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Endowus Cash/SRS Portfolio Changes: What you need to know

byderestine
May 27, 2020

Endowus has launched an upgraded cash/SRS portfolio with several enhancements in a lengthy blog post. As a client myself, I thought I'd digest, rationalise and simplify the changes to readers who are wondering what the changes are about.

8 minute read

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MCO Visa Card Review – up to 5% instant rebates, but should you bite?

byderestine
May 14, 2020

The MCO Visa Card is a perfect replacement for many credit cards and debit cards. It comes with unlimited 1%-5% instant rebate on all spend, 100% rebates on Spotify and Netflix, and if you like, expose yourself to the wider MCO crypto ecosystem.

14 minute read

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StashAway vs Endowus – a deeper dive into the robos

byderestine
April 25, 2020

StashAway and Endowus are two of my favourite local robo platforms. Let's take a deeper look into their investment methodology, portfolio construction, products, currencies, taxes, security and costs.

3 minute read

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Endowus updates: Fund changes to make CPF investing cheaper and more diversified

byderestine
April 21, 2020

Endowus is updating their CPF portfolios with a better, cheaper, and more diversified fund. Here's my summary.

5 minute read

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Guide to StashAway Recurring Transfers

byderestine
April 5, 2020

In this guide, we will explore multiple ways of how we can create and schedule recurring transfers to your StashAway investment portfolios.

2 minute read

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Transfer Money to China – TransferWise to Alipay

byderestine
March 17, 2020

You can now conduct instant money transfers, up to 5 times a month, capped at 31,000 CNY per transaction to China AliPay wallets via TransferWise within seconds.

6 minute read

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Syfe REIT+: First Look

byderestine
March 1, 2020

Syfe's new product catering to Singaporeans' love for owning properties might be a cost efficient way to do so, if you don't mind giving up the ability to manage your property portfolio.

7 minute read

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Making mum’s CPF OA work harder with Endowus

byderestine
January 24, 2020

I have a love-hate relationship with CPF - Singapore's compulsory social security savings scheme designed to help Singaporeans save enough money for our housing, retirement and medical needs.

7 minute read

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The strategy for digital retail banks in Singapore

byderestine
January 19, 2020

Read my thoughts about what strategy digital banks in Singapore should undertake to pursue sustainable growth.

2 minute read

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Why roboadvisors might be worth the fees

byderestine
January 17, 2020

It's probably contrary to popular belief - but if you're like me and you want things to work seamlessly, easily and effortlessly, then sometimes paying a premium for a product or service that delivers just that - might be worth paying a little more for.