Singapore money talk with practical bite.
The Financial Coconut Podcast treats finance as something lived, argued over, and stress-tested in public. Recent conversations move from IPO prospectuses and dividend portfolios to durian supply chains, workplace mental health, and scam tactics aimed at professionals.
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The Financial Coconut Podcast sits at the busy intersection of Singapore finance, business building, and working life. It is not a clean lecture series. It is faster, looser, and more inquisitive than that. Recent episodes show a network of formats where conversations are used to test the story behind the headline. A CEO preparing for a listing is asked about revenue jumps, design-and-build work, event licensing, and what a normalized earnings run rate might look like. A portfolio conversation starts with the plain appeal of passive income, then turns into a look at REITs, banks, options, tax, Japan, housing, and lifestyle design. A research conversation with Wei from Dimensional connects factor investing and systematic strategies to the market mood of the moment. The show is comfortable with technical words, but it keeps dragging them back to ordinary decisions. That is its useful habit. It asks how the business works, why the timing matters, who the customer is, and what can go wrong. The TFC Business Show lane gives SMEs and business owners the same treatment. Christopher Quek’s Spike Durian story becomes a case study in food tech, AI blast freezing, early adopters, farms, supply chains, social proof, and scrappy marketing. Wise and Shine brings the same practical temperament to careers and money, including a careful discussion of mental health disclosure at work. Those episodes are more personal, but still anchored in trade-offs. The scam episode is sharper and more urgent, with Beaver Chua and David Wu discussing how legitimate-looking fraud adapts to smart professionals. Across the feed, Reggie, Judson, Dawn, Alex Loh, and Cheryl appear in different combinations, and the format changes are discussed openly rather than hidden behind polish. The conversation can be cheeky. It can also become grave when the topic deserves it. What holds the show together is a Singaporean instinct for asking, very directly, what the practical consequence is. The Financial Coconut Podcast is best for listeners who want money talk that includes markets, jobs, SMEs, technology, behaviour, and the occasional laugh before the hard question lands.
Made for: For Singaporean professionals, retail investors, SME owners, business owners, and career-minded listeners who want finance explained through real trade-offs. It also fits anyone curious about how business decisions look up close, from IPOs to food tech experiments.
What sets it apart: The show mixes local banter with unusually direct commercial questioning. It lets guests tell their stories, then keeps testing the numbers, risks, incentives, and everyday consequences underneath.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Reggie makes financial products and founder stories useful by pressing guests on risk, economics and the operating details behind their claims.
The Financial Coconut Podcast turns financial decisions into pointed, practical conversations. Reggie questions founders, finance professionals and operators about the mechanics beneath their claims, from scam prevention and short-dated income strategies to dividend portfolios…
Reggie presses a vending-machine founder about patents; your own business plan may start sweating.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A clear IPO discussion centers on revenue growth, design and build, and whether the increase can be repeated.
PlayNext's discussion stays close to the facts it develops about Kin Global's IPO, with attention on the business itself, the jump in revenue from $8 million in the first nine months of 2024 to $56.5 million in the first nine months of 2025, and Vincent Chai's explanation for…
A durian startup story that becomes a lesson in supply chain, early adopters, and stubborn follow-through.
Christopher Quek and Spike Durian frame a very Singaporean obsession as a practical business story about food tech, AI blast freezing, and the discipline needed to keep durians tasting fresh year-round.
A grounded discussion of workplace disclosure, bias, mental health, and career judgment.
Workplace mental health awareness is framed as well-meaning, but this review keeps its eye on the harder question: why high-performing professionals may still choose to keep a diagnosis private.
A clear, timely review of why professional confidence can falter when scams keep adapting.
Professional competence is not much of a shield against a well-tuned scam, and this review finds its strongest thread in how fraudsters adapt to the people in front of them.
A smart vending machine story about why the real value may sit beyond the machine itself.
Vending machines usually get framed as hardware, but this episode is more interested in the business built around them. TFC Business Show tracks Chang Wei Sheng and Jaran Ang of Flow Coffee as they move from conventional cafe ambitions toward Singapore's first fresh milk vending…
A passive-income episode that weighs portfolio headlines against taxes, housing and the cost of choosing where to live.
Evan Koh's portfolio opens on the big hook: more than $200,000 a year in passive income from REITs, banks, options and several income streams.
A clear, measured look at earning more than cash while keeping liquidity, duration, and downside risk in view.
Cash looks a little less satisfying here, and Chills with TFC uses that tension to frame Aberdeen's short-dated enhanced income strategy with useful discipline.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
SaaS operators on scaling, pricing and AI, metrics included.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
The Financial Coconut Podcast hosts Reggie and Dave interview Natalie Tan and Amit Muthgil from Aberdeen Investments about their Short-Dated Enhanced Income (SDEI) strategy.
Evan Koh, founder of Stocks.cafe, shares how he built over $200,000 a year in passive income through a dividend-heavy portfolio of REITs and banks.
This episode explores why smart, articulate professionals often get ignored at work despite their competence and offers strategies to improve communication and gain credibility and attention in professional settings.
Daniel, a 34-year-old SG Fire Couple creator, found an immovable neck lump after a 5 km run and received a stage 2B classical Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis within nine days.
Most people don't read IPO prospectuses.
This episode features Evan Koh, founder of Stocks.cafe, discussing how he built over $200,000 a year in passive income through dividend-heavy investments, REITs, and options, while sharing insights on earning in Japan and lifestyle design.
This episode features an interview with Wei Dai, Global Head of Research at Dimensional Fund Advisors, discussing the research-driven philosophy behind building diversified portfolios and systematic investment strategies.
This is the final episode of the TFC Business Show in its current format, as co-host Reggie explains his transition due to new contracts and focuses on other business opportunities.
The hosts and producer of Wise and Shine gather for a final episode to discuss careers, money, purpose, and lessons learned, announcing a pause in the podcast.
The Financial Coconut’s Chills 259 argues that couples should discuss money before marriage, including budgets, family obligations, and prenuptial agreements.
Christopher Quek talks about Spike Durian and the effort to keep durians tasting fresh all year.
The Financial Coconut Podcast episode with Dawn and Alex asks whether a boss should know about a mental health diagnosis, with Dr.
Reggie opens with a blunt question about why smart people still fall for scams.
The show opens on a cafe dream running straight into vending machine reality.
This episode explores why articulate professionals often get overlooked at work despite their competence and provides actionable strategies to enhance communication and gain credibility.
This episode debates Singapore's 2026 budget initiatives aimed at encouraging youth entrepreneurship through government grants, mentorship, and expert insights.
This episode explores the great wealth transfer in Singapore, featuring a panel of experts discussing wills, family conflict, and legacy planning to help families prepare effectively.
This episode explores how childhood experiences shape money habits, featuring a panel discussion with experts to help parents break unhealthy patterns and teach better financial behaviors to their children.