Author: Charles Tan
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Press Release: Deloitte 2020 insurance outlook- Insurers adapt to grow in a volatile economy
Despite turbulence in the global economy, the insurance industry remains resilient by continuing to generate growth around the world and maintaining overall profitability. According to the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM), force premiums in Malaysia are experiencing growth. With this positive outlook on premiums, economists suggest that Malaysia will be making forward progress as…
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Not the best time to delay potential catalysts further.
I will not say too much about many other infrastructure projects. For this article, I shall mention just one; High Speed Rail KL – SG (HSR). This is NOT a project where the ticket sales will cover the cost of construction in 12 months or even 24 months or even 36 months! If this is…
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Best time for property investment always favourite questions.
This was that favourite question, “Best time for property investment?” I shared my thoughts during the INVEST ASIA event and I was invited for the Mandarin session. The topic was in Mandarin and it was along the lines of opportunities and threats in the current property market. As one of the 4 forum panelists, I…
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Banks’ profits is a good indicator of the market health
Beyond all the many differing views about the state of the economy, especially depending on everyone’s own ‘narrow’ viewpoints to suit what how they wish to influence, we could also look at the banks’ for a lot of clues about the market. The more important sign would be profitability. Let’s understand that if the whole…
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How long can your neighbour renovate his home?
If you are staying in Kuala Lumpur and your new neighbour just started his renovation, how long do you think you will have to endure the drilling and hacking and even the never ending dust layers inside your house daily? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? Legally for now, there’s actually no limit. In other…
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“Investing should be as exciting as watching grass grow.”
If we understand how businesses operate, we will have to note that they will release their results at the earliest every quarter. Even listed companies will have their accounts audited and reported on an annual basis for all their investors and the public. In other words, it should be highly unlikely that we invest today…
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MAREC 2020 – “Let professionals help you in your property purchase.”
I am someone who would always insist that buyers and sellers should deal with REGISTERED real estate professionals; negotiators and agents. We need to stop saying that in Malaysia anything goes. Do we really want to pay money to someone who looks like they are veterans in the industry but is actually not registered and…
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Millennials? Much harder to buy a property compared to baby boomers. (what about Gen-X?)
Do you find it harder to buy a property? I think from the title itself, it’s clear that it’s also something which many of my friends, the millennials are complaining.They are saying that their salaries have not been rising as fast as how property prices have been rising. Thus, there’s that thinking that perhaps there…
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KLites… pay up the rental you owe. Especially the one owing RM17,000!
How many months would you wait before taking any action if your tenant stop paying you the rental for staying in one of your properties? Depending on the action, it should be within the same month. Reminder Whatsapps, call and give a gentle reminder and even dropping by the unit itself. Who knows, this has…
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This is Malaysia’s stimulus to fight effects of COVID-19
Many governments have announced their COVID-19 stimulus packages to help the economic growth which has been badly affected by COVID-19. This includes Hong Kong’s stimulus: Hong Kong’s budget to combat COVID-19 and our close neighbour Singapore’s measures: Singapore’s budget to combat COVID-19 I think both have their own advantages and both gave out cash to…