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Adam and his wife, Sabrina, have spent the past 13 years of their lives in successful individual careers as a Technology Engineer in an American MNC and as an Account Manager, respectively. Both [...]

Patricia has always wanted to find someone to help her make sense of her family’s finances so that she can be a good steward of the family wealth. Originally, she and her husband, Stanley, came [...]

Eliza and Noah are not really big on the idea of retirement. It is not that they find retirement repulsive, but because they have always found their respective career interesting and challenging. [...]

19 years ago, on this very same day, 19 men trained by al-Qaeda carried out a coordinated terrorist attack on the United States that had been planned for years. The attackers simultaneously [...]

From an Economics Undergraduate to Master of Counselling graduate and ultimately Associate Adviser at Providend, Bryan ventured off the socially-sanctioned path after graduation in pursuit of his [...]

As we go through life, change is one thing that remains constant. However, this does not mean that making any changes to your life is easy, especially when it involves relocation of your family, [...]

Greetings all! I recently joined Providend in a Senior Client Advisor capacity, but whilst I am new to the role, I have had a very long and fruitful association with the firm over the last 11 [...]

Just four months ago, I was sitting at home, a freshly minted Master of Counselling graduate, applying for jobs when during a break I decided to type “Providend” into my search bar for what must [...]

What may come to your mind immediately is that this book is about Wills. You’re partly correct. We’ll, however, help you see that this is also partly a misconception. Estate planning is a lot [...]

We are finally down to the last weekend of circuit breaker!   Although we are unable to return to our pre-COVID-19 routine immediately, we are definitely making good progress in the return to [...]

Here is the third part to ‘The People Of Providend Series | COVID-19 Circuit Breaker’ as we draw near to the final leg of the circuit breaker! If you’ve been following the series [...]

1. For the extra 1% interest, how do they divide the interest on $40,000 between SA and RA? CPF allocates based on the precedence of RA-OA-SA-MA. If you are currently after 55 years old, and you [...]

As we pass the halfway mark of our circuit breaker journey, everyone at Providend continues to do their very best to champion this pandemic, taking positive steps to cope with obstacles instead [...]

The pandemic is revolutionizing the workplace. Working remotely from home has become the norm in most organizations now and it is completely redefining the way teams communicate and work. At [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a pause in the economic activities which triggered one of the worst quarters of the financial market since 2008. Watch this video by Max Keeling, Head of Expat [...]

Financial planning is about understanding the many investment decisions that we make and then bringing them together to fit in appropriately with the goals and responsibilities we have in mind. [...]

Many of us have wondered why there’s more and more talk about the importance of writing a Will nowadays. There are good reasons for this which I will highlight in this article. For the picture to [...]

Does what happen in the stock market every day make you happy or sad? If so, every year, you should be happiest on the 28th of October. Because 28th October is historically the best day of the [...]

We are A Family Serving Families. Learn about our purpose and you can trust our financial advisers to provide honest, independent and competent advice to our clients. Experience The Providend [...]

Despite going against the grain of the industry, we will continue to advocate our promise of honesty. Honour (Singapore) has chosen to honour Providend as an organisation which embraces such [...]

Many skeptics, especially people who have never invested before, regard investing as another form of gambling. Even though there’s a thin line between the two, they are two vastly different [...]

It’s 11th September again. It has been exactly 18 years since Providend was first established as a fee-only financial advisory firm. For those who are unfamiliar, back on 11th September 2001, the [...]

A few days ago, Michael Burry, a fund manager whose massively successful bet against the US subprime housing market was dramatised in the film, “The Big Short”, said that passive investing was a [...]

Building wealth requires understanding what matters and, at the same time, recognizing what you can control. The intersection of and distinctions between these two concepts are important to [...]

Since Providend started back in 2001, we have always adhered strictly to two guiding principles that differentiated us – One is to go on a fee-only basis to remove all conflict of interest and [...]

Active investing can stimulate a rush of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with excitement and, potentially, with addiction. Akin to gambling, active investing gives investors a thrill. The [...]

Near-death experiences can not only change our perspective on death but also empower us to live more meaningful, fulfilled lives. Watch this video as Christopher Tan, CEO of Providend, shares a [...]

The market has fallen for the first time in 2019! But fret not. This video was recorded only yesterday and by today, the market has gone up again- further proving the point that it is almost [...]

Many investors are too fixated on picking the right stocks at the right time. Instead, they should be fixated on their total return after all fees. Watch this video as Vincent Tey, Head of [...]

One of the main things I talk to my clients about is their attitude to risk, after all, it’s an inherent part of investing. There is no such thing as risk-free investing. There is no [...]