Clara Cheong, Executive Director, is the Global Market Strategist based in Singapore. Part of the Global Market Insights Strategy team, she is responsible for formulating and communicating the market outlook and investment views in the Asia region. She also appears on international and local financial media and is often quoted by the press.

Clara has more than 10 years of relevant experience in global asset allocation, investment strategy and portfolio management. Prior to joining the Market Insights Strategy team, Clara was a multi-asset portfolio manager on the J.P. Morgan Wealth Management Chief Investment Office team based in New York, focusing on strategic and tactical asset allocation, cross-asset trade idea generation, portfolio construction and multi-asset risk modeling.

Clara obtained a Bachelors of Science in Economics and a Bachelors in Business Administration (Finance) from Singapore Management University. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and holds a professional graduate certificate for Data Science from Harvard University.