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Sue-Ann Tan

Tay Hong Yi

and

Ernest Luis

At ST Podcasts, we have officially unveiled a new podcast show called Headstart On Record (previously the Money & Career podcast). Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career.

Hosts Sue-Ann Tan and Tay Hong Yi will alternate to speak with guests on how to navigate jobs and finances in this daunting, complex world.

In this first episode titled - Investing with $100 a month as an undergrad? Why not! - we speak with a professor and a student on how university investing clubs can help undergraduates start growing their money safely and surely, and the first investments that they can buy to begin their journey.

(From left) ST business correspondent Sue-Ann Tan, ST podcast producer Amirul Karim, Associate Professor of Finance Matthew Dearth from NTU and NTU undergraduate Victor Tan.
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The NTU Investment Interactive Club helps to link students to the finance community and hone their practical investing skills. It was founded in 1999 and now has over 5,000 members.

In our second episode titled - How do young workers view pay? - we recently found that views on pay issues vary widely among young workers depending on their professional and life goals.

This was borne out in a survey of 1,000 young people commissioned by The Straits Times, carried out in May by market research firm Kantar and released in August.

In this episode above titled - BNPL: Buying power or financial trouble? - ST assistant podcast editor Lynda Hong co-hosts with business correspondent Sue-Ann Tan to speak with their guests about the possible implications of the ‘buy now pay later’ scheme on youths.

Once in financial trouble with a $75,000 debt, Khairul Abbas Hamzah is now heading a consultancy to help debtors who are in the same boat - that he himself once managed to get out of. Also on the show is financial literacy expert Aaron Chwee, head of Wealth Advisory at OCBC Bank.

For pitches or collaborations for Headstart On Record, reach out to Sue-Ann at

suetan@sph.com.sg

and Hong Yi at

hytay@sph.com.sg

In this podcast by SPH Media radio station Money FM 89.3, titled - Home buying simplified - host Dan Koh is joined by Marshall Poh, chief executive of Moneymap, who shares five key financing areas that most homeowners often struggle with and how to take charge of your finances and well-being.

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