Webinar: Supercharge your cash in a 5% interest rate environment

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About the session

This webinar is brought to you by Endowus in partnership with Amundi and HSBC Asset Management. 

The US Federal Reserve has raised rates 11 times since March 2022, bringing its benchmark interest rate to above 5% levels, the highest level since the 2000s. 

There is no better time than now to explore money market funds and cash funds that offer you the flexibility to take advantage of the current high interest rates, while providing the option to withdraw at any time for short-term liquidity needs, or even re-deploy it into other investment opportunities.

Endowus warmly invites you to an exclusive webinar with experts from leading fund managers, Amundi and HSBC Asset Management.

Join Hugh Chung, Chief Investment Advisory Officer, Endowus, as he speaks with experts from Amundi and HSBC to understand different cash management options to supercharge your cash and to take advantage of the current high interest rate environment:

1. What are money market funds and cash funds? 

2. Potential risks and pros and cons of money market funds

3. What is the outlook of interest rates for the rest 2023 and 2024?

4. How do money market and cash funds fit in your investment portfolio?

5. Learn about money market funds selection on Endowus and our Endowus CashUp model portfolios

There will be a Q&A segment at the end of the session.

_{Note: Money market and cash funds are investment products and are not capital guaranteed. They invest in low-risk and liquid money market instruments such as deposits, treasuries and short-term credit.}

About the speakers

Christophe Buret, Senior Money Market Portfolio Manager, Amundi

Christophe Buret joined Amundi in 2006 as a Money Market Portfolio Manager.

Prior to joining Amundi, he began his career in 1991 at CNCA in Madrid, Spain then moved back to Paris as Forex trader on the spot market. He joined Natixis as Money Market trader then Forex trader in 1996 and then worked as a Fixed Income Salesperson at CIC in 2002. Christophe Buret has developed specific skills on the US market and manages in US Dollar two segregated accounts for Sovereign Clients and 2 open-ended Money Market / Cash Funds.

Christophe Buret holds a Degree in Economics from Paris 1 La Sorbonne (1991) and a Post-Graduate Degree in Finance from Paris 1 La Sorbonne.

Catherine Tsang, Portfolio Manager, Liquidity Asia-Pacific, HSBC Asset Management

Catherine Tsang is a Portfolio Manager / Investment Specialist in the Liquidity Investment team within HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong and has been working in the financial industry since 2001. Within the team, Catherine is responsible for managing a number of liquidity portfolios, including USD and RMB. 

Prior to joining the team in May 2022, Catherine worked as an Asia Fixed Income Investment Specialist within HSBC Asset Management, where she covered different Asian fixed income strategies, including Asia Credit, RMB, INR, HKD and SGD fixed income strategies. Prior to joining HSBC in 2010, Catherine worked as an Investment Specialist at Fidelity, covering Asia Pacific ex Japan equity capacities. She also worked as a Senior Portfolio Analyst at State Street Bank, where she started her career. She holds a Master’s of Commerce Degree from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Auckland and is a CFA and CPA (Australia).

Hugh Chung, Chief Investment Advisory Officer, Endowus

Hugh Chung is the Chief Investment Advisory Officer at Endowus, Asia’s leading digital wealth platform.

In his current role, Hugh leads the integration of investment functions and strategies across the Endowus Group, comprising the Endowus digital platform, Endowus Private Wealth, and Carret Private. He oversees the centralised Investment Office, which provides group strategic direction on the expert curation and management of all investment solutions across public and private markets, for individual and institutional investors in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Hugh has more than 20 years of experience in the asset management and financial advisory space in Asia. In his previous role as the Chief Investment Officer for a single family office, he was responsible for strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction and fund selection across all regions and asset classes. Hugh was also previously Managing Director at Kadensa Capital and Azentus Capital as the founding member and senior investor of two of the most successful hedge fund launches in Asia. Before this, Hugh had oversight of Korea equity distribution at J.P. Morgan, and began his career at Goldman Sachs and Samsung Securities.

Read more:

• Introducing Endowus Cash Management model portfolios: earn more on your cash with no lockups
• 11 rate hikes later, where are we headed? — Endowus cash management solutions (October 2023)
• Optimising your savings: money market funds vs time deposits

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