7 October 2024
Viewpoint: 99-to-1 property transactions. Are such deals legal?
A mother and son duo are facing five charges each for giving false and misleading information to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) during its audit of cases of the so-called “99-to-1” arrangement for private properties. This is the first prosecution of taxpayers providing false and misleading information to Iras during its investigation into the two-step “99-to-1” property transactions for possible tax avoidance.
On Viewpoint, law-trained Invest Editor at The Straits Times, Tan Ooi Boon, shares his views about 99-to-1 property transactions.

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26 February 2024
Viewpoint: 'CPF savings alone are enough for retirement', says ST Invest Editor
When it comes to retirement income, one looming question confronts most of us: How much money is enough? While CPF Life a simple and stable way of earning lifelong income, should you bank on it? More importantly, will your CPF savings be enough as the only source of retirement income?
The answer is "yes", according to Straits Times' Invest Editor Tan Ooi Boon as he sheds light on the enhanced CPF Life scheme.

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4 January 2024
Viewpoint: CPF Life better than getting returns from property investment
A lifelong income stream that pays you monthly no matter how long you live. Singapore's national longevity insurance annuity scheme does just that. The Straits Times' Invest Editor Tan Ooi Boon shares why CPF Life is the best annuity scheme in the market and should be the top choice for your retirement plan. *NOTE: Examples given are based on CPF's 2023 retirement sum amounts.

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29 June 2022
Money and Me: The best investment you can ever make!
You may recognize Tan Ooi Boon for his practical and easy-to-understand weekly personal finance columns as the Invest Editor of Singapore national daily The Straits Times. Well today, he joins Michelle Martin on Money and Me to talk about his latest book, Always Have Enough Money, which illustrates the key pillars of financial planning and why the best investment you can ever make is yourself.

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3 June 2019
Read with Michelle Martin: Tan Ooi Boon, ‘Save The Date’
A true story of body parts murderer, John Martin Scripps, who went on a killing spree and hunted his victims in cold blood. Scripps, who was trained in butchery, was the first British serial killer to be convicted in Singapore. Tan Ooi Boon, Author of “A Britsh Killer in Singapore - A True Story” and General Manager of the Straits Times Press talks about his book.

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