Founder & Head of Research, Fortress Hill Advisors

Alex Ng

Alex Ng is the founder and head of research of the economic and investment research house Fortress Hill Advisors. Prior to founding Fortress Hill Advisors, he worked as an economic research analyst across government, academic, and financial institutes including the Hong Kong Financial Secretary’s Office (Office of the Government Economist), Economic Research Center of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK, and State Street Global Markets. Alex holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Wesleyan University (CT, USA).

Our firm's expertise lies in macroeconomics, global macro,  global thematic research, company and equity research, multi-asset strategy, event driven, and ESG.

We also do proprietary trading on the firm's capital, to try to vindicate our investment thesis. Our flagship publication, Heard from Fortress Hill (HFFH) provides our weekly market observations and is freely available on our website: https://fortresshill-advisors.com/hffh/

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<ul>
<li>Rise in US interest rate was widely deemed a catalyst for the Asian Financial Crisis (1997-1998). </li>
<li>So as US interest rate has remained moderately high in recent years, it makes people ponder the chance for another financial crisis in EMs.</li>
<li>Most EMs that suffered from the Asian Financial Crisis have stronger fundamentals now and are salient according to the Greenspan-Guidotti Rule.</li>
</ul>


Rise in US interest rate was widely deemed a catalyst for the Asian Financial Crisis (1997-1998). 
So as US interest rate has remained moderately high in recent years, it makes people ponder the chance for another financial crisis in EMs.
Most EMs that suffered from the Asian Financial Crisis have stronger fundamentals now and are salient according to the Greenspan-Guidotti Rule.


How Emerging Markets Fare Admidst High US Interest Rate