Category: Media Coverage

The Business Times — Larger companies tend to disclose return on equity for the benefit of investors, but for smaller companies, the figure may not be very useful.

In this interview with New in Asia, XinHui shares her approach to identifying promising innovators, collaboration with industry partners, and strategies to mitigate the risks of investing in early-stage companies.

At the start of 2024, we highlighted that geopolitics, inflationary trends, interest rates and AI were the themes to watch. Indeed, these issues have each imposed themselves in the financial markets, resulting in short term volatility over the last 6 months that nevertheless, did not derail the continued ascent of the markets in the US.

Our Senior Portfolio Manager and MD Sean Quek discussed about AI-related tech stocks and how some US software companies are benefiting from this AI trend. At Paragon SAGE Fund, we continue to focus on quality companies that are not in the limelight but carry better value.

Paragon Capital Management, together with RealVantage, Asia’s leading, regulated real estate fractional investment platform, are pleased to jointly announce the formation of a consortium for the inaugural Global Real Estate Alternative and Tactical Fund (“GREAT Fund”, “Fund”). The GREAT Fund, with a target fund size of USD 50 million, completed its first close on 31 May 2024 with an overwhelming 75 per cent subscription volume within a month from launch, demonstrating strong investor commitment and interest.

Paragon Capital Management (“PCM”) announces today the initiation of its presence in North Asia, namely Paragon Capital Management (HK) Private Limited (“PCMHK”). PCMHK is pleased to announce the appointments of Arthur Fong as Chief Executive Officer and Faye Ng as Chief Operating Officer of PCMHK to lead the firm’s growth by leveraging on the strong track record and deep expertise of PCM.

Asian Private Banker – Singapore-headquartered asset manager Paragon Capital Management (PCM), which runs over S$1 billion in AUM, has opened a new office in Hong Kong targeting North Asia Wealth.

Carinn Neo, Senior Portfolio Manager of Paragon Income Fund, discussed the investment strategy given the current interest rates environment and the risks that income investors should watch out for.

Our Senior Portfolio Manager of Paragon SAGE Fund Sean Quek discusses the broadening the tech rally in Q1 this year, the impact of rate cuts on risk assets such as equities and why he still sees attractive investment opportunities despite toppish markets.

Unlike typical independent asset managers (IAM) that heavily rely on retrocessions, Paragon Capital Management has found success with its discretionary-based business, a model that may not be suitable for every private banker. That strategy is also helping it to deliver strong returns for clients. The firm’s flagship Paragon Alpha I fund gained 45.62% for 2023, beating top-performing asset classes.