Kif Ho

Associate Director, Singapore Management University Investment Office

Kif Ho has over 15 years of investing experience over multiple asset classes, and is passionate about long-term multi-asset investing, venture capital and hedge funds. He is a quantitative asset allocation expert who has studied extensively on competing asset allocation frameworks (Traditional stock/bond, Endowment, Risk Parity & Alternative Risk Premia) and develops industry-leading ex-ante risk tools, asset-liability framework, strategic asset allocation framework for managing multi-asset portfolio including iliquids & private investments. He strives to incorporate the latest quantitative techniques to improve overall asset allocation decisions, risk premium extraction and risk-adjusted outcomes to create the most modern & sophisticated endowment model in Asia.

Prior to Singapore Management University, Kif traded various asset classes and managed investments at UBS, Apollo and Asia Genesis , Kif was chosen to the Class of 2021 Next Gen CIO among an illustrious group or rising stars in the world of allocators by the ai-CIO and also a member of Milken Institute’s Global Markets Advisory Council. Kif received his Master of Financial Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University and is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) charterholder.