Getting Started With Personal Finance

4 Aug 2021, GYC goes Live on Instagram with Joel Lim

‘Info-encer’ Joel Lim and GYC takes to instagram to conduct an introductory session on all things personal finance — directly answering questions submitted by you. During the session, we address:

How do I start putting a plan together?
Where should I put my savings?
What are investments and how do they work?
Why should we consider investing?
How much money do you need to invest?
How can I start investing in Singapore?

And other issues that can help you get started on your financial journey.

Learn more about the event here.

Optimise Returns With Sustainable Solutions

5 May 2021, Zoom

Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our world. You can start making a difference through your investments to help preserve the earth for our future generations. But can taking care of the environment through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing principles also make you money?

We speak with Bhanu Singh, the Head of Asia Pacific Portfolio Management at Dimensional about to discuss the following:

1. Using an evidence-based Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework to investing to reap all the returns available to you whilst excluding undesirable firms from your portfolio.

2. Filter out firms that use child labour, have a large carbon footprint, manufacture weapons of war and don’t treat their employees or society well in general.

3. How you can incorporate positive values into your investment without compromising on the returns you need to reach your goals.

Getting Stocks to Outrun The Market - Webinar

28 September 2020, Zoom

We spoke with the experts in the field - Dr. Wei Dai and Mr. Joel Teasdel from Dimensional Fund Advisors, to shed light on the following:

1. What type of returns are expected following a crisis?

2. Academic theory tells us that value stocks outperform in the long run. However, their performance has not been well for some time. Have things changed?

3. Mega-cap stocks are doing well despite not being "value stocks". Why is that so?

4. Why is there a de-sync between the economy and markets?

Watch the webinar here.

COVID-19 and the Impact on Investments – Webinar

25 September 2020, Zoom

In our first online webinar, GYC’s Investment Specialist, Carl Chay, interviewed Anthony Raza of UOB Asset Management.

1. Impact of COVID-19 on the economy and stocks and bonds.

2. With the extreme liquidity from global central banks, how are the SGD and interest rates affected?

3. How long could this last? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

4. Will some companies never recover from these "unprecedented" times?

5. Audience Q&A

Watch the webinar here.

"Simply Invest" – Book Launch

27 April 2019, Kinokuniya @ Takashimaya

Official launch event for the book Simply Invest: Naked Truths to Grow Your Money by our CEO, Goh Yang Chye.

Why Dividends Matter – Seminar

23 May 2014, Sheraton Towers Hotel

1. Why a dividend reinvestment solution can help you achieve an almost perpetual cashflow for retirement

2. Introducing GYC's crash alert systems to help you get out before the next market crash

3. A high powered showdown between 3 international fund managers: Schroder Investment Management, First State Investments and Natixis Global Asset Management

Portfolio Investing – Seminar

13 March 2014, Sheraton Towers Hotel

1. Why invest in a unit trust portfolio?

   • How and why news headlines affect retail investors

   • The truth of real returns in a stock portfolio vs Singapore residential property

   • Scarcity of housing in Singapore – a myth? Why portfolio investing makes sense

2. Market Outlook & Rules-based Investing (Anthony Raza, UOB Asset Management)

   • Using sophisticated risk regime techniques to participate in market rallies and get out before market crashes

Nanyang Polytechnic + GYC Financial Literacy Challenge

3 April 2013, Nanyang Polytechnic

We collaborated with students at Nanyang Polytechnic to organise the NYP-GYC Financial Literacy Challenge. The event was an outreach effort to educate young adults in financial literacy, and give secondary school students the opportunity to learn about financial concepts and their relevance to business and everyday life.

162 students from 18 participating schools attended the event. GYC was the proud sponsor of prizes for the event’s Financial Literacy Champions, Victoria School, and the runner-up teams.

Peaceful Investing with an Engine, an Airbag and a Driver – Seminar

11 May 2012, Sheraton Towers Hotel

1. Peaceful Investing with an Engine, an Airbag and a Driver (Aw Choon Hui, GYC)

   • Constructing portfolios with in-built engines for growth and airbags for stability should the worst happen

2. Market update (Anthony Raza, UOB Asset Management)

In Conversation – Strategic Investing

2 October 2008, Orchard Hotel

In the middle of the most tumultuous week for markets in two decades, GYC held a panel discussion forum for the benefit of clients and invited guests. This was a unique seminar, featuring 3 asset managers more used to being in ‘competition’ rather than ‘conversation’ with each other.

1. Panel discussion

   Panellists: William Tan (Franklin Templeton Investments), Jene Lua (Prudential Asset Management) and Albert Tse (Schroders)

   Moderator: Rachael Tay (GYC)

2. Q&A session with panellists

AIESEC-Investment Workshop Series

March 2008

GYC collaborated with AIESEC to present a series of investment workshops to university students from NUS, NTU, and SMU. The series was held in SMU and comprised 3 workshop seminars in March.

The event aimed to equip students with investment skills while they were still young, teaching them how to make intelligent investing decisions and distinguish good advice from bad. Topics covered included the importance of asset allocation, portfolio management, and what to look out for in investment products.

GYC's CEO Goh Yang Chye and Deputy CEO Aw Choon Hui were the main speakers for this event, with a special guest speaker in the second session – William Tan (Head of Sales) from Templeton Asset Management, whom GYC invited to provide the seminar participants with a behind-the-scenes fund manager's perspective.

Workshop 1: Bootcamp – The Idiot's Guide to Investing
Workshop 2: Nuts & Bolts – How the Experts Do It
Workshop 3: Getting Your Feet Wet – Making Your First Million!

Official Launch of EVEREST

28 February 2008, The Tower Club

GYC officially launched the revolutionary EVEREST on 28 of February 2008 at the Tower Club, with invited guests and our partners in attendance.

EVEREST is an investment solution for today's investors, bringing a high net worth proposition to the man-in-the-street at an unbeatable low cost. EVEREST's dynamic, versatile framework provides each client with a carefully constructed portfolio. It puts investors' wealth accumulation needs ahead of sales commissions.

EVEREST will transform the Singapore investment landscape and break the mould of how investment products have been designed and sold, for the benefit of the general public.