SMU alumna and executive director of Luminor Financial Holdings Kwan Yu Wen has a one-two strategy for growing wealth – invest as early as possible and always keep up with changing markets. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from SMU in 2015 after taking a gap year to complete a six-month internship at a Swiss wealth management investment bank. Yu Wen started investing at 18, when her father helped her open a brokerage account just after she finished junior college. She continued gaining experience at university, and bought more higher-risk investment products. Yu Wen could afford the time to monitor her investments during university but she now adopts a more passive buy-and-hold investment strategy with a long-term view as she has chosen to focus her time and energy on growing Luminor and does not have the time to invest as actively as before.
The Straits Times, pB5 (Mar 12)
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