In 2021, the IMF expects 8.2% y-o-y GDP growth for China, 6.0% for India, and 2.4% for Japan; COVID-19 is having a severe short-term impact on Asia, but the long-term impact should be small; Asian stocks look cheap compared to
Overview: The Asia region was the first part of the world to be hit by the Covid-19 outbreak, but it has also been the first region to navigate a way out of it, thanks to its good management of the
We believe the Covid-19 crisis will trigger a step-change in policy, accelerate existing trends and transform investment frameworks. Government intervention, fiscal activism, corporate governance and sustainability, and continued Asian economic strength will characterise this new order, creating …
Small, open economies such as Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia are the most exposed to final demand from the US, Europe and China. This makes them the most vulnerable to the coronavirus growth interruption. Thailand and Hong Kong have the largest
White Paper It is telling that asset managers today closely monitor specific themes that would have seemed very niche just 20 years ago, such as the spending patterns of millennials in Asia. Why? Because Asian millennials' spending power has the
Webinar – Coronavirus: Navigating the Path Ahead in Asia Op donderdag 30 april organiseert Alpha Research samen met T. Rowe Price een Webinar met het thema: Coronavirus: Navigating the Path Ahead in Asia. Hiervoor nodigen wij u van harte uit. In dit webinar
Investing Strategy Commentary Health Policy Remains the Key Aggressive action by the Federal Reserve has helped restore some liquidity and animal spirits to financial markets, while fiscal policy is starting to kick in despite cumbersome transmission mechanisms in some cases.
Given the unprecedented scale of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down most segments of the global economy in ways not seen since the Second World War, investment models based on past economic slowdowns or macro theme-based
Last month we were rather non-committal as to whether the spread of the coronavirus would cause a recession, but it’s now clear that it will. In the face of the publication of unprecedentedly weak economic data, the financial markets have
Webinar – China’s Recovery and Beyond Join us for the latest views of our CIOs Join Eric Moffett, Portfolio Manager of the Asia Opportunities Equity Strategy and Chris Kushlis, Sovereign Analyst for Asian Markets, Fixed Income as they share their
Global Matters Weekly 30 March 2020 We are living in unprecedented times, with much of the world under lockdown due to COVID-19. There are a multitude of potential outcomes resulting from the increasingly extreme global measures being taken to prevent
Containment continues to tighten ; great liquidity stress forces policy action I. COVID-19 update Overseas: COVID-19 continued to spread rapidly in the US & EU; +14,717 new cases overseas; Iran showed early signs of entering the “moderation stage ”. 1,835 new
The region’s bonds stand out in a world of low and negative yields, but investors need to be picky. There was a time when negative yields were a rare and unlikely curiosity. No longer: in late 2019, as much as
In Credit – 24 FEBRUARY 2020 Macro / government bonds Core bond yields continue to drift lower in a ‘bull flattening’ amid fears about the spread of the COVIC-19 coronavirus outside of China and most recently in Italy and Korea.
Asia’s ESG investing, data integrity and technology Key findings The rise of ESG in Asia: some 95% of respondents believe that ESG investing is important to their firm, with the overwhelming majority saying it will be more so in three
Research & Strategy Insights The potential spillovers of China’s coronavirus on Asia’s tourism, trade, domestic consumption and financial markets Key points • The spread of coronavirus – 2019-nCov – poses tangible macro risks to Asian economies outside China • Assuming
Update Strategie China is de grootste markt van Azië. De overheid wil de groei duurzamer en breder – gericht op consumptie en diensten –maken, waardoor de groei vertraagde. Daarbo- venop kwam de escalatie van de handelsoorlog met de VS,
Asian markets have become polarised over recent months with large-cap stocks driving market gains. As a small-cap investor, Fidelity Asian Values PLC’s Nitin Bajaj reviews a challenging period and outlines some of the unloved areas that he is backing to
Executive summary Real estate returns expected to remain resilient amid more accommodative macro policies and balanced supply and demand Yields for commercial real estate expected to remain low as relatively higher return profile for the sector continues to attract strong
Over the next few decades, the weight of economic power and impact of structural megatrends will lean heavily towards the Asia Pacific region. By 2030, Asia Pacific, led by China, will account for nearly half of the world’s output (Fig.1),
Global analysis of venture funding Welcome to the Q3’19 edition of KPMG Enterprise’s Venture Pulse — a quarterly report highlighting the key trends, opportunities, and challenges facing the venture capital market globally and in key jurisdictions around the world. Strong
De Cambodjaanse financiële-inclusiesector heeft de afgelopen maanden (en jaren) flink in de belangstelling van de media gestaan. De berichten in de media komen er kort gezegd op neer dat er sprake is van een (on)verantwoorde praktijk van kredietverstrekking en het
Strong fundamentals and powerful tailwinds make this growing asset class one to watch for global investors. Asset class offers an increasingly significant opportunity set, growing to nearly USD $1 trillion in issuance as a vast regional investor base absorbs new
The largest sector in the Asia investment universe is being disrupted and digitally re-imagined by a wave of new competition challenging legacy business models. This revolution is being driven by regulation and technology. We believe these drivers of change are
With US-China trade tensions and fears over China’s economic slowdown continuing to cloud the near-term outlook, where can investors in Asia turn to and what do these significant headwinds mean for the region’s longer-term prospects? In this webinar, Portfolio
Investors need to manage risk to take a breather and observe the shifting global economy, says our expert #Norman_Villamin in the Hong Kong Economic Times. Read on.
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