This article was first published in The Straits Times.  Ms Samantha Horton, chief business officer at digital investment platform Syfe. Photo From Straits Times, Gin Tay. Sticking mostly to familiar terrain while taking controlled risks is a strategy that has served fintech executive Samantha Horton well. Ms Horton, 37, espouses a core-satellite approach, where most of her money is passively managed in a main portfolio of index funds, with smaller portfolios for further diversification and more risk-taking. She works hard to refine her core portfolio by keeping up with the businesses she invests in and understanding shifting trends. “However, this doesn’t mean there isn’t room to take some punts in more risky investments,” she notes. “The more important question is how do you allocate (your assets). I ensure that the higher-risk investments I make are in a much smaller, contained part of my portfolio and capped at 3...