LIM Advisors founder George Long: ‘We’ve been here 30 years. We’re going to be around’

South China Morning Post - Oct 4, 2026

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] George Long does not talk like a man selling vision. The founder, chairman and chief investment officer of LIM Advisors is understated and unshowy. After three decades running an independent firm in Hong Kong, what comes through is a temperament suited to difficult Asian markets: calm, pragmatic and focused on protecting capital when conditions turn. How the business began Long left Barclays’ Asia Pacific asset...

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