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Singapore's asset management industry grows at slower 5.4% pace in 2018: MAS

Gain comes on back of 15% surge in alternative assets to S$646b on strong inflows, continued valuation gains

Fiona Lam
Published Wed, Sep 18, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    DESPITE a challenging year for global financial markets in 2018, Singapore's assets under management (AUM) increased further by 5.4 per cent to S$3.44 trillion, according to an annual poll by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

    This growth was mostly thanks to a 15 per cent surge in alternative assets to S$646 billion last year, which was supported by strong inflows and continued valuation gains across private market asset classes including private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), the central bank said on Wednesday.

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