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A sense of fairness Thursday, March 26, 2009 A sense of fairness Americans are outraged at the bonuses being paid to the top executives of AIG's financial products. Here are people who took big bets, lost and felt that they should be retained with fat bonuses to clean up the mess. The...

ST Online: Don't break CPF piggy bank, but... Thursday, March 26, 2009 ST Online: Don't break CPF piggy bank, but... Editor Straits Times I REFER to the Ministry of Manpower's response last Saturday to readers' calls for earlier Central Provident Fund (CPF) withdrawal. The response...

MAS consultation paper - sale of unlisted investment products Thursday, March 26, 2009 MAS consultation paper - sale of unlisted investment products I suggest that the product issuer should be required to disclose the charges that they are taking away from the investment product for their...

Buying bonds Thursday, March 26, 2009 Buying bonds Read this article. http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/pf/bond_portfolio.moneymag/index.htm?section=money_latest Posted by Tan Kin Lian at 3:58 PM Labels: Investments 1 comments: hw said... The article is for an investor in the...

CASE forum on MAS consultation paper Thursday, March 26, 2009 CASE forum on MAS consultation paper CASE will be organising a public forum to gather feedback in response to the latest guidelines put up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The proposals were formulated based on...

A better way to regulate housing agent Thursday, March 26, 2009 A better way to regulate housing agent 26 March 2009 Editor Forum Page Straits Times A better way to regulate housing agent Senior Minister of State Lim Hwee Hua reported in Parliament that the Government is reviewing...

Einstein Intelligence Quiz Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Einstein Intelligence Quiz Can you solve Einstein's Quiz be among the 2% who can do it? http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcqjz7c8_117dq5pckgb Posted by Tan Kin Lian at 9:40 PM 5 comments: siewkhim said... Kin Lian, you are a...

Big increase for motor insurance claims - the reasons Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Big increase for motor insurance claims - the reasons The General Insurance Association, representing the insurance companies, have introduced a Motor Claim Framework in May 2008, with the aim of controlling the...

Urban Public Transport Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Urban Public Transport Read my views here. http://singaporepublictransport.blogspot.com/2009/03/urban-and-intercity-public-transport.html Posted by Tan Kin Lian at 6:56 AM

NTUC is less pro-society now Tuesday, March 24, 2009 NTUC is less pro-society now Hi Kin Lian, Are you aware of how NTUC Insurance has evolved since you left? I entered the industry (as an independent advisor) the same year you left NTUC in 2007. I'm a newbie here. But it does not...

How will you vote in the General Election (1)? Tuesday, March 24, 2009 How will you vote in the General Election (1)? The hot topic now is the next general election, which may be held in 2009. How will you vote? Give your views in this survey...

How Can I Find Affordable Life Insurance For High Risk Individuals? Tuesday, March 24, 2009 How Can I Find Affordable Life Insurance For High Risk Individuals? Read this article. http://www.money-professor.com/insurance/how-can-i-find-affordable-life-insurance-for-high-risk-individuals/...

Tutoring, temp work can pay off Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Tutoring, temp work can pay off Advice to graduates looking for a full time job during a global recession. Read this article. Go to this portal. http://www.easyapps.sg/ptw/home.aspx Posted by Tan Kin Lian at 6:28 AM

SINGAPORE: Singapore is taking a significant step to further liberalise and expand the space for political debate. Parliament on Monday debated changes to the Films Act, allowing certain types of films which would otherwise be termed party political films. Regulations on internet election...

TOKYO: A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots, according to Japanese hospital officials. The pair, both US citizens, were reportedly the only two people aboard the American parcel...

Monday, March 23, 2009 MAS consultation paper: Unlisted investment products Read the proposals contained in this consultation paper. Give your comments below...

MAS Consultatation paper - simple insurance products Monday, March 23, 2009 MAS Consultatation paper - simple insurance products To MAS This consultation paper is for regulation on investment products. I suggest that the regulation should make clear that life insurance products that...

MAS Consultation Paper - Toxic Investment Products Monday, March 23, 2009 MAS Consultation Paper - Toxic Investment Products Under the consultation paper, the issuers are required to provide more clearer information about complex financial products. But, the question is, will this approach...

Re: Proposal to solve the global crisis Monday, March 23, 2009 Politician Ratings Who will you vote in the next general election? Survey. Here are the preliminary survey results, based on 49, 112 and 178 replies. The latest rating has a more balanced distribution by age group...

Re: Proposal to solve the global crisis Monday, March 23, 2009 AUD, NZD on way of recovery The AUD and NZD dropped by about 30% a few months ago. It stayed at that level for a few months. They are now starting to recover. I saw that NZD had increased 10% during the past week .The AUD has...