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Asia stocks show resilience on back of grim Wall Street selloff
“I think Asia may outperform the U.S. in the near term,” said Andy Wong, a fund manager at LW Asset Management. The risk of a new wave of infections “seems fairly low in Asia as the virus is still largely contained.”
June 13, 2020
Global Markets
Second half: second wave or second wind?
Financial markets, poised to enter the second half with a “second wind” beneath the wings, have been doused with cold water.
June 12, 2020
Yawning valuation gap between US stocks and the rest of the world
SINGAPORE (Oct 8): Global markets, save for Wall Street, headed into the last quarter of 2018 with a sense of caution. There are reasons to be wary, seeing that developments in the first nine months have not gone according to script, confounding almost a
October 05, 2018
Property
Singapore named world's 5th largest real estate investor & largest Asian investor in US
SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Singapore saw its outbound real estate investments soar 40% on-year to a record high of US$28.4 billion ($37.2 billion) in 2017 – upending the US$27.6 billion achieved in 2015 to emerge as the fifth largest real estate investor gl
January 29, 2018
Why this fund’s 256,766% return still doesn’t beat the market
(Aug 18): Kevin Beatty can take the long view on investing. Ninety-three-years-long, to be exact.
August 18, 2017
Fintech
Nasdaq seeks fintech firms to partner in Asia expansion of Analytics Hub
SINGAPORE (July 27): Nasdaq Inc. is expanding its Analytics Hub in Asia and is looking for fintech firms in the region, including in Singapore, to partner.
July 27, 2017
Global Markets
Bill Gross says market risk is highest since pre-2008 crisis
(June 8): US markets are at their highest risk levels since before the 2008 financial crisis because investors are paying a high price for the chances they’re taking, according to Bill Gross, manager of the US$2 billion ($2.76 billion) Janus Henderson
June 08, 2017
In print this week
How this fund became the year’s top performer
SINGAPORE (Aug 12): Launched last January, the Wells Fargo (Lux) WF — US Select Equity fund is the top performer this year, buoyed by exposure to energy and gold.
August 12, 2016