Personal Wealth

I started hiking as a form of exercise about 5 years ago. Hiking allows me to enjoy the morning fresh air, the beauty of nature, and fellowship with friends. As such, I tend to intentionally [...]

I have been racing sailboats since I was in primary school. I took a break from it in junior college, and then started again when I was at university. Now, when I can find the time and the [...]

I have been doing my own personal finance planning for the past 10 years or so ever since I got my first paycheck and wondering what to do with it. Being a numbers driven person and a bit of a [...]

In this first episode, I will be sharing a little bit about myself and explain why I’m launching a podcast for expats, specifically those with $2 to $20 million. I will also outline what some of [...]

On Tuesday, 16th Feburary 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that Budget 2021 will shift “from containment to restructuring” as Singapore’s economy continues to reopen. With the [...]

As we enter into the last day of an unprecedented year, I thought it would be good for me to take this time of the year to reflect on the past 12 months and share some of my key takeaways with [...]

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 [...]

There are a few things that could speed up an affluent person’s financial independence. But if we want to narrow to the most realistic, what would it be? After much consideration, I would say it [...]

Like any industry, investing has its own language. And one term people often use is “investment portfolio,” which refers to all of your invested assets. Building an investment [...]

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. [...]

Many years ago, I wrote an article in this same column that was based on the documentary movie “Food Inc”. Director Robert Kenner lifted the veil on the food industry, exposing often [...]

As parents, we want our children to become successful adults. Yet, many young people nowadays didn’t live up to the potential that their parents or society expected of them. As a successful [...]

It is common for people to be concerned about their finances even when times are good, so it makes sense that the current situation is causing people more stress. Here are 3 things you can do [...]

Money often comes between couples. If we do not smooth things out, the relationship becomes toxic and eventually crumbles. I always tell people managing money for myself is far simpler because I [...]

THE COVID-19 pandemic is not only a public health emergency, but it has also resulted in a severe economic crisis. In the past two months, the world economy has turned upside down. The stock [...]

There is a lot of uncertainty right now, with everything in flux. The natural reaction for most is to sell first which is why we are getting the reaction we see in the market today. It is [...]

Budgeting lies at the foundation of every financial plan. It doesn’t matter if you’re living paycheck to paycheck or earning six-figures a year, you need to know where your money is going if you [...]

In today’s climate of bargain-basement fund pricing and automated investment management tools, you may wonder whether you still need a living, breathing financial adviser. You do. But with a [...]

At 3pm yesterday, 18th Feb 2020, Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, delivered Singapore’s FY2020 Budget Statement in Parliament. Through the budget, Singaporeans [...]

Back in my secondary school days, I participated in a regional science exhibition where students from different schools came together to exhibit innovative ways of tackling daily chores such as [...]

We are already at the end of 2019 – are you ready for a brand new year? Here are five financial best practices to start your year on the right foot. Pick a few of them or take on the entire [...]

Pre-order a copy of “Money Wisdom – Simple Truths For Financial Wellness” at https://www.providend.com/money-wisdom-order/ today! Written by Christopher Tan, CEO of Providend, this [...]

The true value of a good financial adviser you can trust is not in the type of life insurance and investment products he sells to you. It is much more than that. If you wish to find yourself a [...]

At the National Day Rally on 18 August 2019, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong outlined plans on education, retirement age and climate change concerns- all of which will affect every one of us in [...]

At the dinner table some months back, my daughter suddenly blurted out that she wanted to watch a concert by Ed Sheeran. As many of us will probably know, it cost a few hundred dollars just to [...]

When people do financial planning, they often scrimp and save for the future that might never come. That is why at Providend, we adopt the purpose-driven financial planning approach – To [...]

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.” —Socrates In our consumeristic-culture where discontent is promoted and material gratification is encouraged, learning to be content [...]

I was chatting with a new client this week and they mentioned that they just weren’t bothered about saving for the future. They said that they wanted to live in the here and now and that they [...]

Instead of living for the weekends, or counting down the years until retirement, you need a reason to get out of bed every day. And that reason needs to stem beyond money. After all, what are you [...]