Benjamin Yong brings over 25 years of market experience to his training practice, currently serving as the Head of Portfolio Management and Principal Fund Manager at Acore Capital Investments. In this role, he was a founding member responsible for securing the Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He actively manages an equities hedge fund, a fixed-income fund, and discretionary mandates for multi-family office accounts, overseeing assets across all classes.

Prior to moving to the buy-side, Benjamin held senior investment roles in major international and local private banks for 18 years. Most recently, he was a Director and Investment Counsellor at the Bank of Singapore, where he sat on the bank’s Executive Investment Committee and increased product penetration for his coverage by 50%.

During his tenure as Vice President at UOB Private Bank, Benjamin transformed an equities-focused portfolio into a diversified book. He successfully built a bond book exceeding USD 800 million, and quadrupled the managed funds business to over USD 1 billion in assets within a single year. His experience also spans Standard Chartered Bank, where he helped set up the equity flow trading desk, and DBS Private Banking, where he drove equity derivative flow sales to historical highs.

Benjamin’s expertise in structured products and flow trading contributed to significant industry recognition. During his time at Standard Chartered, he played a key role in the team that secured the "Best in Asia 2008" award from Structured Products Magazine Asia Awards and the "Global Best Private Bank 2008" award from Euromoney during the height of the Lehman crisis.

Benjamin holds a Masters in Applied Finance (CFA Institute Accredited). He earned his Bachelor of Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS).