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Muhammad Syamim

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A Monthly Curated Newsletter

There's a man in Singapore, that every time he concludes a business deal, he would go buy a plant and plant it somewhere. It's a simple way of giving back. He was also able to disengage and be with himself while doing something meaningful, albeit how simple it was. In this issue are some more examples of such life's lesson that we can benefit from. All we need, is to just take some time, slow down and breathe in the fresh air.

Ultimate List of 50 Life Lessons You Must Learn

So much of life is wasted on worry, regret, pain, and heartache. Of course, some of this is inevitable and necessary. But I spent too many of my younger days sweating over things I didn't need to sweat about.

 
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5 Things That Aren’t Worth Going Into Debt For

In some cases, borrowing money helps build wealth. Most people need a mortgage to buy a home, for instance, and student loans allow many people get an education that leads to a career.

 
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3 Life Lessons from Funny Baby

 
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Testimonials and Referral Notes

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Dinie (Port planner)

Syamim was initially recommended to me by my sister and brother in law who had their insurance/investment portfolios managed by him. Based on their positive feedback I decided to meet Syamim to assist me in my financial planning. During the meet-up, Syamim explained the fundamentals of planning in an easy to understand manner to and how to reach my financial goals comfortably. He also assessed my current financial situation and laid out the best options and policies that suit my lifestyle. My previous experience with financial advisors was very different as I didn’t meet my new advisor ever since my friend who was my original advisor left the company/industry. I felt that whatever I had previously was enough and didn’t require further reviews. After meeting Syamim, I finally understood how important regular reviews are to update on any changes to policies as well as keeping me on track towards my financial goals. Syamim is very friendly and at the same time professional in his work. He’s also honest in giving advise and does not hard sell any policies that does not suit my goals. Do hit him up for financial advise as he is 100% recommended!

Mizrahi (Pilot)

Syamim is a highly-motivated professional whose financial knowledge complements his breadth and depth of market trends. Being collaborative in nature, he ensures that his clients meet their financial milestones while keeping their safeguards in check. He is not pushy and hence works best with equally-motivated and goal-oriented individuals. He works together with you and celebrates in your joy; and is dependable in clearing any ambiguity or doubts.

Saran (Engineer)

Syamim has been always very professional and patient with me. He takes time to explain clearly the purpose behind buying any policies and if I require it or not. Compared to other FAs I have met, Syamim has knowledge in more than just the typical insurance and investments. He also ensures that we are on track to our goals via a yearly review! He also provides a file which has detailed and clear overview of the polices which we have. The file also includes my timeline and steps for the next 20+ years of my life and what I should work towards, which gives me clarity. This helps me a lot in the long run as I tend to forget about the policy coverage sometimes. I will 100% recommend anyone to meet Syamim as he’s friendly and easy going.

Jasmine (Cybersecurity)

I got to know Syamim from an online campaign. At that time, I wanted to learn more about managing my finances. During our meetings, Syamim went through and gave me detailed breakdowns for my finances. I appreciate the honesty especially as I was already aware that my finances were not in the best state. It was good that someone pointed it out and offered to work through it with me step-by-step on how to turn it around. This was different from the other sessions I had as Syamim understood what I needed and helped to strike a balance within my insurance portfolio. He taught me that having good coverage is important but being able to pay within my means is important. As someone who has always lived in the moment, I have never planned for future me 2-3 years down the road. Thanks to Syamim; he has made the actionable steps clear and I can’t wait to see the results of inculcating these habits into my life. I would definitely recommend Syamim as he genuinely wants to help and tailor the advices to your needs 👍🏼

Sharon (Management Trainee)

I Met Syamim randomly because I signed up to get a personal finance booklet on IG. But best decision ever. “I wont advise you to invest until 6 months later, after we have tracked your cash flow” “There are more packages but I won’t sell those, cause they are really not worth. I can run through them but will refer you to someone else if you really want to buy.” “Me: I don’t really know how cpf and income tax works Syamim: *prepares an entire ppt and lecture to educate me” “Me: I have random insurance that my parents buy from different companies, but I don’t really know what they are. Syamim: *makes me send him screenshots from SingPass, pdfs from AXA and the GE app on my dad’s phone to find out what I have.” If those quotes weren’t enough, the final stroke for me was; “Syamim: *pulls out an excel sheet 10 mins into our first meeting to start calculating my cash flow and planning for things like holidays to marriage to dental appointments.” I have met more than 5 financial advisors, but all seemed to just want to “grow my wealth”. While that is important, I think understanding my wealth and giving me handles to manage it is much more important. At our age, really think financial literacy is the way to go. Syamim keeps up to date and is a really good teacher, even asked him if he considered being one. What he does is to give you the necessary knowledge to manage your own finances and make the most well informed decisions. Coming full circle, he is everything a financial advisor should be but usually isn’t - giving you good financial advise and lets you decide. What everyone else does is tell you how to grow your wealth, how to invest, how to beat inflation, another savings plan, another plan to diversify, or simply instilling some fear of the future to help you ‘invest’ early. So for all the lost souls and fresh graduates, Syamim is definitely the guy for you. I’ve actually never met anyone else who pulls out an excel sheet to plan my finances instead of drawing me some triangle, timeline or graph. He is open to teaching and advising those who already has insurance plans too, no strings attached!! So feel free to reach out. If you feel bad just get him a drink though he will probably tell you to wait till you gain enough income to buy him one :))

Safrin (Teacher)

Syamim has been extremely helpful in assisting me and my husband with our finances over the years. We started off as newly employed young adults with lots of goals and ambitions for our future but with no plan, but Syamim's advice and guidance on these matters has been godsend. He makes sure to provide very personalized plans that shows he cares which is what everyone looks for in a financial planner. It's not easy to find such dedicated workers these days, we are glad that we were able to engage him so early on even before starting our careers. Thank you for the constant and amazing service Syamim! All the best in your career!