In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Veronica Klaus, general manager – investment consulting at Lonsec, about a range of topics including the advice gap, allocations for retirement, liquidity in private assets and income strategies for retirees.
Veronica Klaus: Investing in a smarter superannuation system
FIS Singapore 2024
Why the future of humanity lies in Asia
Global strategy advisor and economist Parag Khanna said Asians’ movements around the world and their increasingly deep intra-region relationships will have massive geopolitical and workforce impacts on global markets.
Darcy SongMarch 28, 2024
FIS Singapore 2024
Anchoring to traditional portfolios is the world’s biggest investment risk
Bridgewater has a house view that the world is moving into a period of macro-volatility and global conflict. But despite the myriad geopolitical and environmental risks facing investors investors’ unwillingness to break with the model portfolios of the past presents the greatest threat to institutional portfolios.
Aleks VickovichMarch 26, 2024
FIS Singapore 2024
A granular view of emerging markets will serve investors better
A market-weighted index isn’t necessarily the best indicator of where growth in Asia will come from in future. The Monetary Authority of Singapore's Bernard Wee told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that investors must take a much closer look at the region and understand the nuances of trade and investment.
Amanda WhiteMarch 26, 2024
FIS Singapore 2024
Investors urged to allocate more and get boots on the ground in Asia
The economic fundamentals of Asia dictate that asset owners should lift their allocations to the region, and a panel at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium - including chief of APG in the region - heard the best way to exploit the emerging opportunities is to have investment professionals on the ground.
Amanda WhiteMarch 25, 2024
FIS Singapore 2024
China experts split on the nation’s financial policymaking capability
The strength of China’s national leadership remains a central topic for avid China watchers around the world. As the nation heads into a structural reshuffle of its economy, investors, researchers and political scientists have different views on Chinese policymakers’ ability to work with the financial market from this point on.
Darcy SongMarch 22, 2024
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Asian investors reveal home bias challenges
For investors based in Asia, a home bias can throw up some challenges that affect investors homed in other regions much less. Three Asia-based investors - Temasek, Brunei Investment Agency and Khazanah - outlined to the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore last week how they face into those challenges.
Simon HoyleMarch 21, 2024
FIS Singapore 2024
Investors urged to approach green asset certification in Asia with caution
National University of Singapore’s leading sustainable finance researcher Sumit Agarwal has urged global investors to maintain a critical mindset when approaching an asset class’s green certification, saying that buying into sustainability claims blindly can undermine both the investment’s returns and their societal goals.
Darcy SongMarch 21, 2024