Barbie Hsu’s Passing Highlights the Importance of Guardianship and Wealth Protection for High-Net-Worth Families
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By Boo Kok Chuon Barbie Hsu’s Passing and the Legal Challenges That Follow The recent passing of Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛, 大S) has raised important questions about inheritance, guardianship, and wealth management, particularly for high-net-worth individuals (“HNWI”) with complex family structures. […]
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Learning from Family Business Disputes: A Staged Approach to SMEs Succession Planning
By Boo Kok Chuon and Chan Mei Lee Family-owned businesses often come with unique challenges when it comes to passing the baton from the older generation owners to the next. It involves years of planning, failure of which can lead […]
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Are All Risks Bad? How Malaysia’s Private Lease Scheme (PLS) Properties Can Outperform Leaseholds or Freehold for Investors
By Boo Kok Chuon The Private Lease Scheme (PLS) in Malaysia has become a polarising topic, especially after recent disputes involving Singaporean investors. While concerns about lower liquidity, resale limitations, and developer control are valid, PLS properties can still offer […]
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Defamation in Singapore
By Peter Ong Lip Cheng and Boo Kok Chuon As the trial of Johnny Depp[1] and his former spouse, Amber Heard, closes, the topic of defamation has resurfaced to be the talk of the town. Watching the cross examinations of the witnesses […]
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Simplified
By Boo Kok Chuon It was reported in the news yesterday, that local celebrity, Edmund Chen, sold his NFT painting at a whopping $53,000. Though this appears to be quite a fortune for many of us commoners, it is as […]
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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU FACE HARASSMENTS FROM DEBT COLLECTORS?
By Peter Ong Lip Cheng and Boo Kok Chuon In light of the recent publication of harassment by debt collectors faced by politician, Lim Tean, one may wonder if debt collection agencies enjoy certain powers or privileges. It is a […]
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Commentary: When and what to buy? At what age? Investing for retirement in a COVID-19 economy
Your investment strategy should be based on an understanding of market fundamentals, the long-term outlook and your age, says Patrick Chang. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/investing-retirement-singapore-best-strategies-tips-by-age-covid-14145108 SINGAPORE: For every Singaporean senior looking forward to saving enough to enjoy retirement, the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
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How to identify an SBLC scam
By Boo Kok Chuon and Chan Mei Lee Over the past one year, we have advised and saved no lesser than five clients, who almost fell victim in financing schemes related to SBLC that turned out to be fraudulent in […]
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On Zero-bound Interest Rates, Deflation, and the Liquidity Trap
By Boo Kok Chuon I still vividly remember 10 years back, when I was an economics student, I had been struggling with the grasping of the abstract idea of the liquidity trap in Introduction to Economics. Ironically, when I progressed […]
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Lessons from Covid-19 Crisis: An Observation of the Consumers’ Behavior in the F&B Retail Sector
By Boo Kok Chuon Since the Covid-19 crisis hit the shores of Singapore, the consumption patterns of the city-state have experienced a drastic shift. This is particularly apparent in the already gloomy retail scene, the implementation of the Circuit Breaker […]
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Understanding Investors’ Expectations
By Clarie Chan Unequivocally, investors are akin to customers, where everyone has different personalities, their own set of preferences, and values. This translates to variations in expectations, however, there are some fundamental expectations which many investors have in common. It […]
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