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  THE last five years have been difficult for investors. The global financial crisis and its aftermath of private-sector deleveraging, public-sector debt problems and household, business and investor...

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  MOST financial planning discussions are likely to focus on saving and accumulation towards a retirement goal.

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  DON'T short human ingenuity, short governments, widely followed investment writer John Mauldin told his audience at the annual Business Times Investment Dialogue yesterday.

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  JOHN Mauldin buys some gold coins every month as "central bank insurance", and gold comprises about 5 to 10 per cent of his assets, he said.

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  Given the increased complexity of products and information, it is important for families and individuals to have a better understanding and knowledge of the markets and their personal finances.
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  SOMEWHERE between six months ago and now, affluent Singaporeans' savings priorities have shifted.

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  [SINGAPORE] Pensions will be removed for top public servants, and the gross domestic product (GDP) bonus they receive will be replaced with a National Bonus linked to a broader set of socio-economic...

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  Whether it’s a morbid fear of death or just the unpleasant acknowledgement that we are all getting old, many of us just do not want to think about retirement, much less plan for it.

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  RETIREMENT is supposed to be a carefree time of grandchildren, relaxation and perhaps a little self-indulgence, but new research shows a less rosy reality: it could be a period of belt-tightening...

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  MAJOR equity markets are the most buoyant that they have been since the 2008 crisis, but investors continue to vote for income assets as a means to dampen volatility.

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  PAUL Smith moved from London to Hong Kong to work in Asia's hedge-fund industry almost 17 years ago, and he rode the boom to its peak. Last year, like other industry veterans, he quit. "I decided...

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  WITH their judgments clouded by a flawed assessment of risk and return, retail investors who opt for the safety of cash will experience an erosion of their purchasing power and deprive themselves of...

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  We are lucky to be living in a country with amongst the best social security plans in the world. It covers for (i) housing, (ii) medical and (iii) retirement income. It has individual accounts (more...

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  I THINK most people would agree that the problems of wealth are preferable to the problems of poverty. Despite being preferable, however, the problems of wealth are still problems, and they can be...

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  FOREIGN exchange is the largest, most liquid market with over US$4 trillion in daily traded volume, based on Bank of International Settlements (BIS) data as at end-2010. The volume in 2010 surpassed...

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  ON any weekend newspaper you will see advertisements for forex trading seminars, usually fronted by a trainer who boasts of his or her own success.

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  [NEW YORK] WHAT is probably your most important asset? Stocks? Bonds? Real estate? Collectibles? None of the above. It is human capital. Although most of the focus in wealth planning is on financial...

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  I am about to go on holiday and the idea is giving me panic attacks. Mainly because I will be on a tiny island off the southern coast of Thailand, in a hut, largely cut off from WiFi and 3G...

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  [ZURICH] UBS saw weak client inflows at its flagship private bank in the fourth quarter as it reported a hefty net loss due to a US$1.5 billion fine for rigging benchmark interest rates and...

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  [SINGAPORE] The obsession with property remains strong among the rich.

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