Funds

Market pricing now implies a high degree of confidence that recession-like conditions will result across most major economies, but uncertainty remains over their depth and duration.

Those who have been paying attention would remember that Khazanah’s headline RM6.271 billion pretax losses for 2018 had followed a strategic review of its investments, which resulted in a RM7.3 billion impairment provision that year.

Income from national reserves and investments managed by GIC, Temasek and the Monetary Authority of Singapore is one of the largest contributors to government revenue.

SINGAPORE (Jan 23): The Tantallon India Fund closed up +1.82% in December with markets remaining volatile into the year-end with civil protests against the introduction of the new Citizenship Law, and muted consumption and manufacturing data raising quest

Even before the protests, there had been interest in Singapore from funds in various cities for a variety of reasons, according to market watchers.

SINGAPORE (Sept 18): Singapore is seen as a place where a wide-ranging array of investment products ranging from shares and bonds to gold and property are widely available and easily accessible.

SINGAPORE (June 10): UOB Venture Management (UOBVM) says it intends to roll out its second impact fund, the second series of the Asia Impact Investment Fund (AIIF II), to global institutional and accredited investors in 2H19.

SINGAPORE (Jan 7): Private markets are set to become particularly popular this year as institutional investors turn to private markets to mitigate risks amid rising concerns about a downturn in the economic cycle.

SINGAPORE (Dec 28): With sustainable investing expected to see greater interest from investors, particularly with the introduction of more products, the next few years are crucial for the sector not to slip into what observers term “greenwashing”.

SINGAPORE (June 28): Clearbridge BioMedics has announced $6.6 million in pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding from oncology medical professionals, as well as investors focused in healthcare & biotechnology.