For those worrying (maybe just me) about IRS' estate tax on NRA's "amount >USD60K"
Bolded = my highlighting of what i think is pertinent to IRS' categorised as NRAs (non-resident aliens), like me,.

Just to share on TDAmeritrade Asia (ie. SG) response on estate taxes (ie when i die, my assets with TDAA macam mana)
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TD Ameritrade Asia Pte. Ltd. is registered with ACRA in Singapore and our accounts are considered as domiliced in Singapore. The assets in an account will be distributed in accordance with Probate after receipt of all required information. We are however not tax professionals and hence cannot confirm if US Estate Taxes will or will not apply to any single individual. Please consult a professional tax advisor on whether US Estate Tax applies to your personal tax profile.

Any Estate Tax payable in Singapore is a matter between the Estate and the IRAS. The following link may be of some assistance with respect to IRAS Estate Tax https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Other-Taxe...ty/Estate-Duty/ however, we strongly recommend that you speak with your professional tax advisor to ensure you are fully informed.
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anyone have idea how much roughly if I wire money from Sg to US ?

For IB, SG la of course.  Funding is practically free as you can send in SGD. Then use their exchange to convert to other currency. People say their currency changer is cheaper than banks.

I believed for TD, you will need to send in USD and some bank in Singapore like DBS let you deposit in USD notes. So it shouldn't be that expensive.

FYI - TDAA takes SGD from SGD banks

In case anyone is interested - looks like another way to deposit without charges to IB can be through Citibank.

As USD funding is done to Citibank USA, if you have a Citibank USD account in Malaysia you should be able to transfer USD instantly without any charges.

Limits seem to be $12500 for normal account holders and $25000 for Citigold customers, can do it online too and not necessary to go to the branch.

Will give this a go and report back next week!

Confirmed with RM - it isn't available for deposits to institutional accounts.

So you can still TT from Citi USD auto IB but normal TT charges apply. At least they have a decent limit ($25K I think) and can be done online unlike Maybank where I need to visit the branch

I'm talking about transferring from Citibank Malaysia to Interactive Brokers Citibank account in US, not between own accounts.

Transferring between own accounts (USD to MYR) has better rates than Maybank too.

From MYR yes, although probably same if you transfer from MYR directly to USA

Citibank USD account will be held in Malaysia so that part would still be a foreign TT.

Cheapest (free) is actually if you have an account overseas where IB also has an account e.g. GBP in UK or SGD in SG

Like I said earlier. I am scaredy cat. My guts cannot stomach such anxiety that comes with such investment/trading.
Bro, I don't have the money previously, how to invest? I would have loved to have invested back when USD 1 = MYR 2.9 but still no funds also la.

Then again, you're basing on hindsight. What if you expect MYR to strengthen in the future but instead it weaken further to USD 1 = MYR 5++? What if it stabilizes at USD 1 = MYR4.5 for the next few years? Then do you keep on waiting forever? I thought this is where the concept of DCA comes into play? Maybe the delta between the current forex rate and future might be rather big that infrequent DCA wouldn't be much of a help.

I don't know, since all these are things that I've read only and not actually experiencing it. Maybe those who have actual experience can chip in on their experience on how this will affect anything if the plan is for long term holding. Just do note, I am not looking for short term gains nor am I looking into actual forex trading.
At the moment, I have not started with any broker. Still trying to get a feel of what each brokerage fee's and T&C are like before delving any deeper since local brokers have some sort of minimum trade requirement in order to avoid some fee on the divident or something (see, I still have to study more. So many things still in the gray area to me). If you have any recommendation, I would be very happy to listen. So far, in this thread, people have discussed foreign: TDAA, IB, DBS V, Standard Chartered SG and Maybank KE; local: iTrade, HLeB. (I think I've got them all here but then again, I may have missed a few)

Pick either 1
(1) priority banking with SCB SG
(2) saving plan of SGD400/month for 10 years or SGD500/month for 5 years but money is locked for 10 years. Both supposedly give you 3% return
(3) Buy UT from them worth SGD50k at 3% service charge
(4) Have mortgages with them.