Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
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Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Money Matters is your guide to navigating the day's most important topics, from politics and current affairs to wealth management and trending issues. Every evening, the team delivers insightful discussions on business news, market movements, and the latest in alternative assets. Whether navigating...
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The Big Story: How is Singapore setting an example amid global delays in submitting the COP30 2035 climate targets?
The United Nations climate summit, COP30, will take place in Brazil this November amid growing concern that many countries have yet to submit their 20...
Wealth Tracker: Are your investment strategies keeping up with your retirement dreams?
Singaporeans are rethinking what it means to retire. As more choose to design their own timelines, embracing ideas like micro-retirement and unretirem...
Right Business: The platform that aligns buyers, sellers, and real estate agents in perfect sync
Right Media is an AI-driven company founded by real estate veteran Rick Long, designed to reimagine how the property journey feels, not just how it pe...
Market View: Asian equities surge on US-China trade deal breakthrough, KOSPI, Nikkei breach key milestones; Trump on five-day Asia tour with stops in Malaysia, Japan, South Korea; Magnificent Seven, S-REITs earnings lookahead; Toyota’s September output grows for fourth straight month; ASL Marine, NoonTalk Media to watch
Singapore shares inched higher today, tracking advances seen in the region.
The Straits Times Index was up 0.59% at 4,448.32 points at 1.07pm Si...
Sports Minutes: How Netball Singapore is uniting passion, pride and performance on home soil with the Nations Cup 2025
What does bigger, bolder, better really mean? Sports Minutes finds out from Netball Singapore's CEO Daniel Ho and Singlife's chief marketing officer D...
Under the Radar: Dentsu’s Singapore CEO on the firm’s rapid internationalisation and M&A moves, addresses reports of potential sale of international business
Marketing and communications has been an integral part of companies in shaping their brand image, selling values, advertising their products and servi...
The Big Story: What the Megan Khung case taught us about protecting children in Singapore
In February 2019, three-year-old Megan Khung began missing school. A year later, she was dead, after suffering physical and emotional abuse at the han...
Wealth Tracker: Gold sees its steepest drop - Can it still reach $5000?
Gold and silver have just seen their biggest drop in years, rattling investors and sending analysts back to the drawing board. Once tipped to hit $5,0...
Right Business: When a doctor stops treating patients and starts rebuilding healthcare
Most doctors stick to the script — steady careers, rising pay, and clear recognition. But Dr Yudara Kularathne took a different path.
Once an em...
Market View: Trump says all trade talks with Canada are terminated; White House confirms Trump-Xi meeting on the sidelines of Apec Summit in South Korea; Indonesia’s Chandra Asri Group to buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore retail fuel stations; China deepens push for tech-self reliance ahead of US talks; ST Engineering, Sabana REIT to watch
Singapore shares inched higher today, tracking broad advances across the region.
The Straits Times Index was up 0.26% at 4,427.77 points at 2.12...
Sports Minutes: Could Singapore's search for a national team coach be scuppered by Indonesia's own hiring plans?
Patrick Kluivert’s brief and bumpy spell in charge of Indonesia has ended - but the story goes far beyond one man’s tenure. As Singapore and Thailand...
The Big Story: Lawyer fined for an AI 'fake case'. Is this a warning for the legal world?
A lawyer had been ordered to pay $800 to his client’s opponent in a civil suit after a non-existent case generated by an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Wealth Tracker: Where in the world are your investment returns coming from?
Investors often bet on countries or sectors, but are they really seeing where the money flows? Short-term headlines can move markets, but the true dri...
Right Business: Creating creative and healing acne patches to turn spots into confidence
Dododots is a skincare brand that believes confidence doesn’t come from having perfect skin, it comes from being comfortable in your own.
While...
Market View: Tesla’s earnings miss – what’s next for other Magnificent 7 players?; Crude prices up as Trump threatens Russian giants, Asian markets mixed; Singapore’s core inflation inches up to 0.4% yoy in September; Chagee’s premium positioning amid competition; Sabana Reit, Singtel to watch
Singapore shares nudged higher today as Asian markets traded mixed.
The Straits Times Index was up 0.09% at 4,397.93 points at 11.56am Singapor...
The Big Story: Heist of the decade? Will France get back the jewels stolen from the Louvre?
Paris, midday. In a matter of minutes, history vanished. The theft of Napoleonic-era artefacts from the Louvre has left France reeling, and investigat...
Wealth Tracker: Is sustainability now the real driver of property value?
Investors are no longer just talking about going green, they’re putting real money behind it.
A new JLL survey shows that nine in ten investors...
Right Business: How a kampung girl built the systems powering Singapore's MRTs and labs
Not every success story begins with a master plan. Sometimes, it starts with someone on the floor, wiring things together just to make it work.
...
Market View: Asia’s movements given uncertainties surrounding planned Trump-Putin meeting, US earnings season; Singapore to announce more details of “Value Unlock” programme in November; STI could rise to nearly 10,000 by 2040: DBS Report; Nikkei trims losses after sources say PM Sanae Takaichi preparing large economic stimulus to tackle inflation; Airbus opens second jet assembly line in China; CNMC Goldmine, Soilbuild Construction to watch
Singapore shares inched higher today even as most Asian markets recorded losses.
The Straits Times Index was up 0.36% at 4,396.66 points at 2.13...
Sports Minutes: Singaporean stars (...and VAR) steal the show in Matchweek 4 of the Singapore Premier League
Matchweek 4 in the Singapore Premier League wasn’t just about results, it was about resurgence. Local players stole the show, VAR stirred debate, and...
The Big Story: Another global internet outage - Will these disruptions happen again?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage that disrupted thousands of websites and apps worldwide, from banking and travel booking platforms t...
Wealth Tracker: Is the Magnificent 7 outdated? Is it now time for the “Fab Four”, the “Big Six”, or even an “Elite Eight”?
The “Magnificent Seven” once defined the AI boom, powering Wall Street’s rally and shaping investor sentiment.
But as the tech landscape evolves...
Right Business: Turning home cameras into elderly care companions
Hello Ello was born from a simple frustration - the endless buzz of “motion detected” alerts that rarely mean anything. And in a world filled with con...
Market View: Positivity in Asia as Trump tones down trade rhetoric; Mineral producers in Sydney up on deal to ramp up rare earth shipments to the US; Tokyo hits new high after Sanae Takaichi reaches deal to form new coalition; Sea’s Forrest Li sees path to US$1 trillion market cap with help of AI; Arm expands AI licensing program to boost on-device AI market share; Netflix, Coca-Cola, Tesla and Intel’s earnings in focus; Jardine Matheson to delist Mandarin Oriental, Hong Leong Asia to watch
Singapore shares logged gains today, tracking advances in Asia.
The Straits Times Index was up 1.24% at 4,382.52 points at 2.46pm Singapore tim...
Wealth Tracker: Can Singaporeans finally break the three-generation wealth curse?
They say wealth rarely lasts beyond three generations, the so-called “three-generation curse.” But in Singapore, where families are building bigger fi...
The Hot Seat: Do you need a degree for better job opportunities?
Job opportunities in Singapore are evolving faster than ever.
According to the latest Jobs-Skills Insights Report by SkillsFuture Singapore and...
Right Business: The eyewear brand proving that staying small can still mean growing strong
Noon Eyewear is an independent optical boutique founded by Goh Shi Song and his siblings. The business was established with a clear philosophy: to pri...
Market View: Concerns over US banking sector filters through to Wall Street, Asian markets, VIX Volatility index hit highest since May; Nio shares rebound 7% from initial plunge after GIC lawsuit alleges inflated revenue; Singapore’s key exports chart surprise 6.9% rise in September; Keppel to watch
Singapore shares dipped today in line with movements across Asia.
The Straits Times Index was down 0.5% at 4,334.63 points at 12.50pm Singapore...
Sports Minutes: Geylang International and Jungfrau Punggol sign a 3-year partnership that could reshape Singapore’s football pathways
More than a handshake - it’s a shared vision for the future of Singapore football. Sports Minutes speaks to Geylang International head coach Noor Ali...
The Big Story: You could be fined for causing nuisance in the bus. Will Singapore commuters finally behave?
Singapore’s public transport system is entering a period of adjustment, both in cost and commuter conduct.
From December 27, fares for train and...
Wealth Tracker: Why Asian investors are turning to US private credit’s middle market
Private credit is booming, with global assets topping two trillion dollars. One hotspot is the U.S. middle market, nearly half of America’s economy, w...
Right Business: Could this be the next leap in smart home cleaning technology?
Could a vacuum really handle all your cleaning? ECOVACS believes it can.
The DEEBOT X11 OmniCyclone, now launched in Singapore, promises...
Market View: Asian equities up as investors mull US-China trade war, digest Fed’s latest “Beige Book” of economic conditions; JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon on “cockroaches” in the financial sector; Anthropic reportedly aims to nearly triple annualised revenue run rate next year; TSMC ADR premiums top two decade highs, Samsung Electronics’ shares hit all-time high; Temasek, Nvidia, Blackrock part of group striking US$40 billion data centre deal to fuel AI boom; Soon Hock Enterprise, SIA to watch
Singapore shares dipped today despite most Asian markets recording gains.
The Straits Times Index was down 0.49% at 4,346.92 points at 11.51am S...
The Big Story: Is Singapore's CPF really one of the best pension systems in the world?
Singapore’s Central Provident Fund has just reached a major milestone, becoming the first pension system in Asia-Pacific to earn an ‘A’ rating in the...
Wealth Tracker: Is the rush into mutual funds a smart move?
Singapore investors are parking more money into safer assets, with nearly 60 per cent of mutual fund inflows this year going into money market funds.<...
Right Business: Opening an onsen at 19? Joya Onsen Cafe’s teen boss says it’s the opposite of zen
Stella Koh, Co-Founder, Joya Onsen Cafe.
Singaporeans love Japan, the food, the culture, the little rituals that make life feel a little more re...
Market View: US bank earnings in focus; China deflation eases in September; Intel announces new AI chip for data centre; CNMC Goldmine, Centurion to watch
Singapore shares rebounded from yesterday’s losses today.
The Straits Times Index was up 0.43% at 4,373.29 points at 11.16am Singapore time, wi...
Sports Minutes: Crucial win over India sees Singapore take control of their Asian Cup qualification destiny
They wanted redemption...and they delivered! Singapore silenced the critics with a gutsy 2-1 win over India to keep their AFC Asian Cup hopes alive. F...
Under the Radar: (SPECIALS) BUGATTI’s CEO and President Mate Rimac on what’s next for the firm as it celebrates the 20th anniversary of the iconic Veyron
It's all about hypercars in this “On the Go” Special episode of “Under the Radar” as Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian headed down to BU...
The Big Story: How to make use of your SkillsFuture credits before it expires Dec 2025
Over 70% of Singaporeans have yet to use their one-off $500 SkillsFuture Credit top-up, which will expire at the end of this year.
That’s a miss...