Synopsis: Learn to protect and grow your wealth in this monthly Business Times podcast series for affluent individuals.

BT wealth editor Genevieve Cua looks into how an expected longer life span can help you achieve more holistic financial planning, in this fifth episode of WealthBT, brought to you by Ascend by Prudential: https://www.prudential.com.sg/ascend

She tackles the following points:

1. Implications of rising life expectancy, and why children may not be seen as a pillar of support for elderly parents in future (0:43)
2. Holistic financial planning is key to living a long life with optimism and confidence (2:49)
3. Goh Theng Kiat, Prudential’s chief customer officer on why people now have more time to plan, with a longer expected life span (3:32)
4. Actionable principles for investing for retirement (4:30)
5. Making a mindset change towards a multi-stage life, supported by financial planning (6:37)
6. Goh Theng Kiat on how financial planning supports a multi-stage life, such as planning capital in advance for those who wish to start a business, even in their 60s (7:52)

In the next episode on Sept 27 - brought to you by Ascend by Prudential - Genevieve Cua will look at how to balance multiple financial goals at the same time.

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Produced by: Genevieve Cua (gen@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Howie Lim and Hadyu Rahim

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