Activities & Recognitions
iFAST Corp has always been committed to taking an active role in supporting the community and protecting the environment, and has established “Cultivating Financial Literacy”, “Charity through Sports”, “Caring for Community”, and “Conserving the Environment” as the four pillars of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Cultivating Financial Literacy
Guided by our mission statement “To help investors around the world invest globally and profitably”, we adopt various initiatives to promote financial literacy among our customers, employees, and the community. We believe that financial knowledge and transparency in information could empower each individual with the tools to make more informed investment decisions.
Events & Webinars
Other than providing dedicated research and contents to keep investors informed of the latest market happenings, iFAST Corp also hold various events throughout the year to better engage our customers and the public.
In 2024, our flagship event, "What and Where to Invest" ("WAWTI"), took place in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, offering valuable insights into global markets and diverse asset classes for the upcoming year. Attendees engaged with our in-house research analysts, industry experts from fund house partners, and participated in face-to-face interactions to address their investment queries.
The events also featured giveaways, games, and interactive activities to enhance engagement. Recordings of these events were also made accessible on various platforms for those unable to attend virtually.
Throughout 2023, over 200 webinars were conducted physically across both our B2B and B2C divisions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China.
Promoting Financial Literacy Internally
Internally, we also hope to equip our employees with the necessary knowledge and skills to plan for their own financial future. We have introduced the “iFAST Academy”, where we invite our research analysts and other employees who have a passion for sharing financial tips, to speak to our employees on various financial topics. Our research analysts touched on how employees/investors can position their investment portfolio to prepare for rising rates and high inflation, while also speaking on why investors should keep their faith in value investing.
Promoting Financial Literacy to Undergraduates
In 2024, iFAST Singapore sponsored the Eurasia Asset Management Challenge (“EAMC”) organised by NTU Investment Interactive Club (“NTU-IIC”). The challenge aims to expose students to real-life Asset Management situations in financial institutions and provide them with a platform to network with industry leaders and like-minded peers, while also improving and sharpening investment knowledge and skill among undergraduates.
Charity through Sports
“Taking part in sports helped me learn the value of dedication and perseverance for a certain cause. In sports, I learned that while a target may look unattainable at first, upon closer analysis, with determination and hard work, it becomes achievable.” Mr Lim Chung Chun.
This quote from our CEO Mr Lim Chung Chun sums up the reason why we have been supportive of our employees’ active participation in sports and we have chosen to marry sports with charity initiatives.
SGX Bull Run 2023
SGX held its annual fundraising event “SGX Cares Bull Charge Charity Run 2023” on 27 October, and iFAST Corp supported this charity initiative for the fourth consecutive year by providing sponsorship while also encouraging employees to actively participate in this fundraising sporting event.
The event saw active participation of over 150 iFAST employees from our Singapore office. To further motivate employees to run/walk the extra mile for a good cause, further incentives were awarded to teams with the most participants and fastest timing.
iFAST Corp have continued to show our dedication and commitment towards this charity sports event.
Caring for Community
Volunteering Activities
In 2023, the Company organised an “iFAST Singapore Food Donation Drive” in June, where food items collected from employees were donated to Food from the Heart (“FFTH”), a food donation organisation caring for low-income households.
The Company also organised two volunteering sessions in July and August where iFAST Volunteers helped out with food packing in a warehouse operated by Food from the Heart, an independent, non-profit, food charity organisation in Singapore devoted to alleviating hunger through efficient distribution of food. Food from the Heart’s beneficiaries include the elderly, the disabled, low-income families, children from single-parent families or otherwise poverty-stricken families, and migrant workers in Singapore.
Meanwhile, iFAST Hong Kong co-organised an Elderly Home Visit with the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society (HKFWS) in June. Other than packed hundreds of goodie bags containing dry food, daily necessities, and fruits for distribution, our staff volunteers also visited the elderlies residing in To Kwa Wan and Kowloon City areas to present them with the goodie bags.
A total of 180 volunteer hours were clocked in 2023. iFAST Corp remains committed to supporting charity and volunteering events, and plans to hold more of such events in the upcoming years, and targets to increase the volunteering hours of employees gradually as the Company continues to support the less fortunate in the society.
Cash Sponsorship
iFAST Corp continued to partner Glyph in 2023, a social enterprise that supports children and youths from lower income households or challenging family environments. In line with the “Conserving the Environment” and “Caring for Community” CSR pillars, the Company provided sponsorship as well as volunteer to take their students during the school holidays on a Nature Adventure trek at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
Conserving the Environment
Waterway Clean-up Programme
As part of an awareness campaign on water usage, iFAST Corp, in collaboration with the Waterways Watch Society (“WSS”), organised a volunteering session in September where over 20 volunteers, consisting of employees and their family members, participated in a Waterway Clean-up Programme at Kallang Riverside Park. The session started off with an introduction on water conservation in Singapore, imparting our employee-volunteers with insightful knowledge on the state of water usage in Singapore, and highlighting the importance of water conservation.
The subsequent 1.5 hours of litter-picking session saw our volunteers gather a total of 40kg of litters, including plastic bags, bottles, cans, used masks, fishing lines and nets, cigarette butts, and even a hairdryer, along the shore and waters of Kallang River.
In other environment related initiatives, we have continued to set up recycling stations within the office premises in Singapore. Messages and reminders were also sent out to staff on how they could contribute to the recycling efforts undertaken by the Company.
