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Genevieve Cua

Genevieve Cua

WEALTH EDITOR

Genevieve Cua is wealth editor for The Business Times. She covers wealth management, focusing on issues relating to portfolios, retirement, insurance and healthcare. She writes a fortnightly column, Mind the Gap, and hosts WealthBT podcasts.

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Morningstar noted in a report that money has continued to flow into private credit funds, despite falling returns.
THINKING ALOUD

Tread carefully in private credit

The surge of funds into this asset class, exceeding the opportunities to deploy it for high returns, points to dwindling returns

Singapore's hospital bed crunch is set to ease. Between 2025 and 2030, another 13,600 beds will be added to the healthcare system.
MIND THE GAP

Should you drop your Integrated Shield Plan? This health scare offers insights

A HEALTH scare that my husband suffered last month surfaced some perspectives on why a significant number of people, particularly seniors, may...

Portrait von Guy de Piciotto, Chef der Genfer Bank UBP, in der Zürcher Filiale.

Private bank UBP rolls out VCC fund with S$200 million in commitments

The fund will invest in fixed-income strategies; a second fund to be launched next year will invest in a hedge fund of...

The rally in silver, which rose more than 8% over the previous two trading sessions, has been fuelled by bets on prolonged supply tightness.

Silver retreats from record high on overheating concerns

SILVER retreated from a record high on Tuesday (Dec 2), with a key technical indicator showing that a six-day rally has taken...

Matt Beesley, Jupiter Asset Management chief executive, aims to expand outside the UK in strategic efforts to build scale.

Jupiter Asset Management to expand outside the UK, including Singapore

It has registered seven funds in the Republic, of which four are income-generating funds

Dr Somporn Suebthawilkul (left), Dhipaya Insurance managing director, with Andrew Yeo, Income Insurance chief executive. Suebthawilkul hopes the new subscription-based micro insurance offering, TipSnack, will expand access to insurance among younger consumers.

Hive by Income to help roll out bite-sized insurance in Thailand

Dhipaya Insurance hopes to expand access to insurance among younger consumers

The median bill size at private hospitals has risen by an annual compounded growth rate of 11.5 per cent, from S$9,100 in 2019 to S$15,700 in 2024.
COMMENTARY

IP rider changes: Yet another stab at dampening claims and improving insurers’ results

For policyholders, this means less coverage of a hospital bill, though rider premiums are expected to be 30% lower

Joseph Wilson, portfolio manager of the JP Morgan Asset Management US Technology Fund, says data centre vacancy rates are at record lows today, and utilisation levels hover at around 80 per cent.

No bubble in AI, says JP Morgan Asset Management portfolio manager

‘Valuations don’t seem stretched to me,’ says Joseph Wilson

The question on whether longevity is a blessing or curse turns on how well we manage ageing as a population and as individuals.
THINKING ALOUD

Focus on healthspan as Singapore turns ‘super aged’

A good family doctor can ideally address the three major pillars of physical, cognitive and emotional health

Vladimir Colas, Ardian executive vice president, said first-time participants in the secondaries market typically return to it and become programmatic sellers.

Robust growth expected in secondary market for private funds and assets

The market enables liquidity for investors at a time when exit opportunities and distributions have slowed

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