Money Talk Xtra

According to estimates, there are over 10,000 active models in the world. And their financial well-being varies to a large degree depending on the number and nature of their job opportunities. Our listener April Lai is a model and she told Jimmy Lam ...

The last couple of years have been full of surprises for investors. Very few people predicted the presidency of Donald Trump, Brexit, the rise and fall of Bitcoin or the start of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Whilst some invest...

This is the final programme of 2018 so today, we’re going to make some financial new year resolutions and also hear some investment predictions for 2019. As always don’t forget to email us with any questions, comments or suggestions. The address in 20...

2019 is just 3 days away and the new year is a good time to give your personal finances a makeover and in particular reconsider how you manage your money. Some good financial resolutions can help get you closer to your money goals, whether it's increas...

One of our listeners Raphael has been in touch with the programme and he is determined to realise his financial goals in 2019. He told Jimmy Lam about his plan. Jimmy Lam went to speak to independent financial advisor Harry Tang, for some advice on ho...

With just a few days to go before the new year, this is a good time to review your investment performance over 2018 and make some investing decisions for 2019. You may want to think about your mandatory provident fund and whether it is also want to con...

Peter Lewis was joined by Rob Stewart, APAC Chief Communication Officer at UBS to talk about Operation Santa Claus and charitable giving.

Our listener Terry Lai has been diagnosed with a rare inherited disorder called pompe disease. Terry told Jimmy Lam how his life has been impacted and his Christmas wish. Jimmy also went to speak to Kin-ping Tsang, President of the HK Alliance for Rare...

Peter Lewis asked Derek Mok, Vice President of the HK Society of Financial Analysts to give us his thoughts on the highs and lows of 2018

The festive season is upon us and many of you will be going out shopping to buy gifts for friends and family. Maybe you will even treat yourself you to a present. But what can you do when your purchase turns out not to be as expected? What are your rig...

Our listener Amanda told Jimmy Lam how she was pressured into buying an expensive package at a beauty parlour. Jimmy Lam also went to speak to Ramon Yuen, Convenor of Hong Kong Beauty Monitoring.

Earlier at the Yidan Summit, which was taking place in HK, Peter Lewis met up with NASA Astronaut Colonel Terry Virts and talked about how the lessons he learned from the space programme could be applied to other walks of life, including setting up and...

To tell us more about how virtual banking could impact us, Peter Lewis was joined by Charles d’Haussy, Head of FinTech at Invest Hong Kong, the city’s inward investment promotion agency.

Terence Lee is a family business owner and one of those who has been affected by the trade frictions. He told Jimmy Lam how. Jimmy also spoke to independent consultant Jack Maher to find out what steps he could take to mitigate the damage.

Pension provider Fidelity International said that Hongkongers must save 12 times their annual salary to afford pre-retirement lifestyles at 65. This means an employee with the city’s median monthly income of HK$16,800 will need about HK$2.4 million to ...

Losing your job can be a stressful experience that places a strain on your personal finances. Even if you’ve received a redundancy payment, being made redundant can impact your ability to keep up with your financial obligations as well as affecting you...

We’re talking about redundancy this morning on Money Talk Xtra. Our listener Natalie has been in touch with the programme. She lost her job recently and she met with Jimmy Lam to tell him about it. Jimmy Lam went to speak to Carol Ng, Chairperson of...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking to entrepreneurs and hearing about some good business ideas and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. This morning, we’re going to hear about a new app that could help you budget and manage your per...

To look more at the important relationship between health and wealth, Peter Lewis was joined by Anny Choi, Manager for Marketing and Programmes at the Hong Kong Investor Education Centre.

Continuing with the theme of health, Jimmy Lam met with our listener Mr Lung whose wife Mandy has been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder. Jimmy Lam also went to speak to an expert in the field of bipolar disorders, Stephen Wong who is Senior S...