Getting Started in Alternative Investments

Matthew Dearth, PhD is Adjunct Faculty of Finance at Singapore Management University, where he teaches graduate-level finance courses on sustainable investing and alternative investments. He is Managing Director at Silvercrest Asset Management, a leading independent advisory and financial services firm created to provide traditional and alternative asset management and focused family office services to wealthy families and select institutional investors.

Swee Yong Ku is a founder of International Property Advisor, a licenced real estate consultancy. He was an adjunct faculty at the Singapore Management University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business and at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Real Estate. His recent research interests are focused on the impact that technology has on the built environment and consequently how real estate investments and finance may be affected.