About this episode

The episode discusses the misconceptions about the wealth of the T20 income group in Malaysia with financial planner Stephen Yong.

This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim speaks to Stephen Yong, licensed financial planner and Executive Director at Wealth Vantage Advisory about a certain income bracket among Malaysian - specifically the T20 group - why the classification might be broken from the outset, why individuals and households in the lower end of T20 might not be as ‘rich’ as many of us think. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jake Lim

Guest: Stephen Yong

Topics covered

• T20 income bracket
• financial planning
• wealth disparity
• Malaysian economy
• household income

Keywords

• T20
• financial planner
• wealth
• income bracket
• Malaysia
• households
• disparity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wealth Vantage Advisory

Places: Malaysia

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