(Hong Kong, 4 July 2017) – Carret Private Investments (Asia) Limited - which is an affiliate of Carret Asset Management, LLC (“CAM”), a leading multi-billion dollar investment manager based in New York – is pleased to announce the recent hiring of senior wealth manager Samuel Chee.
Mr. Chee joins Carret Private’s wealth management affiliate, QL Asset Management Company Limited, as a Partner. Samuel brings with him over 20 years of experience in finance and wealth management, most recently as Managing Director of BNP Paribas Wealth Management in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director Senior Advisor at Julius Baer. Mr. Chee was educated in the U.S. with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Pacific Western University. He will be based in Hong Kong.
Kenneth Ho, a Managing Partner of Carret Private commented, “We are very excited to welcome Samuel to the family. He joins at an important time as we continue to grow our multi-family office business, particularly in response to the needs of the Greater China market. His deep base of knowledge and experience in wealth management are perfectly suited to carry on the tradition started by our founder, Philip L. Carret.”
Philip L. Carret’s disciplined and effective approach to investing was applauded by renowned value investor Warren Buffett, who said Philip L. Carret had established “the best long-term investment record of anyone in America.”
About Carret Asset Management
CAM was founded in 1963 by Philip L. Carret, a Wall Street icon and investment legend who pioneered the concept of value investing. He first introduced value investing in a series of Barron’s articles in 1927 and further described the concept in his 1930 book, The Art of Speculation. Philip L. Carret put his ideas into action in 1928, when he founded one of the world’s first mutual funds, the Pioneer Fund, which he managed with great success for more than half a century.