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List of all blog articles

  • Three Approaches to Investments 23/1/2023
  • How to create your own dividends paying portfolio 16/12/2022
  • 60’s with no dependants – which insurance is a must have and nice to have? 21/9/2022
  • What Can You Invest If You Have $400k? 17/9/2022
  • My Retirement Pastime with iFAST TV 13/9/2022
  • High Savings Account Or Bonds? 10/9/2022
  • Off-label cancer treatments cannot be covered by Integrated shield plans 29/8/2022
  • What are the recommended dividend stocks in Singapore for retirement? 14/8/2022
  • Why are your prospects paying expensive investment courses instead of consulting you? 7/8/2022
  • Now is the time to start investing 30/7/2022
  • Market keeps crashing, what stocks to buy now? 26/7/2022
  • AIA Pro Achiever 2.0 and my recommendations 25/7/2022
  • What is the expected returns if you invest now? 18/7/2022
  • How do you decide whether to invest or to save? 8/7/2022
  • Why do I join this industry as financial adviser? 17/6/2022
  • Premium financing – why banks always sell the same thing? 14/6/2022
  • Why Vanguard Fund Investors Underperformed The Fund Significantly? 2/6/2022
  • Why You Always BUY HIGH In Investments? 14/5/2022
  • How You Can Do Long-term Rebalancing With This Simple Method 4/5/2022
  • Eldershield Terminated – Received the SMS? Read This 22/4/2022
  • Cancer patient ends up with $33,000 bill after insurer refuses to pay for drug & what you must do to avoid this situation 21/4/2022
  • How You Can Buy & Hold Stock Investment Using Simple Criterions! 11/4/2022
  • AIA Smart Wealth Builder (II) – is it a good recommendation? 6/4/2022
  • Try this calculator for Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) 14/11/2021
  • Why growth stocks are better than value stocks 9/11/2021
  • Reasons Singapore Stock Market is becoming ‘zombie’? 23/10/2021
  • First Bitcoin ETF and what you should know 21/10/2021
  • Important Financial 101 for Professionals 11/10/2021
  • Think small, remains small. Think big, achieve big things 3/9/2021
  • 6 rules of investing 25/8/2021
  • Volatility of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) is higher than stocks 5/6/2021
  • Why buying life insurance for children is important 28/5/2021
  • HOW AND WHAT TO INVEST NOW! 17/5/2021
  • How to enjoy life now and ensure the future is secure? 27/4/2021
  • HOW AND WHAT TO INVEST NOW! 20/4/2021
  • YOLO or FIRE? (To enjoy now or enjoy later?) 15/4/2021
  • HOW AND WHAT TO INVEST NOW! 20/2/2021
  • Why some of your insurances may have become obsolete? 23/9/2020
  • HOW & WHAT TO INVEST NOW! 30/5/2020
  • Webinar on: “How to retire 10 years earlier than your current plan?” 13/2/2020
  • How to avoid the top 5 mistakes people make in investments? 26/8/2019
  • How to Retire 10 years earlier than your current plan 9/6/2019
  • CPF Retirement Sum Scheme 31/1/2019
  • How money is created through the reserve ratio and why it is important know? 30/1/2019
  • What is meant by utmost good faith (uberrima fides)? 23/12/2018
  • What we can learn from Warren Buffett? Part 4 26/9/2018
  • If an insurance company pays claims that are much less than the premium collected, does it mean the product is priced too expensive? 19/9/2018
  • Dimensional Funds are now available for retail investors 12/9/2018
  • What we can learn from Warren Buffett? Part 3 5/9/2018
  • What we can learn from Warren Buffett? Part 2 29/8/2018
  • What we can learn from Warren Buffett? Part 1 22/8/2018
  • Share Repurchase vs dividends 9/8/2018
  • SingHealth breach: what does it mean to lose your data 21/7/2018
  • Why this company’s stock price plunged despite large profit announcement? 30/4/2018
  • Human capital and investing in employee stock benefits 28/2/2018
  • Investors always buy high and sell low regardless of asset classes 10/2/2018
  • 7 real reasons why most investors are not successful 7/2/2018
  • $300m company’s share price sliding down like a falling knife (not referring to Noble) 28/11/2017
  • Share price plunged despite good cash conversion cycle 7/11/2017
  • Why this company has high profitability but still lose money? 30/10/2017
  • Paying dividends from borrowings 21/10/2017
  • Property investment is illogical especially when its > 100% of networth 7/10/2017
  • When insurance agents jump ship, clients may suffer 24/9/2017
  • 3 Costly Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement Planning (Facebook Live) 12/9/2017
  • A retirement product to be avoided at all cost (This post comes with an IRR calculator) 8/9/2017
  • CPF Life Standard default plan is the worst of the two (22 June 2017 update to the new booklet) 3/9/2017
  • Dementia and Financial Planning (Facebook Live) 26/8/2017
  • Why Retirees Tend to Invest in Ponzi? 24/8/2017
  • CPF Top-up at 79 years old, an actual case 17/8/2017
  • More choices with Robo-advisers, more specialisation or more confusion? 4/8/2017
  • The risk of using investments for retirement are often underestimated 26/7/2017
  • Should I convert/sell (fill in the blank) as I made a lost? 21/7/2017
  • Long list of db X-trackers ETFs delisting from SGX 7/7/2017
  • Protected: Part 2: 4 more ways to identify which stocks are going to collapse 5/7/2017
  • Protected: Part 1 : How to identify which of your existing stocks are going to lose money? 5/7/2017
  • When would bonds sink together with equities? 23/6/2017
  • High cost of premium waiver 16/6/2017
  • Tokio Marine TM Retirement GIO is inferior 30/5/2017
  • Only 7 per cent confident to save enough for retirement 22/5/2017
  • What kind of jobs that will not be replaced by a robot? 7/5/2017
  • Psychology behind the Singapore ‘chope’ culture and what we can learn to achieve our financial freedom 30/4/2017
  • Tips in claiming your integrated shield plan 21/4/2017
  • Why people pay top dollar for a short remaining HDB leaseshold? 12/4/2017
  • Police report filed against A2A Capital Management 6/4/2017
  • Is it worth selling your 101 ILPs instead of surrendering it? 18/3/2017
  • PRUshield Extra A Premier pricing is just too complicated 15/3/2017
  • 1/3 going to run out of money although majority are optimistic about retirement 11/3/2017
  • Here’s a video by a bank on how it anyhow sell Universal Life 4/3/2017
  • High networth asking govt for help because of poor financial planning 25/2/2017
  • Why all my clients are angels from heaven? 13/2/2017
  • When is investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) not suitable? 6/2/2017
  • Dollar Cost Averaging for 30 years until 89 years old? 30/1/2017
  • Is property still a good retirement investment? 14/1/2017
  • Strange way of how CPF Interest is calculated & retirement planning 7/1/2017
  • A client who spent $27,000 a year on insurances 30/12/2016
  • Life Expectancy and the Importance of Retirement Planning 23/12/2016
  • Rental income may not be enough to service property loans, warns MAS 16/12/2016
  • CPF Withdrawal method to create a 2nd stream of passive income 9/12/2016
  • Complains against banks & life insurers surged; how to avoid becoming a victim 2/12/2016
  • My adventure with FinTech, Robo-Adviser and story 23/11/2016
  • 3 ways to make your SRS work harder 19/11/2016
  • Many Baby Bonus & incentives are not automatic 11/11/2016
  • Spectacular collapse of the LM Investment Management Limited 21/10/2016
  • 3 common excuses to delay retirement planning 14/10/2016
  • 6 ways to increase your investment returns 7/10/2016
  • Vanguard funds in Singapore at just US$ 20,000! 30/9/2016
  • Swiss Cheese Model approach to financial advice 26/9/2016
  • (Another) 4 reasons why Singaporeans and you cannot retire 15/9/2016
  • The Commando Financial Adviser – fast closing and fast disappearing act 12/9/2016
  • Widespread financial illiteracy on retirement planning, says CPF Advisory Panel 4/9/2016
  • The broken Umbrella: Platinum All Weather Fund 29/8/2016
  • Disappearing Castlestone Collection of Modern Art 22/8/2016
  • CPF Lifetime Retirement Investment Scheme unlikely to achieve economies of scale 8/8/2016
  • Swiber Holdings defaulted bonds, a commentary on how the system works 6/8/2016
  • Get Full Report on CPF Life with Escalating payouts and the Lifetime Retirement Investment Scheme 4/8/2016
  • Dual Currency for High Networth 1/8/2016
  • How the bank take advantage of you through Equity Linked Note (ELN) 25/7/2016
  • MAS found lapses in the sales of financial products 18/7/2016
  • The Super Underperforming IQS Performance Fund 11/7/2016
  • The Disastrous Premier Diversified Property Fund 4/7/2016
  • Currency effects of ETFs and Unit trusts (Why this ETF goes up when the stock market crashed after Brexit?) 25/6/2016
  • New Earth Solutions Recycling Facilities Fund, aka ‘Rubbish Fund’ 24/6/2016
  • 3 Reasons Singaporeans Cannot Retire 20/6/2016
  • Is Crowdfunding Investments Worth the Risk? 9/6/2016
  • What is Accredited investor? 4/6/2016
  • Case study of a typical 2nd generation high networth portfolio 7/5/2016
  • Tips in selecting a Universal Life 25/4/2016
  • Why private banking clients have no asset allocation skills? 18/4/2016
  • Problems when UK banned commissions 4/4/2016
  • Women likely to be financially worst off after retirement 26/3/2016
  • A whopping 65% of retirees’ saving will not last, says NTUC Income’s survey 7/3/2016
  • Why you should NOT select your CPF Life plan at 55 2/3/2016
  • Children & wife left to fend for themselves after sole breadwinner became coma for 3 years 29/2/2016
  • 10 Tips on how to teach children financial planning 22/2/2016
  • Singapore property cost 5 times of median household income. How to cope? 13/2/2016
  • Executor sued for not handing over $111K to beneficiary. Lessons parents can learn. 5/2/2016
  • Only 36% believe they can retire comfortably, says DBS-Manulife Retirement Wellness Study 1/2/2016
  • 3-year-old boy lost entire family on Christmas Day to car accident 25/1/2016
  • Majority lacks a written comprehensive financial plan, says FPSB 17/1/2016
  • Techniques to predict future investment returns (e-Learning) 15/1/2016
  • MOH’s response to “Premium Shock for Medishield Life” 11/1/2016
  • Sales Incentives banned from 1 January 2016 31/12/2015
  • Multiple registration levels at www.ifa.sg 30/12/2015
  • ST forum: Balanced Score Card motivates financial advisers through punishment 28/12/2015
  • Zurich Life to exit Singapore 7/12/2015
  • 109 investors lost NZ$10m and got sued for another NZ$36m 1/12/2015
  • Should I terminate my mum’s Incomeshield in view of Medishield Life? 28/11/2015
  • Outlook for Stocks and Bond Returns according to Jeremy J. Siegel 20/11/2015
  • Why a whole life insurance is important for a new born baby 10/11/2015
  • Nearly half have not started planning for retirement, says DBS & Straits Times 5/11/2015
  • Direct Purchase Insurance nightmare 20/10/2015
  • ST forum: Increase MediShield Life coverage for psychiatric treatment 13/10/2015
  • Premium Shock for Medishield Life 5/10/2015
  • Case study on CPF valuation limit 27/9/2015
  • Case study on CPF Retirement Sum Topping-Up Scheme resource optimisation 20/9/2015
  • FREE personalised retirement planning analysis report for those 40 & above 13/9/2015
  • What is meant by “monitoring” an investment portfolio? 2/9/2015
  • Food poisoning ends up with amputation of hands and feet 23/8/2015
  • Appointment of deputy under the Mental Capacity Act drops to $250! 11/8/2015
  • Are you overspending? Use this calculator to find out 6/8/2015
  • Aviva SAF Group Term Life has become so expensive! 3/8/2015
  • Is expense ratio all that matter in buying an ETF? 30/7/2015
  • Not everyone needs to make an insurance nomination 26/7/2015
  • 5 years old girl’s hospital bill is a whopping $300,000 every year! 18/7/2015
  • Majority of CPF Investors seems to have lost money in stocks 14/7/2015
  • Analysis of the new Additional Withdrawal Limits for Integrated Shield Plans (IP) 10/7/2015
  • No bed in B2 ward, so patient slept in corridor for 4 days! 6/7/2015
  • Don’t faint: Too many layers of fees in investment-linked policies (ILPs) 2/7/2015
  • Investors have unrealistic expectations, says Schroders 31/5/2015
  • Millions of dollars of retirees’ money lost in property scam 27/5/2015
  • CPF: How to Accumulate $1m in your CPF by 57? 23/5/2015
  • Danger of Foreign Property Investments 19/5/2015
  • Analysis of Singapore Saving Bonds 12/5/2015
  • 3 steps to fix plunge in financial literacy 6/5/2015
  • Majority of Singapore investors are not progressing towards retirement goal, says Legg Mason 2/5/2015
  • What happens when a fund is merged with another? 28/4/2015
  • Many have advisers but few really relied on them for advice, says Blackrock’s survey 24/4/2015
  • Singapore was ranked the world’s most expensive city for the second year running 20/4/2015
  • Money woes to avoid in marriages 11/4/2015
  • How Financial Advisers Can Earn MUCH more by using the Direct Insurance Purchase 7/4/2015
  • Direct Purchase Insurance – a must read before your purchase 7/4/2015
  • compareFIRST launched today & my evaluation 7/4/2015
  • Singapore Saving Bonds a.k.a. “free lunch” to be launched by MAS 30/3/2015
  • Case study on simple integration of retirement & special needs planning 22/3/2015
  • Young & old Integrated Shield Plans policyholders likely to pay part of its premiums in cash 15/3/2015
  • CPF Changes 2015 & CPF Life Changes Part II – timeline and other calculations 11/3/2015
  • Consumers can buy life insurance direct in April 2015 and what it means to you 5/3/2015
  • No advice given, few documentation and non-disclosures but earns easy money 2/3/2015
  • Few Singaporeans have formal retirement plan: Citibank survey 26/2/2015
  • Majority unhappy with their financial situation, says Manulife’s Investor Sentiment Index 22/2/2015
  • New home sales plunge 35% from year ago 18/2/2015
  • Analysis of CPF Changes 2015 & my very long commentary 14/2/2015
  • Average Monthly Cost of Education much higher than $1792 for each household 10/2/2015
  • HSBC The Future of Retirement: 78% worried about not having enough for retirement 7/2/2015
  • ST forum: Care needed in raising Integrated Shield premiums 4/2/2015
  • Case study to generate passive income for retirement planning 1/2/2015
  • More private properties sold at a loss 1/2/2015
  • Swiss Franc currency surprise and its effects on ETFs 29/1/2015
  • Cannot claim medishield insurance for dementia 26/1/2015
  • Medishield Life: Govt given power to access people’s income without consent 23/1/2015
  • When it becomes illegal to lend money to family members and friends? 20/1/2015
  • The myths in regular saving plan 17/1/2015
  • CPF Member & witnesses’ NRIC required for CPF Nomination 14/1/2015
  • 51 things you can do with your Medisave 12/1/2015
  • New CPF Contribution Rates wef 1 January 2015 worst off for self-employed 10/1/2015
  • SOR and SIBOR interest rates surged 7/1/2015
  • Integrating investment-linked policies with the core portfolio 6/1/2015
  • ST forum: Insurance sales: More info, less understanding 3/1/2015
  • First blog of the year 2015: my journey so far from 2006 to present 1/1/2015
  • Pioneer Generation Subsidies-read to clarify your confusion 29/12/2014
  • Property Tax in Singapore and why it is declining? 27/12/2014
  • MAS gives examples of illegal sales tactics for the Balance Scorecard 11/12/2014
  • Regulation of CPF nominations not feasible 9/12/2014
  • Majority of Singaporeans unprepared for retirement, says DBS Bank 5/12/2014
  • Credit Bureau Singapore launches Enhanced Consumer Credit Report 4/12/2014
  • Man bequeath all CPF to ‘goddaughter’ through CPF Nomination 4/12/2014
  • Middle-class Singaporeans are feeling more insecure, says sociologists from NUS & IPS 30/11/2014
  • Question on a very poor endowment policy 3/11/2014
  • The Real Singapore: Evidence on little understanding on financial planning from stolen article 27/10/2014
  • Retirement Planning: Difference between Wealth Accumulation & Monetisation 22/10/2014
  • 55% worried about their ability to save enough for retirement, says AIA 20/10/2014
  • ST forum: Home Protection Scheme – Start coverage once payment is made 15/10/2014
  • 30 years old woman lost husband; to support 4 children 13/10/2014
  • NTUC Income, Tokio Marine & Aviva inconsistent underwriting standards 6/10/2014
  • What is the endorsement effect? 29/9/2014
  • S’pore one of most costly cities for the young, says Knight Frank 27/9/2014
  • Lease Buyback Scheme – a viable financial planning tool? 14/9/2014
  • How financial advisers are paid? 4/9/2014
  • ST forum: Overcoming emotional barriers to lease buyback 2/9/2014
  • Why you should never fall in love with your investment? 29/8/2014
  • DirectAsia online term life insurance 27/8/2014
  • The curse of the 3rd generation high networth individuals 22/8/2014
  • Estate planning mistakes made by ultra rich celebrities like Princess Diana 20/8/2014
  • Nicoll Highway collapse accident and lessons parents can learn 18/8/2014
  • ST forum: Guarantee CPF Life solvency for peace of mind 15/8/2014
  • Only 1 in 5 confident their CPF will meet their retirement needs, says Manulife 13/8/2014
  • What happened to Traded Endowment Policies? 13/8/2014
  • Putting $500,000 into STI ETF and US$1,000,000 into SPDR® S&P 500® ETF 11/8/2014
  • Lasting Power of Attorney – its deficiency relating to financial planning 8/8/2014
  • ST forum: Care needed when buying insurance direct 6/8/2014
  • ST forum: Exercise caution on CPF private pension plans 4/8/2014
  • CPF private pension plans – sure way to lose money 31/7/2014
  • Direct life insurance purchase delays to 2015 30/7/2014
  • Land banking in Singapore will go out of business 22/7/2014
  • ST forum: Why integrated shield plans are not competitive? 22/7/2014
  • It’s too late to do retirement planning when old, says Citi-SMU 21/7/2014
  • ST forum: Why exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not popular here? 17/7/2014
  • Lawyer Johnny Cheo Chai Beng sued for not knowing how to prepare a will 14/7/2014
  • (Obsolete)CPF Life Standard default plan is the worst of the two (22 June 2017 update to the new booklet) 8/7/2014
  • 73% underestimate the retirement savings needed, says DBS 3/7/2014
  • Budgeting for Marriage and Building Your First Home 1/7/2014
  • MediShield Life full report 1/7/2014
  • What Kind of Estate Planning Is Required When Investing In Overseas Properties? 24/6/2014
  • Aviva SAF Group Insurance can be terminated without prior notice 17/6/2014
  • Why there is no fiduciary duties between financial advisers and clients in Singapore? 13/6/2014
  • Madam Pusparani, widow of killed Changi Airport worker, is now broke but no fault of hers 10/6/2014
  • Franklin Heng’s Rockwill Trustee multimillion dollar lawsuit for liposuction death 3/6/2014
  • ST Forum: Regulate investment seminars 29/5/2014
  • Only 1 in 3 think they can retire at their preferred age, says Aviva 27/5/2014
  • What is a Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) strategy? 27/5/2014
  • Similarities between botched plastic surgery and botched financial plan (or lack of it) 20/5/2014
  • Improving the success rate of the retirement portfolio 13/5/2014
  • Mental Incapacitation Planning for Retirees 8/5/2014
  • Retirees, here is an example of converting capital gains to an income stream 6/5/2014
  • Case study on financial planning for a young family 1/5/2014
  • Why high dividend yield stocks are not suitable for young investors? 29/4/2014
  • POSB refused to allow daughter to empty father’s account 22/4/2014
  • Summary of TM Retirement Paycheck 16/4/2014
  • Financial advisers with many confusing titles 15/4/2014
  • Question on Investment Linked Policy charges (ILP charges) 15/4/2014
  • Why accredited investors are in for a raw deal 8/4/2014
  • Question on whether is Medishield Life applicable to me? 1/4/2014
  • Shocked that you cannot use your CPF for housing loan due to Valuation Limit? (Closed caption) 25/3/2014
  • Refused kidney dialysis because got no money 11/3/2014
  • Review & testimonies from clients of all walks of life 7/3/2014
  • Question on long-term investment not making money 4/3/2014
  • What Are the Myths In Investing in Unit Trusts? (Closed Caption) 25/2/2014
  • 72 years old Quek Hung Heong sues family for a problem occurred when he was 25 18/2/2014
  • Question on why cannot get $10,000 in HDB refund for BTO 11/2/2014
  • Question on why must pay extra $152K for BTO? 4/2/2014
  • What is the difference between buy and hold and rebalancing strategy? (Closed Caption) 28/1/2014
  • Father who did not have a Will drown in NUS leaving 3 and 6 years old children 21/1/2014
  • Why CPF cannot be used for housing loan due to valuation limit 14/1/2014
  • The Tragic Liberalization of the CPF Investment Schemes 7/1/2014
  • Question on parents helping to pay for HDB flat 25/12/2013
  • Returns of Stocks and Demographics 20/12/2013
  • How does OCBC Mortgage Protector Plus, an insurance product with premium refund, work? 30/10/2013
  • Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) warned property agents against selling doggy properties 10/10/2013
  • A case of changing style and impressive unit trust factsheet performance 19/9/2013
  • Why consumers always buy the wrong financial product despite free competition? 17/9/2013
  • Video Sample of An Overview of the Arithmetic of Investment Tutorial 12/9/2013
  • A bond ILP underperforms the same fund if bought directly 10/9/2013
  • Another ILP fund performs worst than if the fund is bought direct 5/9/2013
  • An ILP fund is worst compared to the exact fund that is bought directly 3/9/2013
  • Radio advertisement on “No medical insurance, no Lasting Power of Attorney, no WIll” 20/8/2013
  • What is the difference between financial planner and financial adviser ? 13/8/2013
  • Buy an IT gadget to get free insurance or buy insurance to get free IT gadget? 1/8/2013
  • Don’t buy and hold blindly forever 30/7/2013
  • Very Large Government Subsidy for Special Needs Trust Company 9/7/2013
  • This fund has good risk adjusted return 18/6/2013
  • A lousy fund can remain a lousy fund forever!! 11/6/2013
  • A very short history on commissions rebates and the dark side of the force 2/5/2013
  • Question on Will Writing for Muslims 22/4/2013
  • 4 young children lost both parents within 2 months and how the credit default swap can help 15/4/2013
  • 13 reasons why you do NOT want to get a life insurance policy 17/3/2013
  • What happens to the CPF Minimum Sum Top-Up when the recipient dies? 14/3/2013
  • The target market for fee-based financial advice 26/2/2013
  • The cost to raise a child in Singapore is $900,000 15/2/2013
  • Making the Case for Equities by Jeremy J. Siegel 12/2/2013
  • What has paying fee for financial advice to do with iPads and China funds? 25/1/2013
  • ST Forum: Vital to regulate commissions (FAIR Review) 22/1/2013
  • 80% not prepared to pay fee for advice, says MAS 16/1/2013
  • What will happen to the Child Development Account (CDA) when parent die? 15/11/2012
  • Association of Persons with Special Needs – APSN (e-Learning) 6/11/2012
  • Event – Introductory talk on Estate Planning for Persons with Special Needs, 6 November 2012, 4pm-6pm 1/11/2012
  • Event – Introductory talk on Estate Planning for Persons with Special Needs, 31 October 2012, 4pm-6pm 28/10/2012
  • Seminar on “The Importance of Wills & Trusts planning for Parents with Young children” 14/10/2012
  • Should you pay off your loan even if you have extra cash? 6/9/2012
  • Question: Should I become a part-time financial adviser? 18/7/2012
  • Consumers are happy despite being cheated by financial advisers, says surveys conducted by the authorities 13/7/2012
  • Up to 70% of financial advisers’ recommendations were unsuitable, says MAS mystery shoppers survey 11/7/2012
  • Why Inflation-linked bonds have risks? 9/7/2012
  • The financial adviser is knowledge gap filler, says MAS (Part 2) 9/7/2012
  • The financial adviser is like a teacher, says MAS (Part 1) 7/7/2012
  • Great Eastern Life and other big boys are against fee-based planning 3/7/2012
  • Dividend Yield Play turn out to be a disaster (as usual, nothing new under the sun) 17/6/2012
  • My Feedback for Financial Advisory Industry Review (FAIR) 18/4/2012
  • ST Forum letter: Financial advisers go beyond writing reports 4/4/2012
  • Analysis on fees charged by the Public Trustee (PT) and Special Needs Trust Company (SNTC) 3/4/2012
  • ST Forum letter: Fee-based scheme not a problem 30/3/2012
  • Girl,11, molested by uncle 20 times. This can happen to your daughter 19/3/2012
  • Algorithmic / high frequency trading on SGX 16/3/2012
  • Dividend Stocks worth Checking Out? 6/3/2012
  • Risk of a Perpetual Bond which investors do not know or understand 6/3/2012
  • Budget deficit and public debt using case study of Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story 29/2/2012
  • Commentary on “Four child corpses found buried under Chinese bridge” 9/2/2012
  • Why Ipac Singapore close down? 12/1/2012
  • Specific Investment Products under Customer Knowledge Assessment (CKA) 1 January 2012 11/1/2012
  • How to calculate bonuses for participating life policies 31/12/2011
  • The Shadow Market like mortgage-backed securities ends up in retail investments 27/12/2011
  • High-Frequency Trading, Flow Toxicity, and the Flash Crash 23/12/2011
  • What is high speed trading, algorithmic trading, quantitative trading and high frequency trading? 21/12/2011
  • CPF Nomination ends up with Official Assignee due to poor financial planning 22/11/2011
  • The Singaporean DIY approach to financial planning (or lack of it) 28/10/2011
  • Case study on financial planning for single 24/10/2011
  • Four mentally incapacitated adults found abused in dungeon 19/10/2011
  • What happens when an insurance company go bankrupt? 3/10/2011
  • Your relationship with your financial institution is an adversary one despite regulation 13/9/2011
  • Patients’ Last Days in Ignorance 11/9/2011
  • Myths in Dividend Yield Investing 15/8/2011
  • What is meant by ‘standard terms’ (for insurance)? 9/8/2011
  • I have nightmare over synthetic ETFs 23/6/2011
  • Retirees made up a large majority of the investors in Profitable Plots 25/5/2011
  • How to Plan for a Permanent Dependent 21/5/2011
  • Fineprints for Aviva SAF Insurance for NSmen 5/5/2011
  • Husband died leaving spouse with no home, no money ; DIY video Will invalid 30/4/2011
  • Factors influencing GDP growth according to neo-classical theory 29/4/2011
  • Anyone monitoring the money supply in Singapore? 27/4/2011
  • Early stage lung cancer becomes 4th stage due to delay 21/4/2011
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  • What are the financial planning responsibilities for parents? 23/5/2010
  • Man lost almost his entire HDB property to siblings due to poor financial planning 19/5/2010
  • Land International (Far East) land banking fiasco. No legal recourse here? 13/5/2010
  • How to protect your wealth against creditors 10/5/2010
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  • Importance of Financial Planning for Property Purchase 5/5/2010
  • Why Singapore & Australia opposed banning commissions? 28/4/2010
  • 10 myths about wealth management 25/4/2010
  • Silent Pain From an Insurance Agent 24/4/2010
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  • Even those who wants to kill themselves must know financial planning 28/3/2010
  • Estate Planning should not be optional 22/3/2010
  • Why you should not buy products with upfront commission? 21/3/2010
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  • Should you terminate your Investment Linked Policies? 9/3/2010
  • Good advice doesn’t mean anything; bad advice doesn’t mean anything 8/3/2010
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  • Cover story on MAS’ Policy Owners’ Protection Scheme 23/2/2010
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  • Using ‘weighted average return’ approach for investment planning 22/1/2010
  • Is HDB a good investment? 22/1/2010
  • Buying too many insurance policies 20/1/2010
  • What happens if I am unable to pay for the hospital bill? 16/1/2010
  • Mis-selling of another insurance 13/1/2010
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  • Why my best recommendations often require the client to DIY 10/1/2010
  • What is the difference between savings and investments? 10/1/2010
  • How a typical financial adviser / financial planner earn a living? 9/1/2010
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  • How does a structured product work? 28/6/2009
  • Analysis of S’pore’s GDP in terms of private consumption, government spending, investment and net export 27/6/2009
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  • What does Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has to say about commissions? 27/6/2009
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  • Why property investment seems to be a better? 27/6/2009
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  • Seminars – What you should know behind the scene 28/11/2008
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  • How to calculate the minimum salary you need to have? 8/11/2008
  • Comment on “Conflict of interest between bank and customer “ 31/10/2008
  • The financial adviser salesman might contribute more to GDP than a professional adviser 30/10/2008
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  • Lessons to learn from Minibond (MiniBomb) at el 29/10/2008
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  • Financial planner is a life coach, but cannot cure existing problems 27/8/2008
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  • How to find your investment strategy? 17/4/2008
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