Dividends

Want to beat rising inflation? These SGX-listed funds and stocks offer dividends of at least 3%

iShares US dollar Asia High-yield bond index ETF leads the pack with a 7.3% dividend yield

Among the STI components that will trade ex-dividend this week are DBS and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust.
MARK TO MARKET

Power of payouts: A big chunk of the STI has just gone ex-dividend. What’s next?

The big question is whether the core businesses of the STI’s constituents can support its next leg up as the impact of major capital return initiatives wanes

Keppel chief executive Loh Chin Hua is transforming the industrial conglomerate into a global asset manager and operator.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Are Keppel’s dividends truly unsustainable – or just misunderstood?

The company’s shares have rallied over the past year, generating a total shareholder return of 58.5% in 2025

Regulators like the Singapore Exchange and investor rights groups have recently started urging companies to provide forward guidance, as long as these are made in good faith and are not misleading.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Time for AGMs to be more forward-looking

A forward-looking approach to the annual general meeting helps instil shareholder confidence

Share buybacks are more beneficial if management believes that the company's shares are undervalued, or when it wants to signal confidence in its long-term prospects.
BT EXPLAINS

Special dividends or share buybacks: How companies decide and what each means for investors

Income-focused shareholders may prefer special dividends, while value investors may favour buybacks

Singapore's “rapid” 19.3% top-line growth is propelled by one-off payments by banks, large special dividends and exchange rates.

Singapore firms’ 2025 dividend payouts hit US$18.7 billion record high amid boost from banks: study

This follows a US$2.1 trillion record for global dividends and higher than normal dividends from DBS and Singapore telcos

On Feb 9, DBS posted a 10% fall in net profit to S$2.26 billion for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2025.

DBS capital return plans remain bright spot even with weaker earnings ahead: analysts

For 2026, the lender sees total income around 2025 levels and net profit slightly below 2025 levels

Beijing-based Baidu expects to declare the first payment of a dividend this year, which may include regular or special distributions.

Baidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend

The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returns

Protests against Donald Trump in Greenland. The Trump administration says it wants to take the territory "one way or another" before China or Russia does.
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

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