Tan Ooi Boon
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Woman has no claim over daughter’s home despite helping to pay more than $1m for it (opens the original)
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Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The court found that the woman was lending money to her daughter and did not have any share in the house. Sign up for ST InvestMe and unlock full access to exclusive insights and financial literacy courses today. SINGAPORE – When her daughter got married, a woman helped to pay almost half of the $2.4 million for the matrimonial home, but when the daughter’s marriage hit the rocks, she went to court to stake a claim to the property.
Elderly woman couldn’t take over late son’s HDB flat due to his sham marriage (opens the original)
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Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The woman had to go to the High Court to declare her late son’s sham marriage void so that she could take over his flat. Sign up for ST InvestMe and unlock full access to exclusive insights and financial literacy courses today. SINGAPORE – A 74-year-old woman could not deal with her late son’s HDB flat for seven years – all because he had entered into a fake marriage with a Vietnamese woman, who vanished soon after.
The peril of incurring ‘good debt’ to invest (opens the original)
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Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Borrowing to invest increases your risk because you will end up in debt if you suffer losses. Sign up for ST InvestMe and unlock full access to exclusive insights and financial literacy courses today. SINGAPORE – Some people end up in a debt trap because they are misled into thinking that some loans are “good” because they can use others’ money to grow their own wealth.
Savvy investor blames his bank for $3m losses after buying non-bank product (opens the original)
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Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox A man lost over $3 million after he chose to invest in a non-bank product that was sold by an overseas company. Sign up for ST InvestMe and unlock full access to exclusive insights and financial literacy courses today. SINGAPORE – A savvy investor trusted his relationship manager and put more than $3 million into a non-bank product. But when his investment went belly up, he tried to sue the bank to recover his money.
Parents put their kids as co-owners of overseas property to reduce future inheritance tax (opens the original)
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Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Inheritance tax in some countries can reach 55 per cent, but joint ownership limits tax to the inherited share. Sign up for ST InvestMe and unlock full access to exclusive insights and financial literacy courses today. SINGAPORE – Some Singapore parents add their children as co-owners of overseas real estate to reduce the future inheritance tax payable, as only half of the property’s value would be taxable if the kids already own the othe
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