“[In the games,] I got some of my dealer colleagues to ‘sell’ them stocks. Some are Ponzi schemes; if they bought those, they would lose half their investment by the end of the workshop,” Koh tells The Edge Singapore.
Is financial prudence a part of nature or nurture? Are some just born better investors? Vince Koh, relationship manager at PhillipCapital, has interacted with investors at nearly all stages of life, and what he has learnt may come as a surprise.
The 31-year-old joined the financial sector after graduating from Nanyang Technological University in 2014. Prior to Covid-19, Koh ran financial literacy workshops for children at Bishan Community Centre, using games to simulate real-world investing.
