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Over the years, Providend has contributed our views on personal finance matters to various publications and newspapers. Because of our frank opinions and sensible views, we have often drawn positive responses from the public. We also believe that through these contributions, we have raised the standard of financial literacy and awareness in Singapore. We are very thankful for these opportunities and we hope you will enjoy reading these articles as much as we enjoyed writing them.
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The client is always right, or is he?
Download the PDFChristopher Tan - The Business Times
July 2007 | Industry Insights
If what the client wants coincides nicely with what he needs, then there wouldn’t be a need for financial advice, says Chris. Read Chris’ advice on how clients should not give in to financial misconceptions and how he advocates that wealth management firms’ focus should be taking care of clients’ interests, and not the company’s bottom line.
Learning Investment from the Mountain Experience
Download the PDFChristopher Tan - The Business Times
August 2006 | Investment Planning
If you want to journey into the “financial jungle”, you need to know that like walking in the mountains, there is no way you can reach your objective in a straight-line approach. One must be prepared for occasional fluctuations as this is the way of the “jungle”. Read more in this interesting article about the similarities and investment lessons Chris has learnt from Nature…
The Confession of a Financial Adviser
Download the PDFChristopher Tan - Business Times
November 2004 | Industry Insights
“If you buy insurance products like a whole life plan, you’re paying to be served a plate of garbage that in fact if you eat, you’ll have financial poisoning.” Read the article to see how this is true.