The Business Times
Renald Yeo

Renald Yeo

JOURNALIST

Renald writes about banks for The Business Times. Before that, he tracked macroeconomic trends and SME struggles.

emailyrenald@sph.com.sg
Budget 2026 will see an estimated S$8.5 billion surplus, or about 1 per cent of gross domestic product.
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After the polls: Singapore’s first post-election Budgets

Budget 2026 follows the first general election helmed by Singapore’s fourth-generation leadership. How does it compare with other Budgets at the start...

From January 2027, new EP applicants outside the financial services sector will face a higher qualifying salary of S$6,000, up from S$5,600.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

SMEs unlikely to face sharp cost increases from EP, S Pass salary hikes, but offshoring interest may grow

A key way for SMEs to adapt to higher costs is to offshore parts of their operations, say industry observers

AT DBS, AI has compressed work that previously took months or even years into a matter of weeks.

DBS says AI push is paying off as it shifts from efficiency tool to growth engine

The time savings from the technology can be redeployed towards business expansion, says chief Tan Su Shan

The rebound in FX trading follows reports on Jan 23 that US authorities had conducted so-called “rate checks” in the US dollar-yen market.

Asian banks’ FX desks brace for volatility as yen intervention risks return

Pickup comes despite a high base a year earlier when investors positioned for the return of Trump to the White House

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong is set to deliver Budget 2026 in Parliament on Feb 12.

SMEs ‘screaming for help’, panellists say, as they urge Budget support on costs and overseas push

Enhanced internationalisation schemes, greater access to government financing facilities among measures that could make a difference

Across the broader market, decliners outnumbered gainers 371 to 237.

Singapore stocks end lower on Friday, snapping three-day record streak; STI down 0.8%

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index dips 0.1% to 1,501.6

Across the broader market, gainers narrowly outpaced losers 306 to 299.

STI rises 0.2% to new high, edging closer to 5,000 mark

Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 306 to 299 after 1.5 billion securities worth S$2 billion change hands

The lender's consumer cross-border flow volumes have grown by 15 per cent year on year since 2022.

DBS targets S$100 billion in cross-border flows by 2030

The lender plans to roll out same-day outbound remittances from China by the second half of 2026

Across the broader market, losers narrowly outnumbered gainers 280 to 272.

Singapore stocks continue record run on Wednesday; STI up 0.4%

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index up 0.6% at 1,498.18

One investor group that will continue buying Singdollar bonds are those with such a mandate, says Kenneth Yeoh, head of debt capital markets, global investment banking at OCBC.

Singdollar bond issues may match recent highs due to geopolitical uncertainty: OCBC

Refinancing activity on perpetual securities issued during the Covid-19 pandemic years might also help

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