This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim will be having a chat with Fazrul Farouk, licensed financial planner with I-Max Financial on the proposed monthly withdrawals from EPF for retirees - is this scheme better than the old lump-sum withdrawal?

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim will be having a chat with Fung Mei Lin, Private Business Leader, PwC Malaysia about family offices in Malaysia - why it can be beneficial for high net worth families, what to consider when setting one up, the incentives offered by our government, and more.

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim speaks to Linnet Lee, a licensed financial planner on some aspects of retirement that’s not often talked about - the psychological and emotional difficulties that some people might face after they step away from full-time work.

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim sits down with Chee Minh, a freelance photographer who’s been in the industry for 16 years to talk about the money aspect of being a full time gig worker - whether you can sustain yourself by just doing gig work, the importance of discipline required, and should you try regular employment first before diving into being a freelancer?

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• This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim is joined by Khairi Shahrin Arief Baki, Deputy CEO at CGS International to talk about the variety of asset classes that are available to Malaysian investors, and what strategies should consider when making your choices, whether as a first-time or veteran investor.
  
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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim is joined by Felix Neoh, Director of Financial Planning at Finwealth Management to talk about the OPR - what it is, why Bank Negara decided to cut it by 25 basis points last week, and how it will affect your finances.

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim sits down with Siew Yuen Tuck, CEO of Ringgitplus to talk about the RinggitPlus Malaysian Financial Literacy Survey 2024 which was published last year, and his observations on the findings since then.

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim sits down with Alvin Tan, President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM) to talk about aspects of personal finance that Malaysian Gen Zers find the most challenging, and how that gap can be bridged.

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On Ringgit & Sense this week, producer Jake Lim sits down with Thanneermalai Somasundaram, Managing Director, Thannees Tax Consulting Services, and Dr Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist, Bank Muamalat in a two-parter episode on the potential impact of the expansion of the Sales and Service tax.

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This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim is joined by Yuvarajan Periyan, licensed financial planner with Uno Adviser’s Sdn. Bhd in revisiting the age old question, “Should you buy or rent a home?”. They’ll be discussing whether it’s tougher nowadays for Malaysians to purchase property, what it takes to successfully get a housing loan, the hidden costs involved, and more.

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