Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Alec is a partner in KT Capital Group and has acted as the interim CFO for a few Fintech and Web 3 companies.

He currently also serves the Research & Investments Partner at Re:base Ventures (rebase.vc), a Web3 and DeFi investment firm with a strong focus on building and incubation. 

Previously, he spent time with Tencent, where he was responsible for the group's investments in the overseas markets (Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe). 

Prior to Tencent, he was in the Principal Investments team at Swiss Re, where he focused on driving the group's investments into financial services and Fintech sectors in APAC. 

He has been responsible for a wide range of investments and transactions (venture/growth, buyout, direct secondaries, etc.) totaling >$5 billion. Alec started his career with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

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Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

Samsung Life Insurance / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Across the major economies in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea), Korea is the only country that follows the global trend of rising interest rates and yields.</li>
<li>Investing in the country's life insurers could be a good way to play out the thesis of rising yield environment in 2023.</li>
<li>Samsung Life is a better bet for this among the country's two largest public life insurance companies.</li>
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Across the major economies in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea), Korea is the only country that follows the global trend of rising interest rates and yields.
Investing in the country's life insurers could be a good way to play out the thesis of rising yield environment in 2023.
Samsung Life is a better bet for this among the country's two largest public life insurance companies.


2023 High Conviction: Samsung Life - A Play On Korea’s Rising Yields