Asian investors eager for risk, unrealistic on returns

Asian investors want to take on more investment risk than their peers elsewhere, but regularly overestimate the returns they can get, particularly in Hong Kong and China, according to a new survey by Legg Mason. The fifth annual Global Investment Survey – to be published today – polled 15,300 investors in 17 markets in January and February, of which 4,500 were based in Asia Pacific. Legg Mason said it wanted to gain a broad swathe of respondents, from baby-boomer, mass-affluent …