What Participants Say
Experiences from people who have completed our programmes
Candid reflections from Hong Kong adults who enrolled, worked through the material, and applied it to their own situations.
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Participants since 2019
4.7
Average satisfaction score (out of 5)
78%
Of participants return for a second programme
6+
Years of delivery in Hong Kong
Participant Testimonials
In their own words
Wong Tsz-hin
Accountant, 51 · Hong Kong
I'd been investing for years without ever quite understanding what I should expect from income. The Foundations course put things in a much clearer frame — not by simplifying the numbers, but by explaining what they actually mean. I came away with realistic expectations for the first time.
Foundations of Investment Income · March 2025
Chan Lai-ping
School administrator, 47 · Kowloon
The portfolio course was harder than I expected, in a good way. Having to do the allocation exercise with my own numbers — rather than a worked example — meant I couldn't just follow along passively. It took effort, but the result was something I actually use.
Building a Diversified Income Portfolio · February 2025
Mak Ka-wai
Project manager, 53 · New Territories
Nobody had ever explained MPF to me in the context of a wider income plan. The Long-Horizon Programme brought it all together in a way that finally made sense. My written plan isn't finished — it's something I keep refining — but I know how to think about it now.
Long-Horizon Income Planning · January 2025
Lam Yuk-fun
Healthcare professional, 44 · Hong Kong Island
I was suspicious of financial education — too often it's just a sales funnel. What surprised me about this was how completely that wasn't the case. No products mentioned, no pressure, no partner companies. Just the concepts and how to apply them.
Foundations of Investment Income · March 2025
Tang Chi-ming
Engineer, 49 · Sha Tin
The data on dividend yields across different periods was something I hadn't seen presented this honestly before. I'd been thinking about a certain yield level as normal. The course showed me it wasn't — at least not across all time periods — and adjusted my thinking accordingly.
Building a Diversified Income Portfolio · February 2025
Ho Nga-sze
Business owner, 55 · Tsim Sha Tsui
Ten weeks sounds long, but the Long-Horizon Programme genuinely needed the time. The sequence-of-returns module alone took me two weeks to properly absorb. I'm glad it wasn't condensed. The written plan at the end was worth every hour.
Long-Horizon Income Planning · January 2025
Case Studies
Three participant journeys
From vague intentions to a written plan — a 51-year-old civil servant
The situation
In his early 50s, with an MPF account, a modest share portfolio, and savings in deposits, this participant felt he should be thinking more carefully about income — but had no framework to do so.
The programme
He completed all three programmes over eighteen months, beginning with Foundations and finishing with the Long-Horizon course. The written exercises built progressively into a complete income plan.
The outcome
He left with a long-horizon income plan covering three projected phases of retirement — and a clearer sense of what questions to bring to a financial adviser for the product-level decisions.
Correcting years of assumptions — a 47-year-old marketing director
The situation
She had spent years assuming that a 5% annual dividend yield was achievable sustainably across her portfolio. She enrolled in the Foundations course partly to confirm this view.
The programme
The Foundations course presented historical yield data across a range of market conditions and asset classes. The calibration exercise revealed significant inconsistencies in her working assumptions.
The outcome
She describes the course as clarifying rather than discouraging — having realistic expectations meant she could plan for the income she was actually likely to receive, rather than a figure she had assumed without basis.
Understanding MPF in context — a 55-year-old couple approaching retirement
The situation
Both partners enrolled in the Long-Horizon programme independently, with separate income situations. Neither understood how their MPF balances would interact with their other income sources in retirement.
The programme
The MPF integration module addressed their situation directly — how to think about the timing of drawdown, the interaction with dividend income from their share portfolio, and the role of cash buffers.
The outcome
Both completed individual written income plans, which they then used as the basis for a conversation with their licensed financial adviser. Having the plans in writing made those conversations considerably more focused.
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