CIO Series 24: From De-Dollarization to AI - China's Emerging Opportunities

Despite macroeconomic challenges, China remains an epicenter for disruptive innovation and constant transformation. China also stands at the cross-currents of seismic global changes, such as de-dollarization and AI. For this CIO Series webinar, we'll speak with Dan Kiang, founder and CIO of Aqua Lake Capital, about how these forces are reshaping China's economic, financial and technological landscape. Dan will also provide an update on the Aqua Lake strategy and stock picks aligned with these themes.

About Aqua Lake

Aqua Lake is a Hong Kong-based hedge fund employing a fundamental long-short strategy with a focus on Asia. The fund takes a research-driven, high conviction approach to pick stocks, targeting superior risk-adjusted returns. The fund is founded by Dan Kiang and Ken Ngo, each with over 20 years of experience working for large institutional investors and investing in Asia. The fund has been onboarded with UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong), targeting Professional Investors only.

About Dan Kiang

Prior to founding Aqua Lake, Dan Kiang was Senior Managing Director and Head of Asia Public Equity for Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan (OTPP), a leading Canadian pension fund with $248 billion of assets under management. Dan personally managed over $1.5 billion of assets for OTTP in Asia, and was a member of the Global Investment Committee responsible for $12 billion of the firm's money.

Prior to OTTP, Dan worked in senior roles for several prestigious institutional investors, including Mount Kellett (a $7 billion hedge fund), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Asian Special Situations Group) and TVG Capital Partners (later JP Morgan Direct Investment Group), all based in Hong Kong.