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The Brand Team once asked me what I thought was one of the luckiest things that has happened to me—they were looking for a piece of interesting trivia for my adviser profile page. After some [...]

 In this video, we explain the rationale behind CPF Full Retirement Sum and whether CPF LIFE is adequate to fund our retirement. You can find the link to the other parts here: Understanding [...]

“Siao on” (a Singaporean term for being overly serious or on the ball) is how my closer friends would describe me when it comes to national service (NS). I started serving my NS in the army at [...]

 CPF LIFE is probably the best life annuity scheme you can find in Singapore. Question is, how do we choose between the Standard, Basic and Escalating plan? In Part 5 of this series, we share [...]

I was lying in bed one night, half-awake when a question suddenly popped into my head (true story) – “If I had a sudden increase in my net worth of a million dollars (bitcoin perhaps?), how [...]

 At age 40, if your income is $20k/month, with $150k in your OA and $100k in your SA, you can easily amass a total of $1.08m in both your OA and SA by age 55. That means you can withdraw [...]

July looks a little like a tale of 2 regions, with Global equities continuing their slow and steady climb to new records, while EM stocks had a tumble as changing regulations around Chinese [...]

A few months ago, I had the privilege to conduct an indoor gardening workshop for our Providend family. Since the start of the pandemic, with more time spent at home now, there is a growing [...]

 CPF is one of the best “investment” tools for your accumulation towards retirement as the returns are high (and guaranteed) relative to its risk. In fact, OA returns up to 3.5% p.a., SA and [...]