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Me & My Money: Finance exec’s golden rule: Investing a must, with gold a hedge against market uncertainty

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Profile of American finance executive Shaokai Fan on Aug 31, 2023. Mr Fan believes that investing is a necessity in life rather than an interest. He works as the head of Asia Pacific (ex-China) and global head of central banks at the World Gold Council (WGC). As a cautious investor, he mostly sticks to blue-chip or well-known equities. He emphasised on the importance of investing as he learned that he could not rely solely on employment income and had to use his money more wisely.

Mr Shaokai Fan came to Singapore in 2014 and is currently the head of Asia-Pacific, ex-China, and global head of central banks at the World Gold Council.

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SINGAPORE – Going to the dentist has much in common with investing, according to finance executive Shaokai Fan.

They are both necessities in life, he says.

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