Financial literacy

How a retiree topped up her CPF yearly to receive a $4,600 monthly payout

Due to her effort in topping up her retirement account, the retiree receive about $55,000 annually just from her CPF monthly payouts.

Young & Savvy

Weddings could come at the cost of relationships

As such costs and hongbao “market rates” rise, making expectations clear may be the only way to protect relationships.

Save more in CPF now if you want to invest in the new scheme in 2028

Use more cash to pay to repay home loan so that you have a higher balance in CPF to invest in the new scheme.

New life-cycle funds suited for CPF members with longer investment horizon: Financial experts

Life-cycle funds are designed to automatically adjust a portfolio’s asset allocation from higher-risk assets, such as equities, to lower-risk assets, such as bonds, as retirement nears.

It’s time to rethink the standard investment advice

With signs of trouble popping up in financial markets, investors need to decide whether they can ignore the turmoil.

When an unmarried couple fight over their $2m home

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Why the law favours married couples more in asset disputes

Unmarried couples will have to prove their cases based on the amount of money that they have put into any shared assets.

When an elderly woman forgets she has over $17 million and lives in poor conditions

After the 87-year-old woman suffers from dementia, her elder brother sought to take control of her assets

Failure to make legacy plans early can spark bitter family fights

There have been numerous cases in the courts which involve siblings and close relatives fighting each other like sworn enemies because the heads of their families fail to make legacy plans

Man asks HDB to repossess flat so that ex-wife will get less money

His unreasonable action ended up penalising himself because the High Court found that he had “caused prejudice to the wife by inducing HDB to acquire the matrimonial flat”.

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