Investment
Seminar 2023

After a 3-year hiatus from the pandemic, GYC is back with its exclusive investment seminar for clients. Join us for dinner! This iteration will delve into investing throughout the stages of human life — from wealth accumulation to sustainable pension-like payouts, the impact of recessions on assets, and how to invest in a way that will outlast your life cycle.

 

Programme

03 AUG — 6.30 to 9.30 PM

 
 

Registration and Dinner
6:30pm
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Welcome
7:30pm
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Impact of recessions and expectations for 2023-24
(stocks, bonds and property)
— Choo Chian (UOBAM)
7:35pm
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Best way to accumulate wealth
— Bruce Tan (GYC)
7:55pm
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Planning for the last one-third of your life
— Aw Choon Hui (GYC)
8:20pm
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Investing to outlast life cycles,
change of global empires and reserve currencies
— Carl Chay (GYC)
8:45pm
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End of Seminar
9:15pm
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Synopsis

 
 

Impact of recessions and expectations for 2024 (stocks, bonds and property)

— Choo Chian (UOBAM)

  • Will there be a recession in 2023? How would that impact my investments?

  • What is the outlook for global stocks and bonds in 2023 and 2024?

  • Should I invest in residential property or invest in global stocks?
    (eg. United G Strategic Fund)

 
 
 

How to accumulate wealth as a young investor

— Bruce Tan (GYC)

  • How much is enough? Breaking down the math and science of accumulation.

  • What is the best asset class for growing my wealth?

  • How the retirement problem in Singapore can be solved.

 
 
 

Planning for the last one-third of your life

— Aw Choon Hui (GYC)

  • How you can have a pension-like retirement plan that pays you for as long as you live.

  • How should you be planning your last one-third of your life?

  • Legacy planning and end-of-life matters.

 
 
 

Investing to outlast life cycles, change of empires, upheaval of corporations and reserve currencies

— Carl Chay (GYC)

  • For investments and portfolios meant to last decades, how do you invest to ensure that your investments remain relevant throughout time?

  • After all, the world has gone through many forms of geo-political upheavals, changes in world economic powers, shifts from an industrial base to technology.

  • Find out how a systematic investment and allocation process allows you to capture all these changes to ensure that you always receive the most optimal returns on your investments.

 

Speakers

 
 

Choo Chian

  • Joining UOBAM in March 2019, Choo Chian is responsible for managing multi-asset portfolios, with a focus on fixed income investments.

  • Prior to joining UOBAM, Chian was a Lead Portfolio Manager (Portfolio Management – Global Markets) at Monetary Authority of Singapore since Jan 2010.

  • Prior to that, he was a FI/FX Portfolio Manager (Investment Strategy) at Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and before that, DBS Asset Management.

  • Chian has a MA in Economics from Yale University, and a BA in Economics from University of California, Berkeley. He has over 17 years of investment experience.

 

Bruce Tan

  • Bruce had been in financial services since 2016 and managed a top performing financial services distribution team as a Senior Financial Services Manager.

  • He is currently with GYC as a Senior Associate where he is involved with the management of investment portfolios.

  • He holds a MSc in Wealth Management, from Singapore Management University and a BEcon in Economics and Finance from Murdoch University.

 

Aw Choon Hui

  • As the main liaison with the regulators, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Choon Hui helps to ensure that GYC's processes are in line with the respective Acts and Regulations.

  • Choon Hui develops and oversees strategic partnerships across Singapore to develop unique product solutions that can meet our clients' needs. Working with the investment team, he helps to build robust portfolios and identify best-in-class insurance and investment products.

  • He holds an Honours degree in Civil and Structural Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

 

Carl Chay

  • Carl was an investment analyst at a hedge fund covering the Southeast Asian market. Currently, Carl is in charge of the GYC’s investment portfolios and is responsible for their risk and return outcomes.

  • Sitting on the company's external and internal investment committees and oversees investment strategies, asset allocation, and portfolio construction, Carl is also responsible for the construction of the GYC risk matrix system, a proprietary quantitative financial stress tool which guides the overall allocation of investment portfolios.

  • He holds a Masters of Science in Applied Finance from the Singapore Management University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.