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While the world looks West, returns are shifting East

In a year defined by market turbulence and shifting global alliances, Asia is moving from a small, often overlooked part of portfolios to a more deliberate allocation

Investors who manage to resist investing by rumours share a few habits: One of them is that they check the source before checking the story.

How to resist the nudge to invest by rumour

Even those who have built up a strategy over years may rush into a trade when a stock tip comes

Investors are asking more sophisticated questions than they were even just a year ago.
THE WEALTH CODE

Alternative investing’s next phase: tackling portfolio challenges

Access is no longer the defining issue; it is what investors should do with that access

Food security risks are mounting in Asia, stemming from population growth, climate shocks and resource insecurity.
CIO CORNER

Look to sustainable investing to mitigate systemic risks

The focus is shifting away from ethical positioning and towards strengthening resilience

With US dollar cash rates now closer to the mid-3% range, its relative appeal has diminished compared to recent years.

The end of easy cash returns forces a rethink of fixed income

Cash yields are falling as central banks move deeper into the easing phase of the cycle

Young Jin Yee, co-head of UBS global wealth management for the Asia-Pacific, says UBS has the most diversified footprint among its competitors.

Strong Apac wealth creation boosts UBS’ profitability and assets to new record

The bank is eyeing growth by snagging a share of the US$83 trillion ‘great wealth transfer’

Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and shifting market dynamics, unconstrained fixed income strategies can offer investors greater flexibility in navigating volatility.
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How unconstrained fixed income strategies are navigating volatile markets

L&G’s Matthew Rees explains how flexible approaches are uncovering opportunities in hyperscaler debt, utilities and other long-term growth sectors

Among the factors weighing on longer-term borrowing costs is the mounting chance central banks such as the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. 

Yields to stay high even if Iran war ends: bond strategists

Investors are not just worried about price pressures from the conflict

Earnings at S&P 500 constituents rose 28.4% in Q1 2026 – their fastest growth since Q4 2021, when the world was emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic.
MARK TO MARKET

Nacho versus Taco: Are these Tex-Mex themes about to give investors in Singapore indigestion?

Mega-cap listing aspirants may draw liquidity away from less exciting companies around the world

Linked to chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the products will seek to deliver twice the daily moves of the two stocks, both central to the global AI trade.

World’s most fervent day traders in South Korea to get risky new tools

Single-stock leveraged ETFs are set to launch in the country