It's Time!

By Reyna Tabbada

He attended his first seminars on investing when he was barely of legal age. He plans to be financially independent after college to let his mother build a retirement fund. And still, he gets to go on gimmicks like any normal college student.

Meet AB Management Economics student Jethro Vasquez from Ateneo de Manila University. The bespectacled officer of the Management Economics Organization knows a thing or two about saving and investing – after all, he started way earlier than young people his age. Read the rest of this entry »

Her Saving Grace in Times of Distraught

It may took a while for Jean to share her story, but her faith never wavered in the face of adversities that could crumble even the strongest of foundations. Such hope found an expression in both prayers and, surprisingly, a newfound confidence in the wisdom of insurance. Read the rest of this entry »

Heeding the Wake-Up Calls
Marie Rose learned financial planning very early, at the age of ten, to be exact.

Candidly, she reminisced about the small beauty parlor that served as their family’s main source of income after her father died. Together with her mother, she struggled to survive and vowed to study hard in order to land a job. Read the rest of this entry »

A cool mom and a supportive wife. This pretty much summed up what Pia Arroyo-Magalona was to the public. But this was before her husband, rap icon Francis Magalona passed away early this year. All throughout the entire ordeal, from the time Francis was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in August last year until he succumbed to the illness in March 2009, people discovered more about Pia. She was a picture of calm and quiet grief. A pillar of strength for her eight kids and the hundreds of friends and supporters who came to grieve with them.
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Edwin T. Fabregar, Jr. – Corporate Executive, Husband, Father, Investor

Edwin T. Fabregar Jr.

Edwin Fabregar learned the virtue of saving from his parents. And yet, like most of us, his early tendencies were to spend first and save what’s left. Edwin’s pivot to investments was driven by his maturity and the responsibility he felt for his daughter, his wife and their retirement. This need made him scout for ways to make his money work for him.

“I started with life insurance because I knew that we needed to prepare for our future. But I also wanted to learn how to invest, preferably something simple and something that won’t eat up my time for work and family. When I heard of mutual funds, I turned to personal finance books and the wisdom of friends to understand how it works. With the help of my agent, I learned more and finally gave it a try. Now I can proudly say that we have something we can count on in times of need. “

Edwin displays a quiet confidence about his family’s future and their financial welfare by saying this of his mutual funds, “It will accumulate over time. It will be there when we need it.” And where investments are concerned, that’s what matters most. Read the rest of this entry »