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“How many two hours do you have to spend with the client in order to close a deal?” “Why are you going through client’s insurances for them when your job is to get them to buy our products?” “You [...]

In this episode, we are glad to be joined by the lovely Ms Ong Bee Yan who would be sharing how she blossomed from a shy, young lady with low self-esteem to being the face of ageless fashion. Bee [...]

22 years ago, a group of like-minded people with a conviction to provide conflict-free wealth advice to their clients came together and founded Providend. In this episode, our CEO, Christopher [...]

Here comes the FIRST episode of Providend’s Money Wisdom Podcast Season 2! In this episode, you will get to know more about your new co-host – Isaac Ong, as he shares what he does as an [...]

This month marks the 25th anniversary of my career in wealth advisory. Time really flies. I had a good career, not that it was worry-free. Instead, it was all the crises that I have gone through [...]

In this latest episode, we are glad to have a chat with Mr Terence Quek on his journey to finding his life purpose and how he is living up to it. Terence went from the navy to entrepreneurship. [...]

Times flies and it has been three years since the outbreak of COVID-19. Looking back, COVID-19 has changed the way we work, live, think and behave in the past three years from 2020 to 2022, and [...]

(This article is a sequel to my previous article detailing Why I Choose to Take My Job on the Road) Beyond the simmering excitement behind the nerves for the solo adventure I was embarking on, I [...]

“A good life must have God in it, for me. Without Jesus in my life, I wouldn’t be living a good life.” In this special edition of The Providend Conversation: Living the Good Life, we are really [...]

The chairs are switched in this very special episode of The Providend Conversation: Living the Good Life! In the book, Repacking Your Bags, authors Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro defined [...]

“I have my wife who is my pillar and rock, and also my little baby who can’t say much but at least I can hug him after a long day from work and I can then say: Okay, the day is good.” An [...]

“When you become a mother, you only get to eat the leftover food that your kids don’t like to eat, and those food include the driest part, least juicy part of the meat, and the [...]

“I want to live a more colourful life, I want to experience more of the world, I want to see different aspects of the healthcare industry, and also the world in general.” Unlike most doctors, Dr [...]

“We feel that social media is flooded with a lot of negativities, so we wanted a little space where you celebrate the average and you also celebrate the positive values.” Here is the inspiring [...]

“At that time, we were a little too naive, we were young and ambitious and felt like we were on top of the world. We didn’t realise that we actually had no money.” Der Shing and Shao-Ning recount [...]

You may know him as “Mr. 1M65” or “Mr. CPF” but who exactly is Loo Cheng Chuan, founder of the 1M65 ($1 Million by 65 Years Old) Movement, who has helped many Singaporeans become millionaires at [...]

For a long time, I thought it was unlikely I would have children. Not because I felt strongly that I didn’t want to but because I am not sure if I want to give myself so completely to others that [...]

Just hold on for a few more months and get the masters, they said. As December dwindles into the abyss of 2017, it is hard not to reflect on the many challenges and glories we have had to face [...]

As I reflect at the events that happened in the past year, the most triumphant one for me was getting this position at Providend. When I tell people that I am a Brand Management Assistant at a [...]

“I want to be a wealth adviser,” I told Ms. Yap, Executive Director of Whitman Independent Advisors. “I want to help people in the journey of crafting their very own holistic wealth plan and then [...]

This is an article published on Expat Living Singapore for Max Keeling, Head of Expat Advisory Division of Providend. There are so many ways to invest our hard-earned money; which direction is [...]

This is an article published on Expat Living Singapore for Max Keeling, Head of Expat Advisory Division of Providend. Great financial advice is not simply about an advisor telling you where to [...]

 We are very delighted and deeply honoured to welcome Dr Peng Chen as an addition to our growing family! Prior to joining Providend, Dr Peng had an illustrious career as the founding CEO of [...]

This is an original article written by Yuanwen Hu from Lianhe Zaobao and it has been published on 7th March 2021. [...]

This is an article published on Expat Living Singapore for Max Keeling, Head of Expat Advisory Division of Providend. There’s nothing wrong with a financial advisor having a vested interest in [...]

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 [...]