Financial literacy

Forum: Financial literacy should teach us to question the appearance of success

Woman has no claim over daughter’s home despite helping to pay more than $1m for it

The court found that the woman was lending money to her daughter and did not have any share in the house.

The risk of buying properties in someone else’s name

Sham property transactions can be detected easily because all records of the transactions have to be filed online.

Why it’s important to know how to spend time meaningfully after retirement

Money is important for retirees but knowing how to spend time meaningfully is equally so too.

As Singaporeans live longer, can their retirement savings and investments keep pace?

Retirement experts use remaining life expectancy at 65 as a baseline to determine how long an individual’s savings must last.

Even rich people feel anxious about money

Anxiety about money can occur at any level of wealth or income.

A S'pore businesswoman tried to salvage a bad investment but lost $1.6m instead

The woman helped to pay investors with her own money, thinking that the company would reimburse her with interest.

When investors paid millions to buy non-existent overseas homes

Buyers usually get conned when they do not make independent checks on the overseas developers.

Save money by having parties at home

(Clockwise from left) Shea Dunlop and her boyfriend Nick Lamberti host their friends Leo Lerner and Yenilet Rodriguez to fun and games at their home.

Elderly woman couldn’t take over late son’s HDB flat due to his sham marriage

The woman had to go to the High Court to declare her late son’s sham marriage void so that she could take over his flat

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