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CPF Minimum Sum to be revised upwards to $131k
By Patrick Lim  •  May 31, 2011
the cpf minimum sum will be revised upwards from the current $123k to $131k effective july 01, 2011. this new minimum sum will apply to CPF members who turn 55 from July 1 2011 to Jun 30 2012 and for those who can set aside the minimum sum in full in cash, can apply to commence monthly payouts of $1,170 when they reach their draw down age. in the same announcement by the cpf board, there is also another increase for the Medisave Minimum Sum which will also be raised to $36,000, up from $34,500 previously, whereby members will be able to withdraw their Medisave savings in excess of the Medisave Minimum Sum at or after age 55. and the maximum balance a cpf member may have in his Medisave Account, also known as the Medisave Contribution Ceiling (MCC), is fixed at $5,000 above the Medisave Minimum Sum and this ......
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By Patrick Lim
Patrick is an Associate Director with Promiseland. He has more than 20 years of personal investment experience both in stock and shares and unit trusts. In his early years as an investor, he got burnt really bad in the infamous 1987 crash and again during the clob incident. With 2 decades of so-called battle scars behind him, the last few years (since 2003) have been good to him especially with his single country funds doing exceptionally well. On his investing style, he is both a technical analyst and fundamentalist. Patrick view wealth accumulation as part and parcel of the wealth management process but only if one has already executed his/her wealth protection planning on an on-going basis.
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