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CapitaMalls Asia issue 10yr Retail Bond

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:15:00 +0000

CapitaMalls Asia Limited is offering a 10 years maturity Bond to retail investors. This is a Callable Step-Up Bond. For the first 5 years (from 2012 to 2017), the interest rate is 3.8% per...

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Europe at the Brink

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +0000

This 23 minutes WSJ documentary brings together its editors and reporters who examine the origins of Europe's debt crisis and why it spread with such ferocity to engulf much of...

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TM Legacy Plus (revised)

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:00 +0000

Tokio Marine Life Insurance revised its highly popular TM Legacy Plus from 14 October 2011. It's a whole life insurance plan with a Minimum Benefit payable by entry age. Beyond a prescribed age, the...

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Aviva MyLifeChoice

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000

Aviva MyLifeChoice was launched in September 2011. It's a new participating Whole Life Plan with flexibility to add on modules for TPD and Critical Illness. It allows policyholders to...

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Early Payout Critical Illness - NTUC VIVOCARE

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:41:00 +0000

NTUC Income has launched VIVOCARE since 19 Aug 2011. It is a plan targeted at the whole spectrum of Critical Illnesses; from EARLY stage to Intermediate and finally, Advanced stage. This means...

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Market Direction, anyone?

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:57:00 +0000

Lots of volatility. Lots of UP and lots more DOWN. So unpredictable, isn't it (the market)? Well, early this year most wouldn't imagine what we experienced this August. It's as if we are re-living...

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Synthetic ETFs on SGX

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:29:00 +0000

Good news for retail investors. To make it easier for investors to differentiate between direct replication ETFs and synthetic replication ETFs, representing the two broad structures of...

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Markets are Spooked

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:28:00 +0000

Imagine Dow falling 500+ points; Hang Seng peak to trough 1200 points intra-day. STI falling more than 100 points. All this happened the past few days. A repeat of 2008 Lehman, some say. Perhaps...

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US Debt and More to Come

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:41:00 +0000

US debt rules the headlines these few weeks. I think it will become a non-issue this week. When push comes to shove, the US government and politicians will eventually find a way to get past this,...

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Upgrading to AIA HealthShield Gold Max

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:30:00 +0000

Following the earlier post on AIA HealthShield Gold Max, here are some clarifications regarding queries received: a. For those who are upgrading from existing AIA Shield plans, does the...

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NTUC Capital Plus

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:10:00 +0000

Latest tranche of Capital Plus (CPN23) is launched with effect next monday, 11 July 2011. CPN23 will be opened to all policyholders and new applicants. It has a policy term of 2 years and a...

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Mohamed El-Erian Live Q&A on Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:47:00 +0000

A wonderful Q&A series by Mr Mohamed El-Erian from PIMCO. The conversation touched on a wide range of topics ranging from Eurozone issues and US debt situation to commodities and...

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Dr Bull and Asian Investment

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:10:00 +0000

Two events in July 2011. Is Dr Bull Coming Home in 2nd Half 2011? - a talk organised by SIAS in partnership with ETF providers. [I'm not as optimistic as the event title suggests but an...

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AVIVA MyShield Enhancements

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:57:00 +0000

From July onwards, Aviva MyShield has introduced further enhancements. 1. Letter of Guarantee is extended to include private hospitals, on top of its list of government restructured hospitals. But...

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AIA HealthShield Gold Max

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:20:00 +0000

AIA recently launched HealthShield Gold Max in mid June 2011. This new Medisave-approved integrated Shield plan is meant to replace its Healthshield Gold Elite plan. Both cater to those seeking...

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Reflection in June

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:29:00 +0000

2011 mid-point. Big case coming up. Volatile stock market. Clients edgy. Attending events. Now I take time to write. And I will focus on investment. Let me focus on Europe and the happenings...

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Greece and its Options

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:43:00 +0000

Not much left on the table, actually. As the crisis continues in Europe, Greece has less and lesser options to address its debt problems. This Economist article sums it up. I am of the opinion...

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Medical Screening via Medisave

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Singaporeans will be able to use their Medisave for health screenings from 1 July 2011. More specifically, the approved screenings are for Mammograms (to detect breast cancer) and Colonoscopies...

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More on Greece

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:02:00 +0000

More interesting articles on Greece debt crisis. Greek Debt Talks Widen Divisions in the Euro Zone from WSJ. Inevitability of a Default in Greece from NY Times. Europe is running a...

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Greece in Denial or Not?

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:07:00 +0000

The more one reads recent reports on the Greek debt problems, the greater the frown. -Greek 'Soft Restructuring' to Precede 'Hard' One (CNBC link) -Is a Liquidity Crisis Brewing in Europe? (CNBC...

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The Euro - Original Sin?

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:02:00 +0000

Interesting article on the Euro and reflections on the current crisis in Europe. Though some believe the recent Portugal bailout (in progress) will mark the end of contagion, this author (Mr...

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TM Wealth Enhancement (ENRICH) & NTUC Growth

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:11:00 +0000

Tokio Marine Life has launched its latest single premium plan, TM Wealth Enhancement (ENRICH). It’s a 5 year participating savings plan which matures with bonuses. From the look of it, it is almost...

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Eurozone Debt- 2011 Key Events

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:26:00 +0000

Found this interesting timeline chart from Triple-Espresso blog. More clues to emerge this week from the EU Summit meeting held over 24-25 March.

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Property- a safe investment?

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:34:00 +0000

"Property is widely seen as a safe asset. It is arguably the most dangerous of all, says Andrew Palmer." - quoted from the Economist Special Report on Property. In a series of 8 articles, it...

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European Debt Exposure

noreply@blogger.com (eemin.the.ifa) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:11:00 +0000

In this special report, one can read more on the possibility of a wider banking crisis from what seems to be just a Eurozone problem. An earlier post first touched on this. The complex web of...

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