Respondents to the monthly BoA Global Fund Manager Survey say that the pandemic is no longer their top tail-risk. It has been replaced by worries about rising prices.
Hong Kong financial advisers are more concerned about the potential impact of changing rules than their peers in Singapore, pointing to a communication breakdown, finds a Skandia survey.
City can take heart from our annual survey, with Hong Kong also top in terms of where products for sale in Asia will be domiciled. But Ucits is seen as having a branding problem.
Residents of the two markets appear most likely to turn to money managers to help them save for retirement, finds a global retirement survey. They are keener on financial planning, too.
Asia-Pacific portfolio managers feel equities will outperform other asset classes next year, and that commodities and property are the most attractive alternative investments.
Asian institutions are looking at new approaches to investing including boosting alternatives holdings to increase returns, but just 4% plan to outsource more in the next year, finds Natixis GAM.
They are positive about China and the eurozone, while emerging markets become the second most actively used asset class. Changing regulation is seen as the main challenge.
A rising 55% of Hong Kong dollar wealthy were invested in mutual funds in 2011, yet funds finished bottom in terms of investment tools they felt positive about while RMB savings came top.
More respondents from Asia than elsewhere expect a global contraction next year, finds a survey, but they are more upbeat about employment and growth prospects at home.