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Think Wealth

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Think Wealth

HSBC Think Wealth Series brings you insights from industry's top minds and aims to answer the most pressing questions on the minds of investors today.

Featuring Howard Marks 

In a world of constant market swings, how can investors better assess their risk profile and remain flexible in their strategy? 

This question lies at the heart of the investment philosophy of Howard Marks, legendary Wall Street investor and Co-chairman and Co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management. In this episode of Think Wealth Visionaries, we’re delighted to have Howard sit down with Sami Abouzahr, Global Head of Investments and Managed Solutions, Wealth and Premier Solutions at HSBC. 

Together, they discuss today’s global asset market trend and explore how investors can align their portfolios with their own risk tolerance. Throughout, Howard breaks down complex ideas with the clarity and humour he’s known for.

This video was produced in May 2026.

Featuring Myron Scholes

How should investors think about volatility? What does it take to build resilience when markets shift from calm to periods of turbulence?

In our third episode, Lavanya Chari, HSBC’s Global Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions, speaks with Professor Myron Scholes, co-creator of the Nobel Prize-winning Black-Scholes framework for pricing risk in options markets. Now the Chief Investment Strategist at Janus Henderson Investors, Professor Scholes joins the conversation from his office in San Francisco.

Together, they explore how investors should interpret risk signals, the importance of diversification and scenario planning, and why understanding volatility is essential to long-term investing.

The video was produced in December 2025. Source of Myron Scholes’ image: University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Featuring Cathie Wood

How will AI and innovation shape the future of investing? What will a boost to productivity mean for inflation?

In our second episode, Sami Abouzahr, HSBC’s Global Head of Investments and Managed Solutions, discusses investing in disruptive technology with Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest.

Known for her challenging assumptions, Cathie brings a forward-looking perspective to the conversation around the transformative power of innovation and AI. 

The video was produced in November 2025.

Featuring Richard Clarida

How might tariffs shape the global economic outlook? How will the rate cut cycle evolve in the coming months?

In our first episode, HSBC’s Chief Asia Economist and Co-head of Global Investment Research Asia, Frederic Neumann, sits down with Richard Clarida, Managing Director and Global Economic Advisor to PIMCO and the former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, to get his views on what is really happening with tariffs, market volatility, and the U.S. dollar. 

The video was produced in September 2025.

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