Est. Singapore · Independent Practice

Helping you make
confident financial
decisions for every
stage of life.

I'm Marcus — an independent financial advisor based in Singapore. My practice is small and personal by design: unhurried conversations, thoughtful plans, and a relationship that lasts across decades, not quarters.

Portrait of Marcus Tan, independent financial advisor in Singapore

A quiet promise

"Your money, in plain language."

Fee-based advice
Fifteen years' practice
MAS-licensed advisor
Referral-only clientele

Chapter One

Money is deeply personal. Advice should be too.

01

Slow by design

We meet over coffee, not conference tables. Plans take shape over months, not minutes — because the decisions they carry are meant to last a lifetime.

02

Independent counsel

I hold no product quotas and answer to no parent institution. My only responsibility is to the family sitting across from me.

03

Plain, patient language

Insurance, investments, estate — nothing about your money should feel opaque. If it does, I've not done my part.

The Practice

Four quiet
chapters of counsel.

Each engagement is bespoke — but most families I work with move through some combination of the four practice areas below, unfolded at their own pace.

I.

Life & Family Protection

A quiet review of what would happen if life took an unexpected turn — and the coverage that keeps the people you love standing on solid ground.

  • ·Term & whole of life
  • ·Critical illness & income protection
  • ·Dependants' & legacy planning
II.

Investment & Wealth

Portfolios built around your season of life, not last quarter's headlines. Patient allocations, honest fees, and reviews you actually understand.

  • ·Portfolio construction & rebalancing
  • ·SRS & CPF optimisation
  • ·Global diversification
III.

Retirement Design

Mapping the life you want in your sixties, seventies, eighties — and the income streams that make it feel unhurried when you arrive.

  • ·Retirement income modelling
  • ·Withdrawal sequencing
  • ·Longevity & healthcare planning
IV.

Legacy & Estate

The quiet conversations most families avoid, held with care — so that what you've built passes on with clarity and kindness.

  • ·Will & CPF nomination review
  • ·Trust & LPA guidance
  • ·Intergenerational wealth transfer
Marcus in conversation with clients over coffee

In practice

A first conversation is
always without cost — and often without a plan at all.

We start with a walk through what matters to you: the family, the home, the season ahead. Only once I understand the person do we begin to shape the numbers.

Arrange an introduction →
Marcus walking through the Singapore CBD at first light
Handwritten planning notes beside an iPad
Marcus Tan at his reading window

— A quiet morning at home, Bukit Timah

About Marcus

I became an advisor because my father never had one.

He worked hard, saved carefully, and made the best decisions he could — but always alone, in the quiet of the kitchen, with brochures he half-understood. When he passed, my mother inherited a folder of papers and a lot of questions.

Fifteen years and several hundred families later, that folder is still why I do this. My work is to be the person my father never had — patient, independent, present for the ordinary questions and the ones no one wants to ask.

I keep a small practice: fewer than sixty families at any time, most introduced by someone I already look after. It's slower this way. It's meant to be.

15
Years in practice
<60
Families served
Fee-based
Model
MAS
Licensed

Voices

Words from the families I look after.

Shared with permission. Some names have been shortened to preserve the privacy of the families they belong to.
"
Marcus is the first advisor who ever asked what we wanted our life to look like before he showed us a single number. Four years on, our plan still feels like it belongs to us.
Wen Ling
Wen Ling
Client since 2021
"
He explained my CPF, my insurance, and my estate in one afternoon — with a pen and a piece of paper. I finally understood what I owned.
David Koh
David Koh
Client since 2018
"
We were newly married and slightly overwhelmed. Marcus never rushed us. Two years later, we bought our first home with a plan we both actually understood.
Sarah & Josh
Sarah & Josh
Clients since 2023
Marcus Tan

"Write to me directly. I read every note."

— Marcus

Email
marcus@marcustan.sg
Studio
Ann Siang Road, Singapore

A first note

Tell me a little about where you are.

A few sentences is enough. I'll reply personally within two working days to arrange a quiet coffee — no obligation, no product pitch.

Your details are held in confidence and used only to reply to you.