HSBC Insurance eyes first commodity, currency investments
The firm is also looking at allocating more to higher-yielding equity and fixed-income assets, noting how hard it is to achieve target returns these days.
Amid a tough environment for achieving returns, HSBC Insurance is considering making its first investments in currencies and physical commodities.
It is also mulling other ways of boosting yields, such as allocating more to alternatives, high-yield and local-currency emerging-market debt and index-agnostic equity strategies.
“We are increasing our allocation to return-seeking assets,” says James Hughes, group chief investment officer at HSBC Insurance in Hong Kong*. He is respon…
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