Who Is Truly Responsible for Bringing Dimensional Funds to Singapore? (S3E25)

As Asia’s leading fee-only wealth advisory firm, we are honoured to feature Dr Peng Chen, our Senior Advisor and Director at Providend, in this special podcast episode.

Dr Peng is the co-inventor of the Ibbotson-Chen model – a data-focused approach that breaks down the components contributing to equity market returns and uses them to estimate forward-looking expected returns. This model earned the prestigious Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence.

In this week’s Money Wisdom episode, Chris chats with Dr Peng, recounting their first meeting in 2014 and exploring how Dr Peng and Providend played a pivotal role in bringing Dimensional funds to Singaporean investors.

You may also enjoy the video version of this podcast here:

Stay tuned for our next podcast episode, where Amelia from our Brand Experience team will be having a discussion with Isaac about his latest article!

The full list of Providend’s Money Wisdom podcast episodes from Season 3 can be found here. If you are keen to dive into the specific mini-series episodes, you may do so here:

  • The Story of Our Clients’ Wealth Journey: This mini-series delves into the wealth management journeys of our clients.
  • The Brain Behind: Christopher Tan, our CEO and regular contributor to The Business Times’ Money Wisdom column, will discuss the thoughts and insights behind selected articles.

Music courtesy of ItsWatR.

The host of this episode, Christopher Tan, is Chief Executive Officer of Providend, Singapore’s first fee-only wealth advisory firm and author of the book “Money Wisdom: Simple Truths for Financial Wellness”.

For more related resources, check out:
1. Why a Robust Estimate of Future Returns Is Important for Investment Planning
2. Why Does Providend Work with Dimensional Fund Advisors?
3. Providend & Dimensional (DFA) Launch Low-Cost CPFIS Funds in Singapore

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