Best Investment Sign-up Promotions In Singapore (2024)

Here are the latest investment sign-up offers that can save you money and boost the growth of your portfolio.

Everybody loves a good deal, and when it comes to investing, the best deals are the ones that give you free money. 

If starting a profitable investment portfolio is one of your financial goals, you’ll want to take advantage of sign-up promos and deals that save you money when investing and help your fledging account grow that little bit faster.

Promos and offers aren’t the full story

While promos are good, you shouldn’t jump into opening an account just because you see a good one. 

You should always take the time to understand the investment platform and product fully and find out what fees you will need to pay after the promotion is over, and only proceed if there is a good fit with your goals, timeline and budget. 

Investments work best over time, and starting and stopping or switching between platforms and products will incur a chunk of fees – which means money wasted. 

With that in mind, here are some of the best investment sign-up promos for Singaporean investors.

Table of contents

• Promotion overview
• Tiger Brokers
• moomoo
• CMC Invest
• Webull
• StashAway
• POSB InvestSaver
• POEMS Unit Trust Transfer In 
• HSBC Unit Trusts

Promotion overview

Tiger Brokers: Free Apple share, commission-free trades, and zero platform fee for a year

Home-grown trading platform Tiger Brokers offers a mix of Singapore stocks, ETFs and REITs, as well as selections from popular global markets such as the USA, China, and Australia.

They also offer a mix of indices, commodities, bonds, options and futures, so there’s something for investors of all appetites and experience levels.

Tiger Brokers sets very attractive pricing for its fees, starting at US$0.005 per share for US stocks and ETFs, while service fees for Hong Kong, China, Australia and Singapore range from 0.03% to 0.07% of trade value.

With such low rates and access to popular trading markets and products, Tiger Brokers is a good choice to start your trading journey. 

Signup Promotion: 

Tiger Brokers is running a welcome promo from 15 April 2024 to 15 July 2024 where you can receive up to US$3,600 in rewards:

• Sign up and open an account with Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd ("TBSPL") during the promotional period to receive a US$6 voucher.
• Fund your newly approved account with any amount and claim three months SGX LV2 advanced quotes (worth S$60). The SGX LV2 advanced quotes reward is only available to Singaporeans and users based in Singapore.
• Fund your newly approved account with S$1,000 or more and complete three BUY trades within the promotion period to 1 sure-win lucky draw to get a free stock valued between US$20 to US$600.
• Fund your newly approved account with S$5,000 or more in one single deposit and execute five new BUY trades during the promotion period to receive an accumulated three sure-win draw attempts to get three free stocks valued between US$20 to US$600.
• Fund your newly approved account with S$10,000 or more and execute five new BUY trades during the promotion period to receive an accumulated six sure-win draw attempts to get six free stocks valued between US$20 to US$600.

moomoo: Lifetime commission-free trading for U.S stocks, cash coupons, and free market data access

moomoo is one of the most popular online brokerages in Singapore, allowing users to trade US, HK, or SG stocks.

moomoo charges zero commission fees for US stocks and a minimum commission fee of 0.03% of the investment amount or HK$3 (whichever is higher) for HK stocks.  For Singapore stocks, the commission fee is waived off for a year, and 0.03% of the transaction amount (min. S$0.99) subsequently. There is also no custodian fee incurred.

Open a moomoo account with SingSaver and receive up to S$200 vouchers: 

• Receive S$50 vouchers when you open a moomoo account and fund a minimum S$100.
• Receive S$100 vouchers when you fund a minimum
• Be the first 150 applicants to open a moomoo account and fund S$2,000 to receive an additional S$50 vouchers. Valid until 21 July 2024

You can sign up with moomoo today to enjoy up to S$970 worth of welcome rewards upon successfully opening an account from 1 April to 23 July 2024:

Reward 1:

Upon successful opening of a moomoo SG securities account, you’ll enjoy:

• Lifetime commission-free trading for the U.S market
• One year free commission-free trades for SG market (stocks, ETFs, and REITs)
• Commission-free trades on US options for up to 100 contracts every month, effective till 31 August 2024
• Free access to real-time Lvl 2 Market Data for the U.S stock market
• Free access to real-time Lvl 2 Market Data for the SG stock market, effective till 31 December 2024
• Free access to real-time Lvl 1 Market Data for Hong Kong market
• Free access to real-time Lvl 1 Market Data for China A Shares market
• moomoo Cash Plus 6.8% p.a. guaranteed returns of up to S$447, valid for 30 days

Reward 2

If you deposit a cumulative amount of at least S$3,000 (or equivalent currencies) before 1 July 2024, perform three cumulative buy trades before 23 July 2024, and maintain your assets for 30 days, you will receive the following: 

• • One stock bundle consisting of Tesla (TSLA), Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (APPL), Sea (SE), and NIO (NIO) fractional shares worth around S$70.  

Reward 3

Deposit a cumulative amount of at least S$10,000 (or equivalent currencies) before 23 July 2024, maintain it for 90 days and perform eight cumulative buy trades before 8 July 2024 to receive three stock bundles of Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and Sea and NIO fractional shares worth S$210. 

Reward 4

Deposit a cumulative amount of at least S$100,000 (or equivalent currencies) before 23 July 2024 and maintain it for 90 days to receive one Apple share worth S$243.

Note that rewards are stackable.

CMC Invest: get up to S$20 cash and a free NVDL share (worth S$55); free ETF and Tesla shares 

CMC Invest is a newly-launched trading platform that offers affordable pricing with no fees for platform usage, maintenance, account inactivity, custody, and deposits and withdrawals. On top of this, you'll also get two to five free trades per month. With CMC Invest, you can invest in stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, Options, bonds, and more in over 15 markets.

CMC Invest is currently running a welcome promo with SingSaver where you can get S$20 cash when you open an account and receive 1 free share of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (worth S$101) when you fund at least S$1,000 and make five buy trades. Offer ends on 31 July 2024.

Additionally, CMC Invest is also offering up to S$282 worth of stocks when you fund and trade, and S$300 cash rebate when you transfer to CMC Invest:

• Six Grab shares share (worth around S$29) and one Tesla share (worth around S$253) when you fund at least S$10,000 and make at least three trades worth S$3,000 within 90 days from account opening. Promotion ends 31 October 2024
• Up to S$300 cash rebate when you transfer your positions to CMC Invest; additional S$100 rebate when you transfer from TD Ameritrade

Webull: Receive up to S$600 cash or up to S$550 vouchers via SingSaver, plus get up to US$3,900 worth of rewards from Webull 

Webull is a popular US broker and is one of the latest entrants in the online brokerage space in Singapore. It's also regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) License and the Securities and Futures Act 2001. 

Currently, you can trade in US stocks, ETFs, and HK stocks and options. There's no minimum balance needed to invest and it also doesn't charge any commission fees and platform fees, but there are still other fees to look out for, including high spreads, GST and bank handling fees. Read our review of Webull to find out more. 

You can enjoy a S$120 cash reward or S$150 vouchers when you open a Webull account with SingSaver. All you need to do is to fund a minimum of US$2,000 during the campaign period (valid until 8 July 2024). You can also get S$280 voucher or S$250 cash when you fund at least US$10,000. Funding US$100,000 can score you S$150 cash. The best part is that these rewards are stackable with Webull's welcome promo. 

Meanwhile, Webull is offering several welcome rewards as well. You'll receive up to US$3,900 rewards:

• Up to US$1,750 Moneybull yield
• Up to US$400 cash voucher

StashAway: Management fee waiver on up to the first S$40,000 invested

StashAway is a known name in the robo-advisory space, being one of the first platforms made available to investors. With StashAway, you can invest both cash and Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) funds.

StashAway invests in best-in-class ETFs, relying on data and research to select the asset classes that comprise your investment portfolio. There are three different portfolio types for you to choose from: General Investing, Goals-based Investing or the Income Portfolio.

To enjoy the management fee waiver on up to the first S$40,000 you invest with StashAway, you need to make a deposit within four weeks of applying. This management fee waiver applies for the first six months.

POSB InvestSaver: up to S$125 cashback

POSB Invest-Saver is a Regular Savings Investment Plan that lets you invest in ETFs and Unit Trusts (UTs).

Both ETFs and UTs are popular investment products that also tend to benefit from dollar-cost averaging.

Sign up for a new Invest-Saver plan and you'll stand a chance to receive up to S$125 of cashback per Regular Savings Plan when you set up an Invest-Saver plan. 

This promotion is valid for Unit Trust and/or ETF Regular Savings Plans (RSP) set up online from 1 July to 30 September 2024. Eligible customers will enjoy cashback for your RSP contribution made till 31 December 2024. You have to continue the RSP for three consecutive months for your cashback to be disbursed.

POEMS Unit Trust Transfer In: Get S$20 cash reward for every S$10,000 Unit Funds Transferred 

When investing, it is important to pay attention to fees, as they can eat into your profits. As a general rule, the lower the fees, the better.

That’s why investors should take note of POEMS Unit Trust, which offers 0% platform fees, 0% sales charges and 0% switching fees until 30 September 2024. (This does not mean POEMS Unit Trusts is completely free of charge, there may be a sales charge levied in certain circumstances.)

And as if that’s not attractive enough, transfer your Unit Trusts holdings to POEMS now and receive cash rewards. Every S$10,000 worth of Unit Trusts you transfer will net you a S$20 cash reward, capped at S$1,000.

To qualify, your Unit Trusts must be successfully transferred and held in POEMS for a minimum of three months. Applicable only to cash holdings transfers only.

HSBC Unit Trusts: Enjoy preferential rates for time deposits

With HSBC Unit Trusts, you can receive a discounted sales charge of 0.85% when your purchase any untit trust via lump sum payment.This promo is valid till 31 December 2024. 

Start your investment journey today

With the investment promotions on offer, you're given an incentive on top of the desire to grow your wealth. If you're looking to invest in stocks, here are the steps you need to take.

Alternatively, if you're looking for a diversified portfolio for long-term investment growth, you can consider investing with robo-advisors.

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