Ruivivar joins from GIC, where she spearheaded investment-oriented thematic research at the sovereign wealth fund’s economics and investment strategy department. She also led the future markets investing team, which oversaw multi-asset investments across private and public markets in frontier emerging markets.
Bank of Singapore (BOS) has appointed former GIC executive Owi S. Ruivivar as its chief portfolio strategist. Based in Singapore, she will focus on the private bank’s cross-asset research, asset allocation and portfolio management, says BOS on June 3.
In the newly-created role, Ruivivar will be a member of the BOS’s investment committee, which decides on the strategic and tactical asset allocation calls for clients. She reports to BOS’s global chief investment officer Jean Chia.

