Providend’s Money Wisdom

Being a trusted adviser to our affluent clients for over two decades, our Founder and CEO, Christopher, encourages us to think beyond the financial aspects of retirement, considering the [...]

As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, we understand the challenges faced by our clients who are business owners with a lot on their minds to grow their businesses and may not have [...]

As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, our Founder and CEO, Christopher, shares the lessons he has learnt in Legacy Planning in his Business Times article. With almost three [...]

Welcome back to part six of this nine-part mini-series, “The Story of Our Clients’ Wealth Journey”, where we delve into the wealth management journey of our clients. As the leading [...]

As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, our Founder and CEO, Christopher, discusses in his Business Times article why you should not simply invest in the S&P 500 alone. With [...]

Welcome back to part five of this nine-part mini-series, “The Story of Our Clients’ Wealth Journey”, where we delve into the wealth management journey of our clients. As the leading [...]

As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, our Founder and CEO, Christopher’s Business Times article discusses the critical mistake that business owners often make, when they do [...]

Welcome back to part four of this nine-part mini-series, where we delve into the wealth management journey of our clients. As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, we have been [...]

Being a trusted adviser to our affluent clients for over two decades, it is important to ensure the reliability and sufficiency of investment returns to meet our clients’ non-negotiable [...]

Welcome back to part three of this nine-part mini-series, where we delve into the wealth management journey of our clients. As the leading fee-only wealth advisory firm in Asia, we have been [...]

Welcome back to part two of this nine-part mini-series, where we delve into the wealth management journey of our clients. Being a trusted adviser to our affluent clients for the past two decades, [...]

It has been a month since the CPF changes were announced, and there are still ongoing discussions in the media, online, and in various finance chat groups. With all the noise surrounding this [...]

Providend has always been proud to share that we are Southeast Asia’s first fee-only advisory firm. In recent years, we have been receiving many questions about who we serve and the work [...]

The CPF changes announced during Budget 2024 have been receiving a range of opinions on the ground as Singaporeans who had “Special Account shielding” on their minds, question their [...]

Until today, Providend remains the only fee-only wealth advisory firm in Southeast Asia, a model inspired by the U.S. and Australia – why is that so? For the average person seeking [...]

The philosophy of sufficiency serves as the anchor for everything we do here at Providend—whether it’s planning for our clients, investing for them, or providing advice. Sufficiency is [...]

Welcome to the FIRST episode of Providend’s Money Wisdom Podcast Season 3! For this season, we are doing things a little differently in our sharing of money wisdom with you. We will be [...]

Did you know that Dave Butler, Co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), was a former professional basketball player? Standing at over two metres tall, how did he come to and stay in his role at [...]

Having a roof over your head is one of the necessary aspects of life. However, nowadays, many people in Singapore view properties as an investment and often even prefer these over equities. So, [...]

With the latest changes to investment-linked policies (ILPs), many investors may be contemplating the inclusion of this product in their investment portfolios. This prompted our CEO, Chris, to [...]

It is inevitable to avoid crises or market downturns during your long-term investment journey. While we acknowledge that some turbulence is normal in any flight, it doesn’t guarantee our [...]

At Providend, we’ve always advocated an evidence-based approach when investing your money and do not attempt to time the market. One might assume that, as long as you invest your money this [...]

More often than not, many investors assume that once they have completed their wealth plan when they are younger, they do not need to revisit it. However, this is not a reliable approach to [...]

In a previous article written for The Business Times, Chris, our CEO, explained the different ways an adviser could be compensated – commission-based, fee-based, or fee-only. However, it is [...]

After finding the right instrument to invest in, the next question many investors might have is whether they should invest their entire amount all at once (Lump Sum) or spread it out over a few [...]

The third quarter of 2023 has been a challenging three months, as the MSCI All Country World IMI Index and the Bloomberg Global-Aggregate, our references for equities and bonds respectively, both [...]

Investment-Linked Policies (ILPs) have always been a heavily debated and controversial topic among investors. To make matters worse, there are multiple types of ILPs being sold, and all with [...]

Previously from other big financial institutions, Joyce and Zhi Han both coincidentally applied for an advisory role at Providend after watching this video where Christopher, our CEO, shares the [...]

At Providend, in order to help our clients achieve enough returns in the most reliable way to enable their life goals and life events, we started using the Ibbotson-Chen Model early this year to [...]

“When I was much younger, we used to stay at a much bigger place. We had two cars and two maids, then subsequently, we just had one car, no more maid, downsized a little bit and went to rent [...]