Going to Investment Talks with Your Family. Should you?

Coming from a typical Singaporean family like myself, money or investments can be quite the sensitive topic.

Or we felt we were never in a position to educate our parents on financial literacy because them being older = more experienced.

Or maybe you do not know the Chinese words to Regular Savings Plan, which is 定期储蓄计划 (dìngqí chúxù jìhuà).

We found something to save the day, there is an investment talk coming up next week! They have workshops in both English and Mandarin if your parents or even yourself is more well-versed in Mandarin. Most importantly, it is FREE OF CHARGE!

It is Singapore Investment Week 2018 hosted by SIAS.

Haven’t heard of SIAS before? Don’t worry me too, so I did the hard work for you.

SIAS – Securities Investors Association (Singapore)

• Founded in June 1999
• A registered Charity Organisation aka Non-Profit Organisation;
• An Institution of Public Character (IPC)
• They are an advocate for Investor-rights
• The largest organised investor group in Asia
  (71,000 retail investors as members kind of large)

What do they do?

To Educate

• They actively promote Investor Education, Corporate Governance, and Transparency
• Organised over 1,000 investor education programmes: –
  More than 140,000 retail investors have benefited from these programmes (most of it is FREE)

For Investors (like you and I)

• They stand up for minority shareholders when they are faced with unfair treatment
• SIAS investors have sought protection from errant traders
• They conduct dispute resolution sessions regularly to assist investors to resolve issues
• They help investors to determine the fundamentals and long-term view of a company for investment

For Companies

• Tracks and grades listed companies for their Corporate Governance practices
  Those who excel are awarded the Singapore Corporate Governance Award.
• Works with Public Listed Companies to reach out to retail investors

Singapore Investment Week 2018

They are having their main seminar (in English) together with their Chinese seminar concurrently! This means if you’re more comfortable with English, but your parents/loved ones prefer Chinese, you all can attend the talks at the same time at different seminar rooms.

Here are the 4 seminars and workshops at a glance:

• Main Seminar
• Chinese Seminar
• May Workshops
• Youth Symposium

Main Seminar

• Date: 19 May 2018, Saturday
• Time: 9am – 3pm
• Place: HDB Hub Auditorium
• Theme: Trends and Strategies to Successful Investing in 2018

Chinese Seminar

• Date: 19 May 2018, Saturday
• Time: 10am – 2:30pm
• Place: HDB Hub Punggol Room
• Theme: Strategies to successful investing 成功投资的策略

May Workshops

Youth Symposium

• Date: 2 June 2018, Saturday
• Time: 10:30am – 04:30pm (Registration starts at 9:30am)
• Venue: SGX Auditorium

Prizes for Stock Simulation Game

• 1st: $400 CapitaLand Vouchers
• 2nd: $350 CapitaLand Vouchers
• 3rd: $250 CapitaLand Vouchers

They are honestly quite attractive, aren’t they? If you want to be a part of this action, do register your interest here!