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.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have launched the Value Unlock programme to help companies strengthen investor engagement.

How the Value Unlock push will lift the market

With approximately 120 companies already engaged, the new Value Unlock programme is off to a good start. BT senior correspondent Ben Paul...

What is a practical risk adjusted formula for an SME owner to set the annual personal extraction target, especially in years where cash flow's quite volatile?

Passive paycheck: Structuring your SME for predictable dividends

SME owners often rely on a speculative sale for retirement. Howie Lim interviews Grace Tay of finexis advisory on separating business and...

Earlier this month, software stocks experienced a week-long sell-off, with some calling it a ‘software-mageddon.’

AI euphoria: reality check hits the software market

Amid tech stock struggles and 'Software-mageddon' fears, we examine if Nvidia's results will soothe anxieties, also Asia’s chip rally and Japan’s spending...

Nagesh Devata, senior vice president for APAC GTM at Payoneer.
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How Asia’s born-global SMEs are scaling through volatility

How can high-growth, born-global SMEs overcome cross-border complexity, multi-entity management, and payment trust issues? Howie Lim finds out.

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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Cash, courage and collateral: The share financing debate

Leveraged investing is a seductive but high-risk move where most lose everything. Experts help Howie Lim navigate this danger with tools like...

Which specific sectors within tech are best positioned to outperform?

Tech jitters, Fed splits, Dollar gains: nerves rise

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...