We cordially invite you to join Arun Abey, Executive Chairman of ipac Securities and share with his insights in the relationship between wealth and happiness. Featuring the lecture will also be interactive game and free book How Much is Enough for lucky audience.
Arun Abey is a co-founder of the international lifestyle financial planning firm ipac Securities, which boasts as the largest Australia financial advice and investment group serving for over 80,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, UK and Japan with over US$15 billion managing funds.
Recognized as a most successful financial planning advisor in Australia, Arun Abey serves as financial advisors for a wide variety of international institutions and his views are often sought in the corporate world and widely quoted in the media. Engaged in financial planning research for years, Arun Abey is renowned as an endorsed passionate strategic thinker of happy life planning, believing in that a good redefining of money and well-being can help customers achieve both. Backed by Arun Abey’s 25-year experience of advising clients worldwide, steadfast believes and unremitting efforts, the unique concept of happy life planning has won wide recognition among customers
His unique thinking on happiness is also beginning to influence the long-term orientation of AXA insurance firms. After the sale of ipac to AXA APH at a price as high as US$250 million in 2002, Arun Abey remained as Executive Chairman of ipac and took on the role of Head of Strategy for AXA APH.
Arun Abey graduated from the Australian National University with degrees in Economics and Arts, and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia. Worked in economic research for years, Arun Abey also remains active in international speeches with his popular simple and smart ways. He is also a good writer on financial planning and investment. He co-authored the international bestseller Fortune Strategy, which was described by the Financial Review as a best book published on investment and introduced to UK, Australia, China and New Zealand.
Published in Australia in 2007 and then in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore, Arun Abey’s new co-authored book How Much is Enough is to be launched in China soon, “to help Chinese customers redefine money & well-being”. It is a simple and practical guide to the two key issues facing us in modern life ? money and happiness. The unique concept of wealth management in the book offers financial as well as psychological thinking on happy life with acute and subtle observations on a daily basis.The book was described by the University of California Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Professor Schlomo Benartzi as being a great book, bringing to life research in behavioral finance and psychology in a very practical way.
