Webinar: Beyond stocks and bonds — Learn more about hedge funds with UBS Asset Management

About the session

Endowus warmly invites you to an exclusive webinar on 22 March, Wednesday, at 12.30pm, to learn more about hedge funds. 

Hedge funds today manage about US$3.8 trillion in assets globally, as leading fund managers seek alternatives beyond stocks, bonds and other traditional asset classes.

Find out about this alternative investment option that has become more accessible to investors in recent years. Join our experts in exploring what they are, how they work, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of including hedge funds in an investment portfolio. 

1. What is a hedge fund?
2. An overview of different hedge fund strategies
3. How hedge funds have evolved over the years
4. What do experts look out for when selecting hedge funds?

We are pleased to have Boyoung Jung, Senior Investment Specialist, Asia-Pacific at UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, and Mariana Paul, Investment Specialist at UBS O’Connor, as guest speakers. The session will be hosted by Yuhan Tan, Investment Lead at Endowus.

Read more: Understanding hedge funds and their strategies

About the speakers

Yuhan Tan, Investment Lead at Endowus, is responsible for the sourcing and screening of alternative strategies, along with other functions of the Endowus Investment Office. Yuhan was previously at Mercer and Cambridge Associates, two investment consulting firms that provide investment portfolio management and advisory services to institutional investors. Yuhan was also with Hawksburn Capital, a multi-family office that provides investment advisory services to high networth individuals. Yuhan graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Boyoung Jung, Senior Investment Specialist, Asia-Pacific at UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, is primarily responsible for leading business development in Korea and South East Asia and providing client portfolio management servicing in Asia. Before joining UBS Hedge Fund Solutions Singapore office in 2015, she served as a portfolio manager and product specialist at UBS Hana Asset Management in Seoul covering emerging market funds and hedge funds. Boyoung has over 17 years of investment industry experience and is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) holder.

Mariana Paul, Investment Specialist at UBS O’Connor, is responsible for the sales and distribution efforts in Southeast Asia for O’Connor funds. Prior to joining O'Connor in 2021, Mariana was the Head of Business Development where she was responsible for institutional sales and investor relations at Lighthouse Canton, an independent asset management firm. Mariana has over 15 years of investment industry experience and is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) holder.

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