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2025 January Market Outlook
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7 Ways to Cool Your Home Without Raising Your Electricity Bill
A Malaysian guide to cooling down when the outside is warming up. It's that time of the year again when the sun is glorious, the rain is infrequent, [...]
Market Overview February 2024
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6 Must-Know Things About EPF’s 5.5% Dividends for 2023
Woah, woah, woah! 5.5% dividends from EPF? You would have surely heard the news. The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) has just given 5.5% of dividends to Malaysians contributing [...]
Digital Banking Revolution with Fintech
Technology in the financial sector is paving the way for individuals for a better fiscal future. Things have changed considerably in financial infrastructures worldwide in the past decade. [...]
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What You Need To Know About PEMERKASA Asisstance Packages
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the PEMERKASA assistance package totalling RM20billion on March 17, 2021 at 5:30pm. On March 17, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the PEMERKASA stimulus package worth RM20 billion with [...]
Does Your Insurance in Malaysia Cover Wuhan Coronavirus?
Will your insurance in Malaysia cover the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and other influenza-like outbreaks? What are the risks you face? What can you do about it? Updated: [...]
Bank Negara Malaysia Reduces OPR to 2.75%
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has reduced the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points (bp) to 2.75%. What are the effects of these changes? [...]
What are the Most Powerful Passports in the World?
What are the most powerful passports in the world? The latest 2020 Henley Passport Index ranking has been released on 7 January 2020. Most Powerful Passports What Makes [...]
TnG eWallet, Boost & GrabPay selected for Government e-Tunai Rakyat
TnG eWallet, Boost and GrabPay have been announced as the selected e-wallets for Government e-Tunai Rakyat. What is the e-Tunai Rakyat Program? RM30 will be given into individual [...]
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Q&A: Cheated by Savings Plan?
A MyPFer alerted us on this viral post by Tyler JWY from Singapore who bought an endowment policy (aka savings plan) that did not give expected returns. She asked us whether we could enlighten them [...]
Which Malaysian PRS Fund to invest 2017 2H
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Is Buying a Brand New Car Really a Bad Idea?
Choosing between a brand new ride and a second-hand one doesn't have to be hard. You may have heard financial advice about not buying yourself a brand, new car. If you come across articles, personal [...]
AirAsia Asean Pass Review
Is the newly launched AirAsia Asean Pass worthwhile? Let's take a look. Information based on AirAsia website. E&OE. Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore Overview You purchase beforehand credits to [...]
Cooking Oil Subsidy Removal
What are the effects of the cooking oil subsidy removal? What can you do about the upcoming cooking oil subsidy removal? Why the Subsidy Removal? Official reason from Second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghan [...]
Personal Finances
Why Malaysian HNWIs (High Net Worth Individuals) are Turning to Licensed Financial Planners
Managing your increasing wealth doesn't have to be a solo effort, especially when your financial portfolio grows larger and more diverse. Nestled within the heart of Southeast Asia, Malaysia is more than just a cultural [...]
5 Steps to Prepare for Your Child’s Educational Future
Jump start your child's educational fund to pave the way to a brighter future. In most families, good education is highly cherished. Parents understand that a quality education can be the bridge to better opportunities, [...]
6 Personal Finance Things that Have Changed Drastically Since Malaysia Was Formed in 1963
In honor of Malaysia Day, we take a walk down memory lane to see how much things have changed in several aspects of personal finances since 1963. Many things have changed since 1963. From a [...]
Risk Management & Estate Planning
MyPF 1st Christmas Gathering on 22 December 2016
MyPF successfully organized our first ever Christmas gathering with three sharing sessions followed by a Q&A session. Scroll down for a summary of what transpired that memorable evening. Updated: December 27, 2016 MyPF Save the [...]
OCBC-GE Credit Card Changes 2016 September
OCBC-GE Credit Card which is one of the top unlimited cashback cards has changed from Sep 1, 2016. The last prior change was in Jul 1, 2015. Last updated: Oct 10, 2016 The current OCBC [...]
Great Eastern Removal of Portfolio Withdrawal Condition
Effective Feb 16, 2016 Great Eastern Life Assurance Malaysia has removed the portfolio withdrawal condition What is Portfolio Withdrawal Condition? Portfolio Withdrawal Condition is a clause that gives the right to an insurance company to [...]
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Market Overview December 2023
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2023 December Market Outlook & Review
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The Pros and Cons of Crowdfunding for Investors
The concept of crowdfunding has become more popular, gathering like-minded individuals to invest in a product, no matter how small the amount invested. Crowdfunding involves gathering modest contributions from many people to fund a new [...]