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Claressa Monteiro

Claressa Monteiro

HEAD OF AUDIO

Claressa Monteiro is BT’s head of audio. Since 2022, she’s led BT Podcasts and driven audio content, strategy, business development and operations. Prior to BT, Claressa spent three decades in the broadcast and entertainment industry. She is the recipient of the 2009 COMPASS (Composers & Authors Society of Singapore) Award for Artistic Excellence.

emailclaremb@sph.com.sg
How should a long-term investor think about physical property versus shares of property developers versus Reits?

Is buying Reits and shares in property developers better than investing directly in physical property?

Get to grips on choosing among physical property, shares of property development and investment groups, and real estate investment trusts or Reits....

From left: David Kuo of The Smart Investor; Ben Paul, senior correspondent, The Business Times; Howie Lim, correspondent, The Business Times
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Global stocks fall, the dollar strengthens and oil prices rise amid tensions. Also get insights into AI stock and commodity volatility.

Singapore's record-breaking event and its role as a "twin engine" for growth

Singapore Airshow 2026 and South-east Asia’s aerospace, aviation boom

Singapore's aerospace future: record air show, MRO boom, and the launch of Space Summit

What should fixed income retail investors do if they want to look for genuine yield?

The bond riddle: Finding yield in volatile fixed income

How will credit risk, the AI capex bubble, and other risks affect your fixed income portfolio? Howie Lim finds out.

If US exceptionalism is fading, what are the implications for investors who are mostly overweight the US because of Big Tech and AI?

Is US exceptionalism truly dead?

Investors must decide: US focus or diversification. Why will the US growth formula persist and where lie new opportunities? What about threats...

Gold prices nosedived earlier this week.

Gold’s plunge, a new Fed chair and Asia in flux

Gold’s crash, AI threats, Asia’s pivotal week, and Fed intrigue—Howie Lim and Raisah Rasid unpack volatility, geopolitics, and smart-money moves.

How can businesses navigate a more fragmented global landscape?

The new geography of growth: Trading beyond the giants

Diversification, the promise of 'middle powers' (India, Australia), and ASEAN integration? Which will be more important when navigating the fragmenting global economy?

Ken Sze, head of investments, Asia, Barclays Private Bank.
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Beyond the dollar: Rethinking the US-heavy portfolio

What are actionable diversification strategies—including European value, high-grade Emerging Market debt, and non-US innovation—to employ as investors go "beyond USD"?

In January, several questions were raised in Parliament about whether GIC and Temasek have been generating satisfactory risk-adjusted returns.

What’s up with GIC and Temasek’s performance?

GIC and Temasek’s trailing performance has been a hot topic of discussion in Singapore. Senior correspondent Ben Paul sifts through key issues.

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