5 March 2015
Insights Into Index Industry – A Sharing by Mr Vincent Kwan
TheDepartment of Economics and Finance was delighted to have invited Mr Vincent Kwan, the Director and General Manager of HangSeng Indexes Company Limited(HSI) and his colleague, Ms Viviane Ho to share their insights into the Indexindustry with our students and staff.
MrKwan started the sharing session by introducing the global index industry, where studentsacknowledged the history of indexes and how it has affected HSI. He then dugdeep into the business of HSI, a leading Hong Kong based index complier. Studentswere challenged on the impacts of different index valuation methods and thechoice of averaging methodsthat HSI uses. Mr Kwan demonstrated that an impressive real life HSI dissemination speed of every2-second intervals has greatly amazed the audience. In closing, Mr Kwan sharedhis invaluable tips for students to plan for their career in the Index industry, with the key takeawayof acknowledging the management of change and having the ability of problemsolving. At the end, students and staff participated actively in the Q&Asession.
