The Rise of Alternative Investments for Asset Allocation

(CODE: 241031LU-CEX)

CPT/CE Eligibility (A Recognized CPT Provider)

Alternative investments (‘alts’), including private equity, private credit, real estate, hedge funds, and other non-traditional investments, have seen a significant increase in their share within the asset allocation of institutional investors over the past decade. Despite the return enhancement and diversification benefits offered by alts, their appeal to individual investors is limited by illiquidity, leverage risk, and lack of valuation transparency. These risks have also led to increased scrutiny from regulators.

In this luncheon, Endowus, the leading digital wealth platform in Asia that provides access to alternative investments for both individual and institutional investors, will share their insights on the importance of alts for asset allocation, the associated risk, and recent industry developments.

Sandwiches and drinks will be served at the event.

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About the Speaker

Gregory Van is Chief Executive Officer of Endowus, Asia’s leading digital wealth platform. Endowus’ mission is to democratise wealth management for all and empower everyone to invest better to live easier today, and better tomorrow.
As CEO, Greg is responsible for driving the company’s growth and strategic execution. He began his career in investment banking at UBS, advising and fundraising for private equity and venture capital firms in the Asia Pacific region. Greg then joined Grab in its early days and was part of the pioneer team that launched the firm’s digital payments services across Southeast Asia.
Today, Greg is leveraging his unique expertise at the intersection of finance and technology to empower all investors with greater access to expert advice and institutional-quality products at low, fair fees – leveraging technology to do this at scale.
Greg believes that the biggest asset an investor has is time, and is singularly focused on helping clients efficiently maximise their time to achieve financial wellness. An alignment of incentives by being fee-only, coupled with personalising and automating the wealth management process, provides every investor with the highest probability of success in reaching their wealth and life goals.
Greg has been awarded the “CEO of the Year” for the Singapore market at Asia Asset Management’s Best of the Best Awards 2023 for two consecutive years.

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Rating

General – Material presented will be basic and of interest to a general audience having no background in the area.

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