Help guide to Personal Finance Webinars You Should Attend During “Circuit Breaker”

We've always enjoyed compiling our seasonal list of personal finance events, due to the fact we know the value of in-person interactions for your learning and self-development.

But during this “Circuit Breaker” period and social distancing for the forseeable future, event organisers have moved their seminars online, allowing attendees to still gain a lot of the advantages of in-person events straight from their own homes.

Here are our picks for upcoming free webinars which cover topics like CPF, investing, trading, insurance and private finance. Be sure to save the dates!

#1 Planning For Your Retirement With CPF

When: Anytime

Webinar Link: YouTube

In CPF Board's first ever online talk, this webinar covers the important topic of Planning For Your Retirement With CPF. Engineered for those who are turning 55, the session covers important rules CPF members need to be conscious of so they can make informed decisions on their own.

These include just how much can you withdraw from your CPF accounts, how CPF LIFE works, maximising your monthly CPF LIFE payouts, and things to consider for the continued use of CPF to service your monthly mortgages.

If you have any queries after watching the webinar, you are able to leave comment on CPF Board's Facebook post and also the top frequently-asked questions will be answered having a follow-up post on 14 May 2021.

#2 Endowus Live: Financial Independence, Retire Early In Singapore

When: 13 May 2021, 7pm

Webinar Link: Eventbrite

Has the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement burnt itself out, especially when devotees have their carefully-laid plans essentially derailed through the COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing economic meltdown?

Here to go over this topic with Endowus Personal Finance Lead Sheng Shi Chiam is FIRE-Path Lion, a Singapore-based blogger whose writings are aimed at helping people build a lifestyle that can be sustained with investment income – forever. Thus, letting them retire as early (or as late) what ever they want.

#3 Getting Started In Trading – How you can Prime Yourself For achievement & Understanding Pitfalls

When: 14 May 2021, 8pm

Webinar Link: Zoom

Organised by InvestingNote and IG, this webinar is for those who want to understand much more about the world of trading, and whether it is ideal for them as an additional way to grow their income.

The session is carried out Terence Tan, who's IG Asia's Head of Education and Business Development along with a qualified Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

The session will introduce key tools and concepts like Technical Analysis, interpreting market data, trading pitfalls, and show you how you can execute trading strategies using Knock-Outs, a newly-introduced trading product.

#4 Ask MoneyOwl Anything: COVID-19 Personal Finance Edition

When: 14 May 2021, 7pm

Webinar Link: Eventbrite

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, you might have specific insurance, investing or CPF questions that you just want answers from a trusted source. Well, if that is you, this ask-me-anything (AMA) session is what you are looking for!

Join MoneyOwl's Financial Literacy Lead, Felicia Yeo, and Solutions Lead and Financial Literacy Trainer, Lena Teng as they respond to questions from individuals like your self on important topics like how you can better manage your cashflow during this period of uncertainty, deferring your insurance premium payments or mortgage instalments, and how to invest in this uncertain time.

You can post questions about the Facebook post or question them 'live' during the session. The entire video (as well as past sessions) will be posted on MoneyOwl's Facebook page too.

#5 StashAway Investing Basics

When: 14 May 2021, 7pm

Webinar Link: Eventbrite

Created for beginners to investing, StashAway's Investing Basics webinar covers the broad strokes of investing, for example asset classes, risk-return, risk management, and fundamentals of portfolio construction.

After the workshop, you'll be able to start investing responsibly, and obtain a better knowledge of some of the commonly-encountered jargons in investing literature. The session is carried out by Amanda Ong, StashAway's Head of Client Experience & PR, who had stints in fund management and financial services prior to joining StashAway.

This seminar, as well as others conducted by StashAway Academy, may be used by Representatives of monetary Institutions to fulfil their annual Supplementary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements, susceptible to their company's approval.