The bank’s precious metals investor base grew 2.5 times year-on-year in 2025, reflecting demand for gold and silver paper bullion, it said in a press release on Thursday (Feb 19). SINGAPORE: Record-breaking gold and silver prices drew a surge of first-time investors to OCBC last year, with two in three choosing precious metals as their entry into investing instead of equities or unit trust funds. Singapore’s second-largest lender said in a press release on Thursday (Feb 19) that its precious