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- Backed by close to 10 years of business experience and planning know-how
- Supported by arguably the largest independent financial advisory in Singapore
- Committed to serving and assisting clients in our financial matters
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- But I will definitely find the answer
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CPF Life or Retirement Sum Scheme (RSS): Which to choose?
The Singapore pension scheme is pretty complex and especially if you are slightly older, there are more options for you to choose from. One of the main questions I get is which scheme is more [...]
How to Top-up CPF Medisave Account
One little known fact, your CPF Medisave account is earning the same interest as your CPF Special Account, which is currently 4%. For most CPF members who have been working for many years, your Medisave [...]
10 Psychological Money Hacks
I have always been fascinated with the psychology of money and how it plays on people's minds. This led me to find this book that I find provided many interesting insights to how our brain [...]
What retiring on $1,000-$2,000 per month looks like in Singapore
Interesting short documentary on how a few individuals spend their retirement years living on $1-2k a month.
Book quotes: The New Retirement Standard
Just finished this book and thought they were a few interesting points worth sharing for you and for myself as well. Hope you find them insightful and serve as a good reminder. "Nobody wants to [...]
More women in Singapore diagnosed with advanced breast cancer
According to the Straits Times article, 4,616 women below the age of 54 were diagnosed with breast cancer from 2011 to 2015. This compares to 4,577 from 2006 to 2010. This represents an increase of [...]
Commentary: 4 reasons my fiancé and I won’t be combining our finances after marriage
Author makes some interesting arguments for not combining her finances with her fiance that I believe is an interesting topic to discuss especially in today's environment.
4 Lessons learnt from the Co-Founder of Blackstone
Reflections in this post is taken with reference from a very interesting article about the beginnings of Stephen Schwarzman, the Co-founder of the world's largest alternative investment firm, Blackstone.
Inspirational and educational movies for your kids to watch
List of movies I would highly recommend to watch with your family and kids to inspire and teach them some life lessons.
6 interesting facts about your CPF you may not know
As part of my job, understanding how our CPF system works is crucial in strategizing financial plans for my clients. I am also privileged to work with clients who work in CPF and IRAS, and [...]
4 reasons why you must know your expenses (template included)
Having met hundreds of people and clients, and helping them gain visibility of their financial state, it is surprising to meet a fair share of people who still have no idea what their numbers are. [...]
What you need to know about the change in critical illness definitions on 26 Aug 2020
If you don't already know it, you should. There will be a major change in how insurers define various critical illness conditions for all life (wholelife and term) policies from 26 Aug 2020, which is [...]