POSB Invest Saver, Another Regular Investment Plan

The recent launch of OCBC’s Blue Chip Investment Plan (BCIP) has attracted a lot of attention in the market. Financial institutions are more aggressive to accumulate their AUM

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OCBC Blue Chip Investment Plan (BCIP)

OCBC has launched a regular investment plan, OCBC Blue Chip Investment Plan (BCIP). The plan allows retail investors to purchase stocks for as little as S$100 a month. You can

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What are “Specified Investment Products”?

As an investor, you have access to a wide range of products with varied features and risk exposures listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Some products may have

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How Does MAS New Requirement of Customer Knowledge Assessment (CKA) and Customer Account Review (CAR) Affects You

With effect from 1st January 2012, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will require all financial institutions to ascertain whether their clients possess the necessary knowledge or experience

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SGX’s Online Initiatives for Retail Investors

Specified Investment Products have terms and features that require more knowledge to understand. They include: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), Futures (Extended Settlement contracts), Structured

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SGX announced further measure to differentiate between direct replication ETFs and synthetic replication ETFs

On 22 August 2011, SGX announced “Further measure to improve investor awareness of exchange traded fund (ETF) structures“. Recent attention given to the embedded risks of synthetic replication

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Are your ETFs lent to hedge funds?

Billions of dollars have been poured into ETF in recent years. Many investors misunderstood the products and only learned it the hard and expensive way. Japan earthquake and

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How Obama invests his money

Because of my business, I come across many successful businessmen. They are brilliant people who made their fortune though excellent judgement and hard work. However, when come to

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Easy Money in Silver Is Over

CNBC : Sentiment turned quite bearish after a reports suggested that billionaire investors George Soros, as well as Carlos Slim and some other influential investors had started paring

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Be Aware of Contango Trap in Commodity ETF

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) has become very popular in recent years. However, it appears to me that many people misunderstand the functions and abilities of ETFs Today, I am

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