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You’ve spent years building your wealth, but what happens if you suddenly can’t manage it? In this episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim and Vince Koh, relationship manager at PhillipCapital, dive into incapacity planning—the single biggest blind spot in personal finance. Discover how a Lasting Power of Attorney, CPF nominations, and wills protect your assets from legal limbo. Learn practical steps to ensure your hard-earned investments stay secure and accessible for those who matter most.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:37 The cost of inaction is deputyship

04:52 When wealth adds complexity

07:05 Choosing the right donee & executor

10:53 Your immediate action plan

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Vince Koh, relationship manager, PhillipCapital

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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We're drowning in financial data yet starving for retirement confidence. Only 28 per cent of Singaporeans feel truly on track — and as the nation hurtles toward super-aged status, the margin for error is gone. Howie Lim sits down with Samuel Rhee, co-founder and group CIO of Endowus to dissect why sitting in cash is the riskiest bet you can make, why "starting with why" beats chasing the perfect investment, and the three metrics that actually matter.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:23 Capital shortage meets analysis paralysis

03:22 When informed becomes over-informed

08:18 Cash - the riskiest asset you own

13:44 Three metrics that cut through the noise

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Samuel Rhee, co-founder, chairman, group CIO, Endowus

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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Markets are loud. Your strategy doesn't have to be. In this episode of Money Hacks, Howie Lim speaks to BlackRock strategist Filip Mena Berlin to pull back the curtain on systematic active equities — not a black box, but a glass box where data, discipline, and human judgment converge.

Discover why Asean is the diversification trade most portfolios are missing, how sentiment data reveals who you're really trading against, and why the best investors don't try to time markets — they outlast them.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

02:57 Why Asean stands apart when Asia falls

05:22 Black box to glass box = transparency 

08:04 Human with machine + discipline

10:36 The sentiment edge

13:26 Who the strategy is for

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With Filip Mena Berlin, strategist, systematic active equities team, BlackRock

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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With the Fed signalling persistent rate hikes and oil shocks stirring global markets, is your portfolio positioned to survive—or thrive? What do rising bond yields, stubborn inflation, and central bank manoeuvres mean for everyday investors? Is the traditional 60/40 portfolio dead? Should you pivot to gold, lock in fixed income, or look to Asian credit for refuge?

StashAway’s Stephanie Leung and Fullerton Fund Management’s Angus Hui join correspondent Howie Lim to decode hidden market risks, FX traps, and the institutional strategies you need to build bulletproof wealth today.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:21 How high rates squeeze household budgets

05:36 Rethinking the 60/40 portfolio

08:29 Why gold beats bonds as a hedge

13:16 The real cost of staying in cash

14:40 Asia’s cash problem

16:03 Invest with institutional strategies

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Stephanie Leung, CIO, StashAway and Angus Hui, deputy CIO, Fullerton Fund Management

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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Your portfolio might be messier than you think. Most of us don't build investment strategies — we collect financial products the way we hoard old cables and orphaned keys in a kitchen drawer. In this episode of Money Hacks from The Business Times, Howie Lim talks with Bryan Low — wealth management head at KGI Singapore and NTU professor — about why we keep buying without a plan, how loss aversion traps us in bad positions, and the surprising upside of cutting your portfolio down to ten lines. If your financial life needs a clean-out, this conversation is your Marie Kondo moment.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:08 The accumulation trap — why buying more isn't a strategy

03:37 Auditing the financial junk drawer

07:11 The cost of product-first thinking

09:00 Decluttering rules

11:05 Decluttering as wealth creation

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With Bryan Low, head of International Wealth Management, KGI Singapore

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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Would you let AI manage your money the way it manages your inbox? Turns out, most of us won't — 76 per cent use AI to crunch the numbers, but only 8 per cent trust it to make the final call. Correspondent Howie Lim sits down with Ishan Sarkar, head of wealth and premier solutions at HSBC Singapore, to explore the "conviction gap" — the moment data has to become a decision. From Gen Z investors to Black Swan events, discover why the smartest financial move might still be a human one.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:24 Closing the AI conviction gap 

03:03 Is high-touch advice becoming a luxury good

07:39 Where AI value drops and human judgment spikes

12:45 Can AI handle a market crash better than a human

14:54 Will humans ever become replaceable

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Ishan Sarkar, head of wealth and premier solutions, HSBC Singapore

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Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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Is your dream home a financial trap? Singapore's cooling measures and shifting interest rates have upended the old playbook—Build-to-Orders (BTOs), resale flats, and executive condos (ECs) no longer play by the rules you think you know. Howie Lim and Eugene Lim, president of the Singapore Estate Agents Association, unearths the hidden costs, minimum occupation period (MOP) traps, and stress-tests your finances so your biggest purchase builds wealth, not regret.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:13 The hidden time cost of a BTO

03:13 Turning private property into liquid wealth

05:54 ECs - best of both worlds, at a cost

10:03 4 per cent stress test every buyer should run

12:51 The Ministry of National Development (MND)'s big policy shakeup, explained

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With Eugene Lim, key executive officer, ERA and president of the Singapore Estate Agents Association

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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Singapore just pledged nearly S$70,000 per child over 16 years — but is that windfall building your family's future, or quietly funding lifestyle creep? Correspondent Howie Lim sits down with SingSaver's Ayush Goyal to dissect how to split, invest, and protect this new child credit stream — from emergency funds to retirement trade-offs — so parents don't waste a single dollar.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:07 Dissecting the S$70,000 package into 2 buckets

05:19 Rethinking your emergency fund

07:28 Kids' future vs. your retirement

10:23 The danger of policy dependency

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Ayush Goyal, Singapore country manager and managing director, SingSaver

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Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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You just got a raise. So why does your bank account still feel broke? It’s the lifestyle creep — the sneaky force turning your bigger paycheck into the same old savings. From $8 lattes to subscription traps to the psychology behind "keeping up with the Tans," find out why more income rarely equals more wealth, and what to actually do about it. Warning: may cause spontaneous budgeting.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

00:07 The pay-raise paradox

01:11 What lifestyle creep really means, psychologically

04:12 Three forces silently inflating your expenses

07:12 The one question to ask before spending your next paycheck

09:34 The Warren Buffett rule: why staying humble pays off

22:27 The three-week rule that curbs impulse spending

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Written and hosted by: Howie Lim ([email protected])

With Michelle Mah, founder and psychotherapist, The Curious Bonsai Therapy & Coaching and Wildon Goh, head of Southeast Asia and country head of Singapore. Fidelity International

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim, Nicole Teo & Chai Pei Chieh

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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Your parents' "boring" Singapore dividend stocks only portfolio just had an upgrade nobody told you about. While everyone's obsessing over US tech, Singapore's equity market has quietly doubled its research coverage, attracted real institutional capital, and uncovered small-cap opportunities most investors haven't even heard of.

Correspondent Howie Lim sits down with East Spring's Daniel Lau to figure out why "safe" and "boring" are no longer the same thing — and why ignoring this market might be the riskiest move in your portfolio.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:00 Singapore's liquidity game-changer

04:37 The hunt for hidden small-cap opportunities

07:08 The optimal mix: 50% Singapore, 50% S&P

09:39 Why resilience recovers faster than high-octane bets

12:44 Global allocators are finally paying attention

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With Daniel Lau, portfolio manager, Eastspring Investments

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

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