Wealth & Investing

ASIA WEALTH IN SIGHT

Where clarity meets legacy: How Standard Chartered guides the next generation of wealth

The bank’s ‘Today, Tomorrow, Forever’ framework helps families organise and navigate their wealth across three interconnected time horizons

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MONEY MATTERS

Taking stock of finances before 2025 ends

Six areas to look into when reviewing money decisions

By sector, more than 20% of these undervalued, high-quality class are industrials, followed by financials and consumer discretionary.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The best time to buy quality stocks is now

It is a generational opportunity in otherwise bubbly markets

Countries such as Vietnam (above: Hanoi) and the Philippines are experiencing a rise in large-scale infrastructure projects.

Why South-east Asia is a prime destination for energy and infrastructure investments

Region’s rising energy demand and infrastructure developments create a compelling intersection among need, opportunity and innovation

Portfolio flows into Asian local currency bonds and equities are projected to remain robust, with foreign portfolio inflows highly likely to recover further in 2026 amid a benign economic environment.
RETHINKING MATTERS

Asia’s 2026 outlook: resilient growth amid policy shifts, global risks

Region enters the year buoyed by liquidity tailwinds, hinging on China’s pivotal shift towards consumption

For the yen to fundamentally alter its trajectory, the Bank of Japan would need to truly undertake lift-off – and keep going, to considerably narrow the gap in borrowing costs with the US.

We need to shatter one big myth about the weak yen

Intervention rarely turns any currency around on a sustainable basis

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang reported the company's record-high quarterly revenues on Nov 19. The next day, its share price fell 3%.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why investors are increasingly fatalistic

Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake

Timothy Liew, head of investments, wealth management, OCBC (left) and Howie Lim, podcast correspondent, The Business Times (right).

Why a wealth manager started a portfolio for his 6-month-old

Raising kids, supporting parents, and surviving volatile markets. OCBC’s Timothy Liew joins Howie Lim to share real investing lessons for the sandwich generation.

Compared with digital assets and many commodities, gold’s liquidity and perceived stability continue to attract strategic reallocations, particularly from institutions reassessing long-term diversification.
INSIGHTS FROM CFA SOCIETY SINGAPORE

Gold’s volatility and the limits of safety

The precious metal’s swing from simple hedge to strategic asset is being tested amid ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic shifts

DeepSeek showed that there are ways to build cheaper, scaled-down variants of AI, raising the prospect that LLMs will become commoditised.

Behind the AI bubble, another tech revolution could be brewing

Today’s eye-popping valuations are based on the assumption that large language models are the only game in town