July 2026 - Shantanu Shete, Founder & CEO of SuPra Fund Management and Guest Faculty at the Wealth Management Institute (WMI), recently led a session of the Certificate in Multi-Asset Investing at WMI. The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)-accredited course is built for Relationship Managers (RMs) across Singapore's wealth management industry.
Drawing on more than 30 years across institutional and hedge fund distribution — including senior roles at Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank — Shantanu walked participants through the fundamentals that shape how hedge funds are evaluated, structured, and positioned for private clients: the case for allocating to alternatives, how to interpret the "2 and 20" fee structure, and the practical questions RMs need answered before any product conversation — accreditation status, liquidity terms, and structure.
"Hedge funds offer a fundamentally different proposition to traditional funds," was the framing that anchored the session — a wider toolkit, an absolute return objective, and a fee structure aligned to performance rather than assets under management.
The engagement reflects SuPra's broader commitment to raising the standard on alternatives literacy within Singapore's private banking and wealth management community, working alongside institutions like WMI to elevate the next generation of practitioners.
