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Companies & Markets

GIC’s chief investment officer warns of AI bubble risk

GIC's annualised rolling 20-year real rate of return for the year ended Mar 31, 2025 is down 0.1 percentage point from 3.9 per cent the previous year.
Companies & Markets

GIC posts 3.8% 20-year annualised real rate of return; expects returns ahead will be more volatile 

Equity prices might be pricing an assumption that tariff threats will be watered down, and bond markets pricing a belief Trump will not actually execute debt-expanding measures and cause investors to spurn Treasuries.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Trump is sowing confusion in the markets

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Citigroup building, in New York, November 17, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East//File Photo
International

Citigroup sets mid-2026 target of 1,150 for MSCI’s global equity index

For the second half of 2025, UBS expects investors should continue to diversify even as tariff and macroeconomic risks moderate.
Companies & Markets

AI, power, and longevity to drive next decade of transformational innovation: UBS

An equities investor may invariably need to learn how to cope with handling losses especially if market volatility rises.
Opinion & Features
SENSE & CENTS

Learning how to cope with losing is an integral part of an investor’s journey

UBS’ report notes that succession planning is a big topic for many Apac FOs.
Companies & Markets

Apac family offices favour developed market equities, bonds: UBS report

A string of unfinished trade deals could give Trump a pretext to roll back tariffs if the economic pain becomes too much to bear
Opinion & Features
MARK TO MARKET

Trump’s trade deals may support the S&P 500, offering nervous investors an opportunity to sell

Despite tariff uncertainty, the European market is indeed benefiting from an expansive fiscal policy, led by Germany, and much lower interest rates than in the US.
Wealth & Investing

Strategists ditch optimism for European stocks on trade war risk

In his executive order last Wednesday (Apr 2), Trump reiterated many of the grievances about global trade he had openly expressed on his campaign trail.
Opinion & Features
MARK TO MARKET

Don’t rush to take advantage of the big sell-off

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