Investors should hedge against geopolitical risks: UBS strategists
The bank is overweight on equities, favours regions and markets that get most of their revenue from the domestic economy
Claudia Tan HS
Singapore
INVESTORS can find opportunities to hedge against geopolitical risks in 2020, amid heightened investor anxiety stemming from geopolitical tensions, UBS strategists said at the UBS Wealth Insights conference on Tuesday.
This comes against the backdrop of the United States-China trade war, the US presidential elections, and the fallout from Brexit now that the Conservative Party has sufficient votes in Parliament to push it through.
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