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Lim Eng Guan

Masters of Science in Financial Engineering, NTU Masters (by research) in Engineering, NUS Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1st Class) from NUS with Minor in Business, NUS Eng Guan is a portfolio manager of a systematic hedge fund. He has extensive experience, having spent more than a decade in the asset management and banking industry working through various roles since 2006. These include performing investment due diligence on hedge funds, valuation control on derivative and structured products, proprietary trading and fund management. Prior to all these, he started out his first career in the civil service in 2002. But it was also during this time that he developed a keen interest in the financial markets. This prompted him to make a mid-career switch and his decision vastly open up his horizon on the investment landscape. There was so much more beyond just picking stocks, reading analyst reports or financial statements. An engineer by academic background, he always had a strong passion and interest for models and systems. That naturally led him to pursue the systematic or data driven approach towards investing.

Risk Parity: For Those Who Know They Need to Invest Yet Protect Their Capital Well

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2020 only just started. But for many stock investors, it may seem like an eternity. Just 3 days into the new year, a dreaded piece of news greeted the markets. The United States assassinated a top Iranian General sparking fears of an all-out-war between the two countries. That sent the global stock markets tumbling sharply … Read more

Lower Risk IS Higher Returns: Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Risk Parity Approach

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Parting the Fog Around Risk Parity Quantitative investing, virtually unheard of 2 decades ago, has come a long way. While still the minority, quantitative managers now represent about a quarter of the hedge fund industry. Collectively, they managed one third of the industry’s assets or roughly USD 1 trillion. Quant names also snagged the top … Read more

How Do We Protect Ourselves Against Unpredictable Market Meltdowns?

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Editor’s Notes The fall out from unforeseen financial market crashes is real – even if it may not affect you personally. I watched rich relatives mysteriously disappear from family gatherings while others downgraded from a 4 story Bungalow that made my legs ache climbing to a HDB flat that looked positively squalid in comparison. I … Read more