Here’s a nice interview by my friend and best-selling author Rose Fres Fausto. This is a very intimate and personal discussion on how I started with this profession, my struggles, my redemption and why the advocacy became my passion.

Rose Fres Fausto is the author of 2 best-selling books, Raising Pinoy Boys and Re-Telling of the Richest Man of Babylon. Rose and his husband investing expert Marvin Fausto and I are kindred spirits in the sense we all are passionate in reaching out as many Pinoys and enabled them financially.

Thanks Rose for exposing what’s really in my heart in this very engaging interview! Visit Rose Fres Fausto’s website HERE.

Do not miss the life-changing conference that will help transform Filipinos from Spenders to Savers and ultimately to INVESTORS!

iCon was a long dream of mine because I yearned for the time where more and more Filipinos will be interested in investing for their future. I longed for the day to see long lines of people queuing to enter a financially themed event, the way they do for a block-buster movie. In 2013, the first iCon proved that Filipinos are more receptive to learning finance and investments as 1,000 people flocked to the very first iCon. I was overwhelmed with the site of 1,000 people all eager to take better control of their financial future.

This year, despite the difficulty of mounting an even bigger event, we felt that the Filipinos need an iCon again so we put together even more speakers and an even longer conference time for those attending iCon2014. Our roster of speakers are impressive as they are indeed the subject matter experts of their own fields. However, it is not just the competence of the speakers that made them part of iCon2014 — it is their passion to help Filipino achieve their dreams!

For inquiries and registration, visit http://www.brandspeakasia.com/iconor send an e-mail to [email protected]

It is with a heavy heart to announce that my radio show at 106.7 Energy FM, MONEY TALKS will be airing its last episode this Saturday, April 12, 2014. The station is under-going reformatting and our personal finance program has been cancelled because of it.

The program has been running less than a year but we are happy that in our own way, many Filipinos here and abroad have been helped by to show to be one step closer to financial peace. We wish to thank Ms. Becca Sy for giving us the opportunity to put Money Talks on air and we will forever be grateful for this opportunity. We also wish to thank the whole team of Energy FM and it was indeed a pleasure being part of this station.

For our final episode, we would have two great guest with two different stories — but both of them are insightful and inspiring.

Marvin Fausto is formerly the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the country’s largest bank with the country’s largest funds. Marvin is an advocate of investment education and is a sought after speaker in the field of investments. He is an accomplished fund manager winning several awards in the past and a favorite resource expert in the field of investing. He is married to Rose Fres Fausto, an author and columnist and together they have raised financial smart children and they are now advocates of family finance & investing. Marvin Fausto is featured in iCon 2014 on May 17, 2014 at the SMX.

Jekoy Valle started with very humble beginnings. He was a youth who has lost all hope and was unsure of a future. He was blessed to be a scholar of Real Life Foundation and due to the grant and because of hard work and determination, he is now  in the corporate world as a recruitment officer. Jekoy is also a very popular event host today and is on his way to more success!

Catch us this Saturday, April 12, 2014 for the very last episode of Money Talks at 106.7 Energy FM, 9 to 11pm.

Co-hosted by JM Dela Rama.