Dr Wealth was invited to attend the IPS Forum on CPF and Retirement Adequacy. The Forum is aimed to provide a discussion on the CPF system and seek ways to improve it. It was divided into 2 segments, with the first focusing on what the CPF system intends to achieve and what it has done so far. The second part is more focused on investments and how the CPF system can be improved.
Some pretty interesting points were shared during the speeches and it was definitely a good learning experience.
Difference Between Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy
Associate Professor Kalyani Mehta spoke on how health and social trends can influence the future retirement landscape. Apparently other than life expectancy, there is another term known as Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE). HALE basically refers to the number of years a person can reasonably live healthily. The reason this is important ......