Singapore-based financial blog that aims to educate people on personal finance, investments, retirement and their Central Provident Fund (CPF) matters.

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Hope for BREMAIN?

Brexit or Bremain? There is still hope for a Bremain. All is not doom as United Kingdom (UK) would require the consent of 3 other parliaments (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) plus London to agree on Brexit before UK can request to be out of the European Union (EU). The ‘out of EU’ legislation...

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

POSB New Savings Plan for NSF a Good Deal?

Is the new savings plan rolled out by POSB a good deal for NSF? We went through some of the terms and conditions of the POSB to give you a full picture and the things you need to know about it! The new Savings Plan, known as POSB Save As You Earn (SAYE) aims to help NSFs earn more interest on their...

Friday, 17 June 2016

Debt Crowdfunding 101 in Singapore

There are 4 general kinds of crowdfunding in the world. They are namely donations, pledge (or reward), equity and debt. We will be focusing on the more prominently seen method used in Singapore: Debt! It was reported on Straits Times February 2016 that MoolahSense has helped 22 companies raised a total of $5 million since it was launched in 2014. What is it? In debt funding (aka peer-to-peer...

Thursday, 9 June 2016

REITs Symposium 2016: Take-aways

We went to the REIT Symposium 2016 at Suntec City Convention last Saturday. Below are some points we think you might be interested to know and also some other points you should take note of. 1. Singapore REITs ETF to be launched soon on SGX A REIT ETF based on the current SGX REIT Index will soon be...