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Anonymous

18 Apr 2019

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Is it necessary to buy retirement plan from insurance company?

Currently I can only save 300 for retirement fund (ya it is a pathetic amount at the moment). Basic insurances have been taken care of. I'm also saving for emergency fund and fund to buy flat in future. I'm also contributing to my retired parents' expenses. With the minimal savings towards retirement, is it necessary to buy retirement plan from insurance company or am I better off putting savings into CPF for the interest rate? Thank you.

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If you plan to grow the $300 by yourself, then learn the various investing method.

If not, you would be better off top up the money into CPF SA to 1) get tax relief; 2) earn 4% interest compounding till retirement age. After which, use the money to buy CPF life that give you monthly payout till you die. This is something similar to Annuity Plan.

The retirement account also offer fantastic interest rate (in saving context) around 4-6%p.a. compounding.

There are advantages and disadvantages of doing this way. The biggest problem is that the money top-up cannot be withdrawn till age 55/65 (depending if you set aside sufficient money for Retirement Sum). Hence, it is not liquidate.

As for the money saved to buy flat, i suggest that you investing this money instead of just "saving" it. My personal experience is that it is hard to catch up with the property price increase than my rate of saving. Please do some reading about investing in ETF, P2P etc. Explore different options rather than just insurance solution.

However, investing is not for everyone. We don't have to force ourself if that's not your cup of tea.

Cheers!

It is not necessary to buy retirement find from insurance company.

However if you are undisciplined in savings- Meaning you may be tempted to use the requirements savings for splurging. Insurance plans are good to lock you up.

Otherwise i will recommend you putting 300 either in cpf, srs or just purely investing in etfs

There's no such thing as too little when it comes to savings. Every dollar counts!

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