Alpha Uncovered

🎙 Guest: Theodore Shou, CIO, Skybound Capital 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM $400M fraud exposed a major bank’s private credit vulnerabilities. Theodore Shou, CIO at Skybound Capital, unpacks the complex structures and risks — and how astute investors are using them for better visibility, middle-market control, and high-conviction alpha in AI and China’s robotification surge. Grasping origination pi...

🎙 Guest: Chris Shen, Co-Founder & COO, Revere 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM A look at where the big whales really swim in AI era venture – how a professional LP quietly buys into VC funds holding Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX at better terms – and what that reveals about how institutional money actually moves, and what smaller investors should (and shouldn’t) copy. 00:00 – Chris Shen’s Nonlinear...

🎙 Guest: David Chen, Quarktek Global 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 00:00 – AI Hardware Hedge Fund Strategy & Intro 00:46 – Japan Tech Stocks, Corporate Access & Research Edge 02:35 – Japanese Conglomerates: Earnings Dilution vs Accretion 04:01 – Why This AI Fund Limits China Exposure 06:00 – 2024 AI Shock: Tariffs, Semiconductors & Strategy 10:18 – Missing First AI Rally: De-Risking &am...

🎙 Guest: Kelvin Koh, Co-Founder & CIO, Spartan Group🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 00:00 – Crypto Market Deep Dive 01:11 – 40M → 3B: How Crypto Valuations Got Out of Control 06:22 – Why Altcoins Dump After Launch (Token Design & Liquidity) 10:24 – Private vs Public Markets: Discipline in Crypto Investing 15:28 – “Tech Is Not the Moat” in Crypto & Web3 16:33 – What Actually Wins: Distribu...

🎙 Guest: Yat Siu, Co-founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 00:06 – 2019 Youth & “They're Still Our Children” 01:11 – Survival First: The Oxygen Mask Analogy 01:59 – Why HK Is Ready to Go on Offense 03:18 – The Quiet Chinese Way of Soft Power 06:19 – Where Is China’s Elon Musk? Innovation & Culture 10:55 – “Tokenize or Die” – Infrastructure for the Agent Econom...

🎙 Guest: Issac Septon, CIO, The Observatory 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 00:00 Welcome & Introduction 01:35 Family Office Structure & “Skin in the Game” 04:56 Why This Family Office Prefers Public Markets 08:34 Private Markets, Secondaries & Liquidity Risks 14:26 Why We Back Emerging Managers 19:50 Courting Managers & Cultivating Talent (Japan example) 24:24 The Diligence Mindset:...

🎙 Guest: Simon Potter, Founding Partner & Director, Business Succession Partners (BSP) Antoni Tisot, Founder & Managing Partner, Business Succession Partners (BSP) + Founder & CEO, ELab 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 00:00 From Skeptic to Believer: AI That Works 00:55 BSP & ELAB: Joining Forces on AI 02:15 How Private Equity Uses AI to Scale 03:40 The Moment AI Proved Its Value 05:20...

🎙 Guest: Emanuel Balarie, Co-Founder, FundSeeder & SVP, RQSI 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM What if the next Market Wizard isn’t on Wall Street—but trading from their living room? This episode explores the journey of FundSeeder, co-founded by Emanuel Balarie and Jack Schwager, and its mission to discover and scale the world’s top trading talent. From sourcing elite traders globally to launching...

🎙 Guest: William Ma, CIO, GROW Investment Group 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM In this wide-ranging conversation, Grow Investment Group’s founder William Ma returns to Alpha Uncovered to break down three distinct types of alpha that investors are quietly capturing across China’s evolving market landscape— the future alpha: youth-driven consumer stocks, the current alpha: arbitrage trading strategies...

🎙 Guest: Daniel Jim, Managing Director, Chartwell Capital 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 🧠 “AI will take your job” is the wrong mindset. In this final part, Daniel and Alvin shift from capital to culture—what family offices are learning from Gen Z, and how AI is reshaping the way we work, think, and train. 💡 Inside the discussion: 🔹What interns taught managers 🔹How family offices measure “happin...

🎙 Guest: Daniel Jim, Managing Director, Chartwell Capital 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 📉 The market’s still skeptical. 📈 But capital is moving. As allocators consider their stance on China, Hong Kong’s elites are already betting on the future. In this episode, Daniel Jim breaks down what’s shifting beneath the surface. Key themes: 🧠 Why the “China is uninvestable” thesis is wearing thin 🧠 How...

🎙 Guest: Daniel Jim, Managing Director, Chartwell Capital 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 💼 What is it like to run a family office in Asia? Forget the headlines and AUM. Chartwell Capital, built on 500 years of legacy, shows how wealthy Asian families actually manage money — quietly, deliberately, and rooted in family values. Inside the conversation: 🔹 Why Chartwell doesn’t have “clients” 🔹 How en...

🎙 Guest: Jonathan Ting, Managing Partner, NeuCo Academy 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM Building a secondaries fund isn’t just a strategy. It’s a commitment. In Part 2, Alvin Fan and Jonathan Ting go beyond the market mechanics and get personal: what it’s like launching a fund, building conviction, and navigating a landscape where speed and certainty often outweigh price. 🔍 Inside the conversation:...

🎙 Guest: Jonathan Ting, Managing Partner, NeuCo Academy 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM Venture secondaries are stepping into the spotlight as traditional exits stall. IPO windows are shut. M&A is rare. Yet $1.6 trillion in dry powder remains undeployed—and valuations in private markets haven’t caught up with reality. In this episode, Jonathan Ting of Neuco Academy (ex-Industry Ventures) joins Al...

🎙 Guest: Allen Sing, CIO, Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM Allen Sing is the Chief Investment Officer of Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners, one of Hong Kong’s leading alternative investment platforms and multi-asset family offices. In Part 2 of this exclusive interview, Allen opens up about what actually gets funded—and what doesn't. From seeding success stories like ActusRay...

🎙 Guest: Allen Sing, CIO, Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM Allen Sing is the CIO of Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners, one of HK’s leading alternative investment platforms and multi-asset family offices. In this rare and candid interview, Allen sits down with Alvin to talk through the global macro landscape from an allocator’s lens—a perspective few fund managers ever get to...

🎙 Guests: Steven Luk, CEO & CIO, FountainCap 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 📌 Chapters 00:00 - Intro: “Told You So” — Is This China’s Big Comeback? 01:50 - Spain to Singapore: On-the-Ground Sentiment Shift 05:00 - Who’s Really Buying? Hedge Funds vs. Institutions 08:45 - Misleading Indexes & the Real China Economy 12:10 - From Property Panic to Policy Bazooka 16:40 - $20 Trillion in Savings...

🎙 Guests: Anthony Tse, Chief Storyteller, Institute for Greatness ; Board director, Solas 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM 📌 Chapters 00:00 - Intro: From Hedge Funds to Kindergarten & Beyond 01:30 - Anthony’s Finance Days – Managing Money, Risks & Expectations 05:20 - Leaving Fund Management – The Push & The Pull Factors 08:45 - Why Start a Kindergarten? Investing in Early Education 12:30...

🎙 Guests: Dale Zhang, Founder, Entrust Evergreen 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan (OPIM) 📌 Chapters 00:00 – Intro: What’s different about Entrust Evergreen’s approach? 02:33 – Why long-term investing and compounding matter 03:50 – A concentrated portfolio: fewer, better investments 08:05 – Outperforming the market when others struggle 10:14 – Filtering out bad investments: five risk management rules 17:37 – Chi...

Recorded on 17 Feb 2025 🎙 Guests: 🔹 Gaven Cheong (Charles Russell Speechlys) 🔹 David Kim (Generative Assets) 🔹 Marco Lim (Solowin) 🔹 Martin Green (Cambrian Asset Management) 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan (OPIM) (00:00) - Opening (07:20) - Are institutions still early in crypto? (09:04) - Do passive investors take on too much risk? (11:45) - What happens when Bitcoin dominates your portfolio? (14:27) - Why...

📅 Recorded on: 10 Dec, 2024 🎙 Guest: Ruchir Desai, Co-Investment Manager, AFC Asia Frontier Fund 🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM (00:00) - Teaser (00:33) - Introducing Ruchir Desai & AFC Asia Frontier Fund (02:05) - Why Frontier Markets Are Underresearched Yet Profitable (05:10) - Navigating Macro & Political Risks in These Markets (09:20) - Frontier Markets & Global Macroeconomic Cycles...

Recorded on 19 Nov 2024 Featuring🎙Ivan Chelebiev, Founder & CIO, Chicago Global Host🎙Alvin Fan, CEO, OP Investment Management (OPIM) (00:00) - Teaser (00:33) - About Ivan & Chicago Global (01:36) - AI and Machine Learning in Institutional Investing (03:29) - Adaptive Models: A Competitive Edge (06:46) - From Forecasting to Nowcasting: Real-Time Precision (09:05) - AI Hardware & Softwar...

Recorded on 28 Oct 2024 🎙Convo with Darren Kang, Co-Founder & CIO, LIFE Asset Management hosted by Alvin Fan, CEO, OP Investment Management (OPIM) (00:00) - Teaser (00:33) - About Darren (01:00) - Korea’s Corporate Governance Challenges: A Big Opportunity (03:50) - How High Inheritance Taxes Impact Korean Firms’ Valuation (06:15) - The Korean Government's Push for Better Corporate Governance (...

Recorded on 16 Oct 2024 🎙Convo with Rajesh Bhatia, CIO, Investment Trust of India (ITI) hosted by Alvin Fan, CEO, OP Investment Management (OPIM) (00:00) Rajesh Bhatia's Background: CIO of Investment Trust of India (02:38) Investment Strategy: Capturing Upside, Managing Risk (05:05) India’s Economic Outlook: Demographics & Growth (09:19) Capex Opportunities: Infrastructure & Manufacturing...

Recorded on 4 Oct 2024 🎙Convo with Edward Leung, Sunrise SPC - Marshall Precious Metals Fund SP hosted by Alvin Fan, CEO, OP Investment Management (OPIM) (0:00) - Teaser (0:35) - Edward's Background (01:09) - Gold Market and Macro Events (05:19) - Gold-Silver Ratio and Demand (07:23) - Fund Strategy and Flexibility (10:01) - Private Equity Approach (13:07) - Portfolio Management (17:23) - Due Dili...