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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Keep your savings in CPF up to the caps

Dear Mr. Tan,
I recently got approached by a friend working in an investment company to invest my CPF ordinary account into equities and fixed income plans and my CPF special account in endowment insurance.

As the government plans to cap the amount in 1st April, she advises that I invest 90% of what I have so far in both accounts and leave enough to pay off fees incurred. Is this advisable?

REPLY

It is better to leave your money in the CPF to earn the attractive interest rate and bonus paid by the government. After 1 April, you can consider investing the excess (above the caps eligible for bonus interest) in low cost investment funds.

Do not take the advice of your friend as you will be incurring high sales charges, and will get a poor return on the investments (after the charges).

Read this FAQ:
http://www.tankinlian.com/faq/savings.html

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