The art of investment warfare with a CIO

Benjamin Deng, chief investment officer of Ping An Insurance Group, likens managing the company's $650 billion portfolio to "fighting a battle". Benjamin Deng, Ping An Deng oversees the investments of Ping An’s life, property, casualty insurance as well as the pension business, with Rmb4.72 trillion ($652.4 billion) of assets under management. To effectively manage the investment team, Deng noted it is important to be “professional”, referring to the expertise that …