With the low-interest rates in most of the developed economies in the world the bank deposits tend to yield low returns. Singapore is no different and one could get as low as .25% interest on Savings Bank accounts. Fixed deposits do slightly better and could yield up to 1.68% p.a.

This clearly is less than the inflation that the country experiences, below are a few funds that invest in short dated Singapore government bonds and have yields good enough to cover inflation.

As these funds invest in Singapore Bonds they carry relatively low risk. of course they are not as safe as a Bank deposit but the yields are favorable given the risk-reward ratio.

Lion Global Singapore Fixed Income fund has the lowest risk and yielded a positive return even in 2008 (during the financial turmoil). On the other hand United SGD fund gives occasional stellar returns like that in 2009 and 2012 yet still remaining largely in positive territory.

Nikko AM fund has managed to beat inflation in most years and is the one I prefer.