Asian taboos about death often result in the reluctance in planning for financial matters after death. A simple document in the form of a will can get the job done. It is estimated that only about five ...

Many have dreams about their retirement, picturing it to be perfect: Traveling around the world, playing golf, watching the sunset and lazing at the beach — it can be anything, so long as it does not involve ...

Land banking is an investment scheme wherein someone buys a piece of land and sells it later for a profit. Sometimes they divide the land into a number of smaller plots and sell each one to generate a ...

Facebook has been mulling going public — this is not new news. It will trade under the ticker symbol "FB" in NASDAQ. It will reportedly list on 18 May 2012. Though Facebook going public is akin ...

People may know Gloria Jean's Coffees as "that coffee chain from Australia". But it didn't actually start growing from there. Its roots can be traced to a small town north of Chicago in the U.S. ...

I would like to share my own personal experience on spending habits and hope that readers will also come to realize the importance of good spending habits. I grew up during the era where there was a trend ...

Pinning down an exact valuation and projecting it into the future is always difficult, but during volatile and turbulent times this becomes even more of impossibility. The reason for this is that valuations ...

Many of my clients often compare buying life insurance to gambling. Their rationale is that by paying premiums to cover an insured event, we are betting against the insurance company, as insurance is an ...

While we'd like to think of ourselves as perfectly rational and logical people, we human beings are actually prone to many psychological biases when we invest our money. Van K. Tharp, investment expert ...

Singapore cardholders owned the most number of credit cards across the region, with an average of 3.3 cards per individual, according to a latest survey by HSBC. Hong Kong and Taiwan are a distant second, ...

Insurance is a tool people use to transfer financial risks to an insurance company. Someone who purchases insurance to reduce his financial risks should logically go one more step to further reduce the ...

When thinking about personal finance, a colleague once asked me if my wife and I keep track of our spending and our mortgage balance, as she was also keen to settle down with her husband soon and wanted ...

HSBC has cut more than 100 jobs in Singapore as part of the global bank's thrust to restructure and focus on core businesses. According to The Straits Times, the affected staff — equivalent to 3 per cent ...

There are many investment strategies employed by experts in the stock market. They are based on different values, different time horizons and different risk profiles. There are three stock investment strategies ...

Risk management is the basis of insurance. Fear of the uncertain future creates the need for financial protection against a catastrophe. However, I recently stumbled on an article that provides reasons ...

Here are my top five personal finance tips to help you get your finances into shape: 1. Pay yourself first This is the most important. You will often find this advice in finance books, newspaper articles ...

When stock markets are going up, some people make some money. These people always let you know when they make money, but how many of them would tell you when they lose money? For those who have supposedly ...

Citibank Singapore has launched two instant online installment loans. 'Click for cash' will give existing ready credit and credit card customers instant access and approval for installment loans online ...

Savings for Singaporeans is a must do — it is something we need to accumulate. If not, we will be unable to fulfill the below needs: Car To be able to afford a car, you need to have savings to … →

In the course of conducting investment reviews for my younger clients, I have observed that many of them have invested a large portion of their CPF monies and have suffered substantial losses due to the ...

It had to happen I suppose: a credit card that rides on the social media wave in Singapore. Recognising that people in the city-state love to shop online and spend inordinate amounts of time on Facebook, ...

Singapore chief financial officers are slightly more subdued in their outlook for the domestic economy than their counterparts in Asia-Pacific, a survey showed. About 40 per cent of CFOs based locally ...

The Singapore economy grew by 4.9 per cent last year, a slowdown from the nearly 15 per cent growth recorded the year before. The finance and insurance sector posted 9.1 per cent growth over the period ...

The income gap in Singapore narrowed slightly last year after taking into account government schemes to help lower-income households, according to a report by the Department of Statistics (DOS) on Tuesday. ...

Singapore's life insurance industry posted 22 per cent growth in new business last year on the back of  strong demand for plans with protection and long-term savings features. In a statement, the Life ...

Before we begin, let's start with the definition of REITs. REITs are corporate entities which invest primarily in real estate and have various tax benefits. To qualify for the tax benefits, a REIT is required ...

Home-grown Jumbo Group of Restaurants plans to expand overseas for the first time as it finds the business environment in Singapore "challenging", said its chief executive Ang Kiam Meng. In an ...

Home-grown Jumbo Group of Restaurants plans to expand overseas for the first time as it finds the business environment in Singapore "challenging", said its chief executive Ang Kiam Meng. In an ...

Home-grown Jumbo Group of Restaurants plans to expand overseas for the first time as it finds the business environment in Singapore "challenging", said its chief executive Ang Kiam Meng. In an ...

Small and medium enterprises took up about 50% fewer government loans last year than in the year before as banks started lending again to the sector, Singapore's enterprise development agency said Monday. ...

Small and medium enterprises took up about 50% fewer government loans last year than in the year before as banks started lending again to the sector, Singapore's enterprise development agency said Monday. ...

What schools should you consider if you want to get a good master's degree in business administration in Singapore? According to the Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings 2012, there are four schools in ...

What schools should you consider if you want to get a good master's degree in business administration in Singapore? According to the Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings 2012, there are four schools in ...

Royal Bank of Scotland said a former trader working from its Singapore branch was dismissed for gross misconduct in trying to influence Libor rates to maximise profits, the bank said in its defence papers ...

Royal Bank of Scotland said a former trader working from its Singapore branch was dismissed for gross misconduct in trying to influence Libor rates to maximise profits, the bank said in its defence papers ...

Singaporeans are much more pessimistic in their outlook on the economy and their household and retirement savings, according to a survey. Aviva's Consumer Attitudes to Savings (CAS) study, which surveyed ...

Singaporeans are much more pessimistic in their outlook on the economy and their household and retirement savings, according to a survey. Aviva's Consumer Attitudes to Savings (CAS) study, which surveyed ...

Singaporeans are much more pessimistic in their outlook on the economy and their household and retirement savings, according to a survey. Aviva's Consumer Attitudes to Savings (CAS) study, which surveyed ...

Singapore's Circle Line has been plagued by disasters and disruptions right from the get-go. It exceeded its original budgeted cost of S$6.7 billion; saw a section of the tunnel collapse in 2004, killing ...

Singapore's Circle Line has been plagued by disasters and disruptions right from the get-go. It exceeded its original budgeted cost of S$6.7 billion; saw a section of the tunnel collapse in 2004, killing ...

Singapore's Circle Line has been plagued by disasters and disruptions right from the get-go. It exceeded its original budgeted cost of S$6.7 billion; saw a section of the tunnel collapse in 2004, killing ...

Banking and financial services topped the list of sectors with the highest salary increases for 2011, according to a report by global management consultancy Hay Group. Salaries, excluding any pay freeze, ...

Banking and financial services topped the list of sectors with the highest salary increases for 2011, according to a report by global management consultancy Hay Group. Salaries, excluding any pay freeze, ...

Banking and financial services topped the list of sectors with the highest salary increases for 2011, according to a report by global management consultancy Hay Group. Salaries, excluding any pay freeze, ...

Potential buyers of property in Singapore will likely stay on the sidelines following the government's announcement of new measures to cool the market, said a banker on Thursday. "From the bank's ...

Potential buyers of property in Singapore will likely stay on the sidelines following the government's announcement of new measures to cool the market, said a banker on Thursday. "From the bank's ...

Potential buyers of property in Singapore will likely stay on the sidelines following the government's announcement of new measures to cool the market, said a banker on Thursday. "From the bank's ...

First, a slew of renminbi-denominated deposits hit Singapore earlier this year, and now renminbi-denominated insurance has arrived. Aviva and DBS Bank on Thursday officially launched the Dragon Renminbi ...