Investing for a changing world

The world is evolving at a rapid rate, driven by Big Data and increasingly complex issues. For workers in the future workplace, the ability to draw connections between vastly different domains is an increasingly important skill set as the problems of the day defy single discipline solutions.

For Ms Linlin MA, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Prudence Asset Management Pte Ltd., having a basic understanding of different disciplines can help employees adapt quickly to changing markets, new products and opportunities, and rapidly transforming client needs.

She says, “Being better equipped with interdisciplinary knowledge helps our employees appreciate other functions within the firm and support one another in projects.” Such employees can also deep dive into an area unfamiliar to them when the opportunity arises.

Ms Ma observes that graduates or employees with interdisciplinary training can help improve the efficiency of existing processes once they have undergone training and gained a complete understanding of how the business works.

“For example, a Finance graduate with coding skills will be able to gather public information by streamlining tedious search processes through Python.”

She adds, “From data processing to programming skills and accounting, interdisciplinary knowledge can be huge pluses for employers who are considering candidates.”