they go live this week with their course, 'Your Money Basics' which is the first in their Money Series.
Hear from Tanya, Christine and Nicole as they talk about the need to have your financial foundations in place before almost everything else.
This episode is one of the most inspiring episodes I have recorded. We deep dive into the start up scene in Pakistan and how these two ladies called it long before others followed. True pioneers and with a great story of how they came together to launch i2i.
Kate Brodock is the Founding Partner of W Fund, a VC investing in underrepresented-led tech start ups and CEO of Switch, a global ecosystem shaping the future of our global innovation economy.
Tune in to hear how Amy's tenacity in her corporate led her to leading of the most successful inititatives in the organisation. Also hear how Amy has pivoted her start up and is now at the helm of an exciting hospitality SaaS business.
Join us as we find out what Robo Advisors and Snow Sports have in common from the amazing Stephanie Leung! StashAway is a digital wealth management platform that offers investment and cash management portfolios for both retail and accredited investors.
The Covid-19 impact on Venture Capital Investments.
Rachel Lau is a Managing Partner at RHL Ventures in Malaysia. Rachel shares more about the focus of the fund, the impact Covid has had on their investment thesis and some of the exciting ventures she is backing.
Telemedicine - a transition from human health to pet health.
Athena Lee is the Co-Founder & CEO at ZumVet, a veterinary care platform through video calls and house calls. Athena talks about her traditional beginnings but her rebel roots led her to the world of entrepreneurship.
Pioneers: Japan’s first ESG-focused fund & first female-led fund.
MPower Partners, Kathy Matsui & Yumiko Murakami focus on investments into growth- to late-stage Japanese startups. Kathy & Yumiko talk about their respective journeys, cultural challenges between moving between USA and Japan and the venture landscape in Japan.
On a mission: Women In Finance.
Alexandra McGuigan is the Global Development Director for 100 Women in Finance. They’re on a mission to see 30% representation in senior leadership positions in the finance industry.
Shaking it up: Women & Money.
The Sophia founders, Christine Yu, Nicole Denholder and Tanya Rolfe talk about the launch of their latest venture, Sophia. Sophia is set to shake up the world of investing for women. Built by women, for women.