Blue Rice Investment Management was set up by Guan Ong, previously the CIO of Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp (KIC). The firm is based in Singapore and invests into Asian dollar-denominated corporate credit. Blue Rice has partnerships in place with Woori Absolute Partners in 2009 (affiliated to Woori Financial Group, Korea's largest financial conglomerate) and since 2011 with NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global hedge fund incubation specialist.
Launched in December 2009, Blue Rice's Asian Credit Fund aims to offer attractive returns based on to strong creditworthiness of Asian governments, households and private sector, steady long term growth drivers and a limited impact from the recent global credit crisis.
Learn in this video:
* How Asian corporate credit markets have been growing both in depth and size
* Recent trends and how to monitor corporate governance in Asia
* The differences between private and government-held firms
* Outlook for corporations in Asia
* Why Blue Rice is different from other Asian credit funds
Guan Ong is the founder and head of the investment team of Blue Rice Investment Management. He was the Chief Investment Officer for Korea Investment Corporation (2006-2009), the Korean Sovereign Wealth Fund. Guan has also held various senior investment positions for Prudential (1998-2006) in Hong Kong (Portfolio Manager), Singapore (Senior Portfolio Manager) and Korea (Chief Investment Officer/CEO). Guan has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry and began his career with Credit Suisse in London.
He was also closely involved with the CSFB's role as the financial advisor to the Kingdom of Sweden during the Swedish Financial crisis (1993-1994). When he managed Prudential's Asian bond portfolio in Singapore, Guan was voted by The Asset Magazine as the most astute manager in Asian dollar bonds for four years running (2001-2004). He graduated from Imperial College, London in 1986 with a PhD in Electrical Engineering.
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Blue Rice Investment Management was set up by Guan Ong, previously the CIO of Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp (KIC). The firm is based in Singapore and invests into Asian dollar-denominated corporate credit. Blue Rice has partnerships in place with Woori Absolute Partners in 2009 (affiliated to Woori Financial Group, Korea's largest financial conglomerate) and since 2011 with NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global hedge fund incubation specialist.
Launched in December 2009, Blue Rice's Asian Credit Fun
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