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Chi Lo

Chi Lo

Senior Market Strategist, Asia Pacific

Bio

Chi joined BNPP AM in 2010 through HFT Investment Management (HK), BNPP AM’s joint venture partner in China, where he was CEO. Prior to joining HFT, he was Head of Overseas Investment at Ping An of China Asset Management (HK) Ltd. Chi’s other positions in Asia included Asia Research Head for the British private property fund Grosvenor, chief economist and strategist for Asia at Standard Chartered Bank and research director for Greater China at HSBC in Hong Kong. He was listed on the International Who’s Who Professionals in 2000 and 2011, and has many years of international research experience in economics, financial markets and public policy & standards development, covering North American and Asian economies. Before working in Asia, Chi was an economic advisor to the Canadian Treasury in Canada. His other experience includes international research firms in North America, regulatory bodies for securities trading in Toronto and London, and blue-chip international investment banks in North America, England and Asia. Chi is the author of twelve books on Chinese and Asian economic development and markets, and has appeared as a commentator on international media and speaker at international seminars, such as the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and other central bank conferences. Chi did his economics graduate work at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in England and the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada.

Location Hong Kong

Joined 2010

Articles from Chi Lo

Portfolio perspectives

Monthly Market Views: Equity earnings boost and Asia’s move away from oil

By Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist; Alessandro Tentori, Chief Investment Officer, Europe; Chi Lo, Senior Market Strategist, Asia Pacific …

By Daniel Morris & other authors

04/08/26

Portfolio perspectives

China: Tech self-sufficiency drive bodes well for growth

China’s policy for growth from hi-tech industry development is a state-organised – but not state-led – strategic effort that combines…

By Chi Lo & other authors

21/05/26

Portfolio perspectives

Monthly Market Views: Looking beyond oil and China’s resilience

Shifting rate expectations The prospect of higher inflation, resulting from the Middle East conflict, has shifted interest rate expectations; in…

By Chris Iggo & other authors

02/04/26

Forward thinking

Renminbi internationalisation: Towards a multi-currency global system

China’s renminbi has recently increased its global footprint, notably in the capital and commodity markets — the linchpins of the…

By Chi Lo

18/12/25

Front of mind

US inflation risk may tilt lower, eventually

Tariffs should have just a one-time effect on the prices US consumers pay for imported goods, initially boosting inflation. Eventually,…

By Chi Lo

05/12/25

Mount Fuji

Front of mind

Behind the Fed’s ‘misery’ and Japan’s ‘China headache’

Market expectations of US Federal Reserve monetary policy have been fickle, but at this point, the ‘misery index’ still points…

By Chi Lo

02/12/25