SMU student Lim Yan Wen's interest was piqued by watching her father invest when she was 18, which led to her buying her first unit trust and endowment plan then. The Year 3 Law undergraduate is not deterred despite all her buys being in the red after less than a year of investing in shares. She has lost about $2,000 on paper in her portfolio since Aug. Another SMU student, Wong Jian-hui, started a trading account when he was 21 with a six-figure sum his parents gave him for investment purposes. During the 2009 financial crisis, he suffered a substantial loss initially but managed to recoup later. All three local universities have set up investment and finance clubs for students to exchange their experiences.
Shin Min Daily News