interest rates

Global Markets

Risky and complex US loan wagers are red hot in low-yield Asia

NEW YORK (May 19): Asia’s yield-hungry investors have a lot riding on the financial engineers of Wall Street.

Here's why STI investments could see better returns than Singapore’s property market

SINGAPORE (April 4): Taking your chances on Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) could be a wiser investment decision than putting your capital in the local property market, says Tata Goeyardi of Religare Capital Markets.
MAS

MAS seen holding fire as growth recovers

SINGAPORE (March 17): Singapore’s recovery from a contraction last year may give the central bank little incentive to adjust its policy stance next month as it monitors the impact of higher US interest rates.
Deutsche Bank

Global Economy

Deutsche Bank cuts 2016 bonus pool by almost 80%, FAS reports

BERLIN (Feb 27): Deutsche Bank AG cut its bonus pool for 2016 by almost 80%, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported, a figure unmatched in the bank’s recent history as it tries to counteract the impact of low interest rates and legal expense

In print this week

How one portfolio manager plans to keep investors happy in the face of rising rates

SINGAPORE (Feb 24): The prospect of higher interest rates has bond market investors racing for the exits.
Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (Sibor) to 1.254%, a seven-year high. The Fed also said that it would hike rates another four times in 2016, indicating that housing loans in Singapore would become even more expensive. As it turned out, the Fed managed to raise rates only once last Dec ember, by just 25bps. In response, Sibor, which mirrors the federal funds rate, ticked up to 0.926% from 0.875% in November. On Jan 12, Sibor was 0.967%. The rising volatility in interest rates worries me now that I, too, am

Commentary

Weighing my options for a mortgage loan

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): When several friends began lamenting the spikes in their monthly mortgage repayments after interest rates in Singapore surged at the beginning of 2016, I made a mental note to take precautions against any unwelcome volatility when my t
Manila by Bloomberg

Asian markets to gain a steady foothold in an uncertain 2017

SINGAPORE (Jan 13): With the US and China displaying steady growth momentum and the continued recovery of Asian exports, Oxford Economics thinks 2017 has started on a positive note – and bodes especially well for Asia’s small open economies that rely

Investing strategies

5 investment themes to prepare for the unexpected this year

SINGAPORE (Jan 10): Bank of Singapore (BoS) Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Johan Jooste is urging investors to adopt a cautious stance going into 2017, going “underweight” on risk assets and “overweight” in cash.

RHB strategy for 2017

As SIBOR rises, so do the earnings of this bank stock

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): RHB expects DBS’ share price performance, which was already strong since the US presidential election results, to surge even further from higher Singapore interest rates in the near-term.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard

Global Economy

Trump should not spend like economy in crisis: Fed officials

PHOENIX (Dec 6): Federal Reserve officials cautioned on Monday that the incoming Trump administration's economic plans should not be cast as if the economy is in crisis, but instead be designed to help the economy's long-run prospects.
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