Albert Yang, CFA®

Albert Yang is the Head of the Alternative Investments for Asia. Based in Hong Kong, his responsibilities include sourcing and due diligence of hedge fund, private equity, real estate and direct deal opportunities in Asia. He also advises private clients on global alternative investments portfolios with a specific emphasis on clients that are in the Greater China region.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2011, he was a Vice President on the investment team at Vision Investment Management, an Asian hedge fund-of-funds based in Hong Kong. He was responsible for performing investment due diligence on all hedge fund strategies and managers that are located in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. From 2003-2008, Mr. Yang worked at Citigroup Private Bank’s Alternative Investment Advisory Research in New York, USA. While in this capacity, he was responsible for the hedge fund manager research effort for all non-US funds with a specific focus on Asian managers. Before joining Citigroup, Mr. Yang was an investment consultant on alternative and traditional asset classes for corporate and public pension plans with RogersCasey in Connecticut, USA.

Mr. Yang holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Management Information System from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction.