Singaporeans Flock to Foreign Currency to Lock In Top Interest Rates

Bloomberg2023-02-10

Foreign currency deposits rose 13% year-on-year in Dec.US dollar placements seeing the strongest forex inflowsSingaporeans are increasingly turning to foreign currency investments to take advantage of...

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Forward contracts point toward expectations for a stronger Singapore dollar versus the greenback over the near-term, with 12-month forwards pricing at 1.3092 on Friday.Singapore’s second largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and Standard Chartered currently offer the highest rate of 5.08% on some US dollar fixed deposits.Strong DemandCommunications consultant Justin Teh said US dollar fixed deposits are attractive at this point with guaranteed returns and higher yields than Singapore dollar placements.“While currency fluctuations could be a concern, the US dollar is considered a safe haven currency and should remain competitive against other currencies,” he said. “I don’t mind taking this risk for the higher yields as this already applies to my existing US equity investments.”OCBC’s head of deposits Na Kok Peng said foreign currency term deposits have grown more than threefold from a year ago, with US dollar placements accounting for 75% of total.“As interest rates are expected to remain high through the first half of 2023, we expect customer demand for time deposits will remain strong,” Na said.United Overseas Bank Ltd.’s foreign currency fixed deposit portfolio recorded its highest growth in the past decade — rising more than 150% last year — with US dollar deposits making up over 80% of the portfolio. DBS Group Holdings Ltd., the nation’s largest bank, saw a tenfold increase in the second half of 2022, while HSBC’s portfolio grew 40% over the same period.Jacquelyn Tan, UOB’s head of group personal financial services, said it’s important to be mindful of exchange rate exposures when converting Singapore dollar assets in or out of placements, as price fluctuations of the foreign currency will impact the real value of returns.Certified financial planner Lee Song Yong also warned that unless an investor had a need for US dollars, there was no need to chase the yield by taking on the forex risk.“The reversal of the interest rates hikes could potentially devalue the US dollar, negating the additional spread to convert Singapore dollars to US dollars,” Lee said.","kind":"news","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9954312868,"gmtCreate":1675996778154,"gmtModify":1675996781736,"author":{"id":"3577224682065242","authorId":"3577224682065242","name":"tk321","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8b18e61c0d5ecf8e478281094a0c32bc","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3577224682065242","authorIdStr":"3577224682065242"},"htmlText":"And whatever there is to earn a few more bucks&nbsp;","listText":"And whatever there is to earn a few more bucks&nbsp;","text":"And whatever there is to earn a few more bucks","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954312868","repostId":1174739120,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":31,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":2,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1174739120"}