Me & My Money: She focuses on structural trends rather than day-to-day changes

JP Morgan Singapore and SEA CEO Sherene Ban. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE -Trying to pick on the big trends rather than getting distracted by the day-to-day noise is the smart way to go when investing, especially given the extreme volatility we are going through now, says asset management executive Sherene Ban.

Ms Ban, the 44-year-old chief executive of JP Morgan Asset Management for Singapore and South-east Asia, also emphasises the power of compounding returns and to get going early: "It's never too late to start investing and there isn't any size that is too small to invest."

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