BT Money Hacks

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Cryptocurrency, DAO, DeFi, NFT, blockchain, metaverse: these terms have been bandied about for some time but do they all fit under the Web3 umbrella?  So what are these strange new investment opportunities and should we maybe get some?  For more insights, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Rya...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. From private equity to whiskey, real estate to haute couture, how important is the definition of alternative investments since it’s increasingly becoming grayer? And how is their value holding up in this inflation riddled environment? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Daryl Ho, senior i...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. What can high-income earners do in coming tax seasons and can we expect further tax hikes in the near future? In this episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Tan Ching Ne, partner specialising in tax, PWC Singapore to find out. Highlights of the conversation:  01:10 Tax...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks with Robin Lee, CEO and co-founder of HelloGold who gives his rather unconventional take on gold. Highlights (click/tap above):  01:10 Why Warren Buffet is wrong about gold 02:45 ‘Safe haven’ an Anglo Saxon concep...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 113th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Ethan McMahon, an economist from Chainalysis, on whether non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a viable investment instrument. Highlights (click/tap above) 01:15 Are NFTs speculative? 03:55 Can the NFT market get any hotter? 05:...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 112th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Daryl Ho, senior investment strategist, chief investment office, DBS, about the investment outlook for 2022 and how a robust portfolio can weather uncertainty. Highlights (click/tap above):  01:22 Top issue of concer...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 111th episode of Money Hacks, BT correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Cathy Hackl, chief metaverse officer of the Futures Intelligence Group about lucrative investment opportunities in the metaverse and how to navigate this growing space.  Highlights (click/tap above): 03:20 Why inv...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 110th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Christopher Tan, founder and CEO of Providend about whether you can DIY estate planning and the common mistakes to avoid. Highlights of the conversation: (click/tap above) 02:16 Common deterrents to estate planning 04:30...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 109th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to co-founder of Sophia and gender lens investor, Tanya Rolfe about closing the gender investing gap through education, especially since women investors thrash their male counterparts.  Highlights (click/tap above)&nbsp...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 108th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Evie Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Coinomo about cryptocurrency’s outlook for 2022 and beyond, and also whether non-fungible tokens should factor in your portfolio as well. Highlights of the conversation (click/tap a...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 107th episode of Money Hacks, BT correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Victor Wong, senior director, head of UOBAM Sustainability Office, UOB Asset Management about how ESG investing can make money but greenwashing needs to be top of mind. This episode is brought to you by UOBAM: https://...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's 106th episode takes a deeper look into Buy Now Pay Later platforms. How risky are they for consumers and will regulation really help? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks with Lim Kell Jay, Head of Grab Financial Group Singapore.  Highlights of the conversation: Concerns raised wit...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 105th episode of Money Hacks, BT correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Koh Hwee Joo, senior director, Sustainability Office at UOB Asset Management, about how doing good doesn’t mean sacrificing returns these days with ESG investing. This episode is brought to you by UOBAM - https://www.u...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. In this 104th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Morgan Terigi, CEO and co-founder of Incomlend about how cash-strapped SMEs can access diversified sources of working capital, especially during these challenging times. Highlights of the conversation: SMEs’ lack of...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's 103rd episode explores whether it’s ever too late to start planning for retirement and what you can do if you’re 60 and haven’t. Correspondent Howie Lim speaks with Jay Phua, Financial Services Director at Great Eastern. Highlights of the conversation: The common...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode helps you understand the reasons behind the changing regulatory climate in China and how to act on them while taking fewer risks, brought to you by OCBC Securities: www.iocbc.com BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Lim Yuin, chief investment strategist from Lion Global Inv...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's 101st episode explores whether there are too many financial advisers in Singapore and if we actually need them. Is it possible to take care of your own financial planning?  Correspondent Howie Lim speaks with Wayne Chen, founder and CEO of GoalsMapper, a financial planning so...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's monumental 100th episode looks at the importance of investing the extra cash you have, instead of saving too much. You could actually lose money if you just allow it to do nothing. BT's digital editor Chris Lim and his new co-host - correspondent Howie Lim - speak with David Kuo,...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode looks at how many people have set up a part-time business, or side-hustle, especially amid the disruption and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Understand how to turn your side hustle into a money-making ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) business in th...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode looks at what it takes to start a crypto or blockchain-based business. Understand the foundational technology of crypto in this episode, which is brought to you by Withers KhattarWong: https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Pang Xue Kai...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode looks at how fees can quickly multiply and hurt the bottom-line when businesses deal in multiple currencies via traditional payment rails. Find out why and how multi-currency wallets - for businesses - are one way around it, in this episode brought to you by HSBC: https://...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode looks at how disability insurance and long-term care aren’t on the radar of many. Find out why this should be on your must-do list during this pandemic, in this episode brought to you by Great Eastern: https://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/index.html BT's digital ed...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode covers insurance, a risk management fundamental you need to sort out before considering more advanced money hacks. Find out why critical illness insurance is more crucial than ever during this pandemic, in this episode brought to you by Great Eastern: https://www.greateast...

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode is aimed at young working adults, on the importance of having some kind of financial plan sooner rather than later, instead of waiting till they have a sizeable sum to invest. It is brought to you by HSBC: https://www.hsbc.com.sg/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Deepak Khanna, he...

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. This week's episode plugs the top financial knowledge gaps that some experienced investors may not even know too. It is brought to you by HSBC: https://www.hsbc.com.sg/ BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Deepak Khanna, head of wealth products and journeys at HSBC, who explains the following: What are t...