Saturday, February 5, 2011

new survey commissioned by citi

a new survey commissioned by global financial services company, citi revealed that 70% of respondents believed that cpf savings will only provide some or a little of their retirement income.

some key findings:

1. only 27% of the total number of respondents had a formal retirement plan.

2. continuing to work and relying on insurance and investments were the most
popular ways to add to their retirement fund.

3. approximately 52% will like to work as long as possible.

4. about 45% said the total amount of their retirement savings remained the
same as it was before the global financial crisis.

5. 22% felt they knew how much was needed for their retirement savings and
were on track to getting it.

6. about 55% were not sure how much they needed but had started saving.

7. only 27% had discussed wealth transfer plans with their family members or
a financial adviser.

8. but only 19% of singapore residents had an up-to-date will.

notes:

the online poll was conducted across 11 markets in the asia-pacific including singapore, australia, china, hong kong and india.

it was conducted in november 2010 with 500 randomly selected respondents crossing genders, ages and income groups.

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