CIO Investment Institute (II) Webinar: Whole Portfolio Approach for Wealth Investors

Jayne Bok is Head of Investments, Asia, based in Hong Kong. She leads WTW’s regional investment strategy, client delivery, and business development, working with clients across a range of models – from advisory and proprietary tools to delegated solutions.

With over 20 years of experience, Jayne has held leadership roles across Asia, partnering with many of the region’s largest asset owners. She began her career with WTW in Korea and subsequently played a key role in establishing its leading local investment consulting business.

She later returned to Hong Kong as Head of Sovereign Advisory, expanding her remit regionally to support government pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, and other public institutions. Her work focuses on governance, portfolio strategy, and investment decision-making, with particular depth in Total Portfolio Approach and large-scale institutional transformation. 

Alexandra McGuigan Head of APAC for Qblue Balanced, a Copenhagen based systematic and sustainability focused fund manager. She works with some of the world’s largest institutional clients and is responsible for the business in the region.

With a 20-year career in financial services, she has worked in various roles with globally renowned fund managers including BNY Mellon Asset Management, Investec, GAM, Adveq, Och Ziff and has raised over $3 Billion AUM.

Alexandra completed the Wharton Certificate in Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction; is a CAIA Charter holder and Singapore Chapter Executive; holds an MBA from UTS, and a BA from Sydney University.

Jean Chia is Bank of Singapore’s Global CIO, responsible for the CIO Investment Institute which covers macro insights, portfolio strategy and investment strategy for multi-asset portfolios for wealth and asset management. Jean is responsible for Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM), Advisory Portfolio Management (APM), Funds Selection and Alternatives Investment at Bank of Singapore. Jean is a member of Bank of Singapore’s Global Management Committee and chairs the Bank’s Investment Committee and Sustainable Investment Governance Committee. She chairs the board of directors for BOS International Fund, Luxembourg and is part of the OCBC Wealth Panel.

Jean has over 25 years of experience in Private Banking and Asset Management. She was previously Head, Equities Advisory & Sales, responsible for the equities and derivatives business at Bank of Singapore, and Head of Client Advisory Services, Investment Products & Services at UBS Wealth Management, Singapore. Prior to UBS, she was Vice President, Head of Grassroots Research at Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (now known as Allianz Global Investors).

Jean graduated with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University of Oxford, UK. She currently serves on the Development Advisory Board of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.

Jean holds a Sustainable Finance certification from Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL). She is a Financial Women’s Association of Singapore (FWA) Female Champion and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Fellow for Private Banking and Wealth Management. Jean is a Director on the Board of Mandai Nature, the conservation arm established by Mandai Wildlife Group and Temasek.

Dr Owi S. Ruivivar is a seasoned investment manager with over 30 years of experience in economics, investment strategy and portfolio management. She is the Chief Portfolio Strategist at Bank of Singapore and is a member of the Bank’s investment committee that decides on the strategic and tactical asset allocation calls for clients.

Dr Ruivivar joins from Singapore’s GIC where she spearheaded investment-oriented thematic research at the Economics and Investment Strategy department. She also led the Future Markets investing team, which oversaw multi-asset investments across private and public markets in frontier Emerging Markets countries. During her tenure, Dr Ruivivar launched the GIC Research Network, which built cross-departmental research communities to leverage insights across the company and scale ideas for the total portfolio’s benefit.

Prior to GIC, Dr Ruivivar spent 17 years (2002 – 2019) with Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) where she was a founding portfolio manager of its Lipper-awarded Emerging Market debt franchise, responsible for over USD 60 billion in assets. She relocated from New York to Singapore in 2010, to establish and oversee GSAM’s Asia fixed income business.

Previously, Dr Ruivivar held roles at BNP Paribas and the International Monetary Fund. Dr Ruivivar graduated with a B.A. in Economics (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In recognition of her academic achievements, she has been awarded various scholarships and fellowships, including the National Science Foundation Graduate fellowship, the MIT Graduate Fellowship, the John Harvard Scholarship, the Harvard College Scholarship and the Agassiz Scholarship.

Dr Ruivivar is fluent in English and French and proficient in Filipino.

Joseph Ng is a Senior Investment Strategist within the highly regarded Chief Investment Office in Bank of Singapore. Joseph provides thought leadership on a host of cross-asset investment topics, with a particular emphasis on global equities.

Throughout his time in the bank, Joseph has been known for his timely calls and deep insights, and has been frequently interviewed and quoted by various media outlets. Joseph also covers the Global Technology sector for the bank, and has experience navigating a range of topical issues pertaining to the internet, cloud, and the impact of geopolitics on technology. In his earlier career, Joseph has also spent time on the sell-side in the area of real estate within Singapore and China. 

Joseph graduated with a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and holds a MSc in Management from the London Business School. Joseph is also a CFA charterholder.