GIC’s CIO says resisting peer pressure is key

Among the key lessons that Lim Chow Kiat, chief investment officer of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, has learned is the importance of sticking to your investment discipline and resisting peer-group influence. "If, as a CIO, you are fortunate to be given sufficient autonomy, you must apply your investment discipline strictly and without emotion," Lim told AsianInvestor. This is perhaps even more important now, with investors desperate for yield and therefore readier to cons…