Dream of the Red Chamber Reinvented as Investment Manual

From the popular Chinese classic Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) comes a reinvented tale on financial literacy and wealth preservation, with the original characters and their personalities transported into modern times – Tan Chun goes to Harvard to become a wealth management expert; Wang Xi Feng fails in her investments in bonds and securities; Li Wan is pleased with her son Jia Lan when he displays a good “financial quotient”; Bao Yu’s funds are tied up in stocks and he sacrifices for Dai Yu’s poetry series.

Honglou Fortune: Wealth for Generations (ISBN: 978-0-470-82434-4; John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd) puts the abstract concepts of investment and wealth management well within the readers’ reach, skillfully weaving these lessons into an enjoyable prose. Author Rena He Hanxi is Marketing Director at HSBC Jintrust Fund Management. Graduating from Fudan University’s School of Economics with top honours, she brings rare and valuable insight into the investment and financial schools of thought.

Honglou Fortune sheds light on how one can effectively manage family finances, balance risks, as well as provides pointers on which investment combination one should undertake at different life stages, how to build an investment portfolio and how to balance investments’ intrinsic values. Each chapter closes with a short moral that contains tips from HSBC Jintrust investment advisors, rounded off with a comic illustration at the end of the recommendations.

Armed with a better understanding of investment concepts, funds and various investment products, anyone would see that investing can be a very straightforward and lighthearted affair, putting their dreams of financial freedom well within reach. This book is undoubtedly a worthwhile read for anyone interested in financial planning.

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Honglou Fortune: Wealth for Generations
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Date: July 7, 2009
US$19.95; Paperback; 224 pp.; ISBN: 978-0-470-82434-4

About the Author:
Rena He Hanxi is the marketing director of HSBC Jintrust Fund Management Company. Since graduating from Fudan University’s School of Economics with a Master’s degree in Economics, she has worked in the finance industry and has amassed tremendous experience in areas such as fund product development, sales, customer service, and marketing and promotion. Rena is endowed with a wealth of financial knowledge in banking, securities, funds and investments.

About the Company:
In November 2005, HSBC Jintrust Fund Management was established in Shanghai with a registered capital of RMB200 million, making it one of the largest fund management companies in terms of capital in China. HSBC Global Asset Management, the core investment platform of the HSBC Group, one of the world’s leading financial services organizations, has 49 percent of the share ownership, with the remaining 51 percent held by Shanxi Trust Corporation Limited, one of China’s best-performing trust firms.

HSBC Jintrust inherits the experience, capabilities, professionalism and long-term view of its two shareholders. It combines western and eastern wisdom and local experience with global perspective, thus having and offering the best from both worlds.

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