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Wealth

Chocolate Finance whets Singaporeans’ appetite for higher cash yields; assets approach S$1 billion

Retirees may need to embrace some risks by buying high quality stocks and bonds.
Opinion & Features
SENSE & CENTS

Earning 3% from Singapore T-bills may not last or be enough 

A cash return threshold of 5% is less difficult to beat today. Most bond yields or income assets already offer yields higher than cash.
Wealth

Why it is worth your while to look beyond cash

Maybank Singapore is promising an FD rate of 2.9 per cent per annum for a minimum placement of S$20,000 in OA funds for 12 months.
Banking & Finance

Maybank becomes first foreign bank to offer fixed deposits for CPF funds

dollars, currency, money
Wealth
INVESTING GLOBALLY & PROFITABLY

Choose wisely when it comes to the many options for your excess cash

BT spoke to analysts and identified three key areas to watch for stresses in the banking system.
Banking & Finance
BT EXPLAINS

Three indicators to identify stress in the banking system, and what they show now

US 10-year Treasuries currently yield more than 4.6 per cent. Yields of investment-grade corporates are at around 6 per cent, and high-yield bonds at nearly 9 per cent.
Wealth
MIND THE GAP

Good time to lock in high-quality bond yields

UOB expects one more 25 basis point hike during the Fed’s November meeting, with rates likely to remain at this “terminal” level until the end of first half of 2024.
Wealth
CIO CORNER

Higher for longer, but not forever

MAS said that the move was not in response to stresses faced by some banks abroad this year.
Companies & Markets

MAS proposes to raise deposit insurance cap to S$100,000

Generics of DBS building
Companies & Markets

Singapore banks are so flush with deposits that DBS is loaning MAS S$30 billion

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