The Business Times

🎧PODCAST: The art market consistently returns 7.6% to investors and contemporary art investments have outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 25 years. But investing in fine art carries big risks, and there's no interest…

#BTOpinion: Why you won’t achieve your goals by spending to save Younger millennials and Gen Z investors who have some savings and adequate insurance coverage should consider being more aggressive and increase their expo…

Singapore’s market cap up 2.5% in July as investors shrug off inflation, recession fears The combined value of the 30 Straits Times Index stocks was up 4% or S$20.4 billion from June to S$534.5 billion.

6 in 10 Singapore residents may have had Covid-19, but continued vaccination still key: Ong Ye Kung While most Singapore residents may already have had Covid-19, Ong cautioned that this does not confer ‘herd immunity’, b…

Most SkillsFuture overpayments occurred when IT system still used declaration-based approach SkillsFuture Singapore has contacted all affected parties for recovery of overpaid funds and they “will be given time to check…

MAS’ S$7.4b loss due to currency effect; does not affect performance, government budget MAS' net loss has no bearing on its investment performance, the international purchasing power of the official foreign reserves nor…

Income lags inflation for 40% of DBS’ customers; low-income group, seniors vulnerable The lowest income group spends almost the entirety of their income, with a significantly higher expense-to-income ratio of 94% in May…

Silver lining for savers and retirees as rates rise: More 3-in-1 options Topping up your Retirement Account (RA)/CPF Life is a must as the RA interest rate is the highest within the CPF at up to 6% for those age 55 and o…

#BTOpinion: Readers hated my take on bank phishing scams, but here’s what they are missing Should banks bear all phishing scam losses? While our BT senior correspondent Ben Paul thinks so here ( many readers feel otherwi…

Time to talk about talent retention in Singapore’s newsrooms Less than half (44%) of Singapore journalists recommend their own careers to others, while a third (33%) are looking to move next year, found a survey. So what…

Rising rates intensify Asean’s debt burdens, but financial crisis remains unlikely: analysts Unwinding the pandemic-induced surge in public debt will be challenging for Asean and India, while medium-term growth is expect…