Savings: it’s a matter of life and risk
Times are tough for consumers and it may be tempting to surrender a policy, but policyholders should guard against letting emotions rule their decision-making
29 May 2025 - 05:00
For many of us baby boomers, unit trusts were not our first investments. Instead, we invested in 10-year and, later, five-year endowment policies or universal life policies.
Universal life was in many ways the worst of all worlds — it was an expensive way to get life cover and an inefficient way to save...
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