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Singaporeans Hold "Unrealistic" View Of Retirement - Manulife Survey

Vanessa Doctor

29 January 2014

Singaporean investors have an "unrealistic" view of retirement, with most seeing it as a time for leisure and to work on a job that will help top up savings, the latest , senior managing director and chief investment officer with Manulife Asset Management (Singapore). 

The Manulife ISI is based on 500 online interviews in each market of Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. In Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, it was conducted face-to-face. Respondents are middle class to affluent investors who are primary decision makers of financial matters.