Grace Qiu Tiantian, Ph.D.

senior vice president, economics and investment strategy, GIC

Grace Qiu joined GIC in 2013, as a senior vice president in the Economics and Investment Strategy (EIS) department. Grace has deep expertise in total portfolio design and extensive industry experience in both public and private (alternative) market asset classes. She has published multiple research papers on asset allocation in industry leading journals including the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Prior to this role, Grace worked as a portfolio manager in the Real Returns program in EIS, leading efforts in alternative risk premia (style premia) portfolio across equity, fixed income, commodity and FX.

Before joining GIC, Grace held several roles in the investment banking industry, as an emerging market FX, and rates strategist. She covered Latin America and Asia Pacific markets for Goldman Sachs New York and HSBC Hong Kong, respectively.

Grace holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.