AXA opens local training campus

A HISTORIC site once used as a boarding school for the children of British soldiers has been turned into a training centre for insurance agents and financial advisers.
French insurer AXA yesterday officially opened the facility at the 1920s heritage building named Kinloss House.
The campus – comprising a 2,400 sq m building set on 19,000 sq [...]

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CPF LIFE SCHEME – A Simpler Life

Scheme reduced from 12 to four plans starting September
With 12 plans on the table, CPF Life, the national annuity scheme introduced last year is “simply a mind-boggling one” for Singaporeans trying to decide which plan to opt for, MP for Jurong GRC Halimah Yacob told Parliament yesterday.
And it’s an issue the Manpower Ministry had clearly [...]

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Ten Minutes or 10 Years?

In the few minutes it takes to scan the newspaper headlines, it’s easy to get lost in a cloud of emotion. But it’s the next 10 years – not the next 10 minutes – that matter when you’re planning for the future.
A Global Flight to Quality
Even with historic opportunities, most investors are reluctant to put [...]

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Opportunity Is Knocking Louder

Markets offer attractive valuations, but the window of opportunity won’t stay open forever: markets tend to get back on their feet before economies do.
The Recovery Will Come… Maybe Before You Think
Today many investors want to know exactly when the recovery will begin. They shouldn’t. Trying to find the bottom of a bear market can [...]

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Addressing the Slowdown

A U.S. housing problem has spread into a full-fledged global malaise, but an unprecedented response and better fundamental footing make comparisons to the Great Depression overstated.
A Stagnant World Economy
From media headlines to benchmark economic indicators, there doesn’t seem to be much good news for investors lately.
The world is suffering through the most challenging economic crisis [...]

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A Challenging Year, But Rays of Hope Emerging

2008 was one of the worst years in capital markets history, but it may also be remembered as a year that saw historic investment opportunities developing.
Beware Falling Markets … and Economies
It’s safe to say that 2008 was a year most people would prefer to forget – at least as far as capital markets and [...]

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Saving for a Rainy Day

Singaporeans are financially ill-prepared if they lose their jobs, and they can do a lot more to improve their financial health, according t two recent surveys.
The Citi Fin-Q (Financial IQ) survey cnducted by Citibank Singapore polled 400 respondents online in mid-October, just a few weeks after the financial crisis took a drastic turn.
About 20 per [...]

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Home is where the Singaporeans heart is, this year

The recession has wrought dramatic changes in the Singapore dream – it has shifted closer to home and hearth, with luxuries like travel and buying a car playing second fiddle in the year ahead.
The top priorities are now children, starting a family, and buying or upgrading one’s home, according to CBC Bank’s survey released on [...]

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The story of wealth management

ONCE upon a time, on a sunny island in South-east Asia, lived more than four million people. The government took care of the people and the people trusted their leaders. Although outsiders were often jealous, and scoffed at it being a nanny state, it was the best model then for a young but growing nation.
The [...]

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Make sure of these first…

 
Before plonking your money…
Here are 15 key questions to ask the adviser before you say ‘yes’ to buying a product:
1 Why do you say this product is suitable for me?
2 What type of product is this? For example, is it a life insurance policy, unit trust or structured deposit? Is it primarily for savings, investment [...]

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